Unglued

As the Junta continues to fall apart, Georgie's becoming increasingly irrational in his lies. Sure, with all the lies he tells on a continuous basis, it's an incremental increase to be sure. It takes a trained eye to even notice it - that's just part of the service I provide to you, the reader.

One whopper that's been told repeatedly over a long period of time is the canard that when congress voted to invade Iraq in 2002, they had seen the same intelligence that the White House had seen. There's a word for that assertion, and it's not a pretty word, but it's the only word that can really capture the essence of the veracity of the statement: bullshit.

The Junta hand-picked the intel, choosing to believe the aluminum tubes story (which, of course, they knew was completely stupid) and all the jetsom that 'Curveball' spewed at them. Their hero, Achmad Chilabi, is in the US right now and has offered to testify to the Senate. Senators like Intel Committee Chair Roberts want nothing to do with him - there's always the remote chance he'll start telling the truth.

And the truth is the noose that will hang this Junta. From day one, they've known that their ideological lunacy was a losing proposition. No sane or remotely educated person could go along with it. But by offering material rewards and convenient lies, they induced people to take the carrot and pretend to believe. Even today, I'll bet that most conservatives can't tell you who's followed them because of belief and who's gone along because of the easy money and corrupt access to tasty power.

Aside from the truth, there's Georgie's speech on Veteran's Day. Of course he was in front of troops at an army base - where else? And he gave his rousing 'let's kill lots more Iraqis to free them' speech. But his time he threw in, and a 'curveball' if you will, the canard about prewar intelligence.

What's amazing about it is the coverage from the Washington Post. Georgie gets three paragraphs and 96 words before the paper quotes Ted Kennedy's reaction. Teddy gets to react before the Georgie quotes go in. Check it out:

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) accused Bush of exploiting Veterans Day in
"a campaign-like attempt to rebuild his own credibility by tearing down those
who seek the truth about the clear manipulation of intelligence in the run-up to
the Iraq war." In a statement, Kennedy added, "Instead of providing open and
honest answers about how we will achieve success in Iraq and allow our troops to
begin to come home, the president reverted to the same manipulation of facts to
justify a war we never should have fought."

Kennedy charged that Bush's speech "only further tarnished this White House
and further damaged his presidency."

I won't quote Georgie. What would be the point?

Truly it's a brave new world.