However, arguments about the war inevitably branch off into several different directions which lead eventually to going through every statement, in every speech before the war and then arguing that when the administration says that Iraq is “a serious threat to our country,” “a threat to any American,” “serious and growing threat,” they really didn’t mean NOW. I reject this argument. When the administration spoke of imminent, they were speaking of it in terms of the rockets being in the air on the way here! Hence, we could not wait until the attack is imminent. When you are I are discussing this, and when other members of the administration were speaking about it, they were talking about the idea that Iraq has the capability to harm the United States at any time (and let me just say before the attack begins, this is JUST MY opinion, and no, I can’t read minds).

For 8 years, liberals did the same, sifting through quotes to “prove” that Clinton was technically telling the truth (at the time, 1/4 of all American believed that “sexual relations” means intercourse remember, and thus he never lied- so went the liberal argument). Of course, they were wrong then to defend a man who clearly lied, if not in words then certainly in intent, both in the Lewinsky scandal and in many other instances. It was partisan blindness in defense of their guy in the extreme. I by no means implicate anyone on this post, or to implicate you, Mr. Continue lendo →