> Now we learn that Bush's statement about > Iraq trying to get uranium from Niger is > technically correct, too! > > Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, echoing Rice in an > appearance on ABC's ``This Week,'' said the statement > was ``technically correct'' because Bush noted the > source of the claim was Britain. > http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Bush-Intelligence.html?hp
Well, not so easy. It can be argued that they *all* prevaricate and lie. An alert contributor to what one person has called THE WORLD'S BEST BLOG [more on this anon] parcels out the deceit as follows: The Ministry of Truth Posted by Lambert http://atrios.blogspot.com/ [read: 13 July 2003] An anonymous but alert reader points out that Tenet's statement itself contains a lie. Let's compare what Bush actually said to what Tenet says that Bush said: *Bush* in the SOTU [State of the Union address]: "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." *Tenet* in his statement: "... the text in the speech was factually correct - i.e. that the British government report said that Iraq sought uranium from Africa." So, first, Tenet's own statement is a lie. Bush did not say the British "said"; Bush said the British "learned." The difference? Consider: I say to you: "He said 1 + 1 = 3." No problem; I'm not implying 1 + 1 = 3. But then I say to you: "He learned 1 + 1 = 3." A problem; I *am* implying 1 + 1 = 3 (which you know, of course, is wrong). So, the use of "learn" - which Tenet conceals through his own lie - shows the intent to deceive. By saying the British "learned" of the Niger uranium, Bush implied that this was true. It was not true, and whoever crafted those 16 weasel words *knew* it was not true. So, who signed off on the speech? Whose responsibility was it? What did he know and when did he know it? They even lie about their own lies! -Lambert 11:10 PM [I'm not entirely convinced this is right. What did you learn at school today? I learned that our leaders are the best of men ... and we elect 'em again and again." Can't one *learn* something false just because one can be *taught* something false?? - SS] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stephen Straker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vancouver, B.C. [Outgoing mail scanned by Norton AntiVirus] _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
