I had people threaten to hurt me because I was opposed to the war. I had people in my face screaming at me. Some of them were my friends. It was truly a sad time for our country.
Bosco --- Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bosco, I was asking that of a lot of neocon warhawks, and none of > them would answer, except to brand me as a "pinko neo-commie". > > Bosco Bosco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I found the > following in my Yahoo headlines. I haven't taken the time > to read the study or check out the links. While I know that nothing > will likely come of this, in a way I feel gratified that the truth > is > finally coming out and being documented. Honestly, I am more than a > little amazed the story was run at all. > > When the war was breaking out, I asked every body I knew who > supported the war the following question: (I live in Texas so there > were literally only three or four of us who thought the war was a > bad > move.) > > How does the most embargoed nation in the history of the world > develop a program for weapons of mass destruction with essentially > every available eye in the world focused on it 24-7 for ten years? > The logical and reasonable answer is, they don't because it isn't > possible. I spent a lot of time wondering why no one in the press > ever even thought to ask this obvious question. Then the war broke > out and it really didnt matter. > > Now I am wondering, more rhetorically, why the phrase war criminals > is not used more often with regards to the cabal of terrorists we > call the Bush Cabinet? > > By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL, Associated Press Writer 53 minutes ago > > WASHINGTON - A study by two nonprofit journalism organizations > found > that President Bush and top administration officials issued > hundreds > of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq in > the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks. > > The study concluded that the statements "were part of an > orchestrated > campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion and, in the > process, led the nation to war under decidedly false pretenses." > > The study was posted Tuesday on the Web site of the Center for > Public > Integrity, which worked with the Fund for Independence in > Journalism. > > White House spokesman Scott Stanzel did not comment on the merits > of > the study Tuesday night but reiterated the administration's > position > that the world community viewed Iraq's leader, Saddam Hussein, as a > threat. > > "The actions taken in 2003 were based on the collective judgment of > intelligence agencies around the world," Stanzel said. > > The study counted 935 false statements in the two-year period. It > found that in speeches, briefings, interviews and other venues, > Bush > and administration officials stated unequivocally on at least 532 > occasions that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or was trying > to > produce or obtain them or had links to al-Qaida or both. > > "It is now beyond dispute that Iraq did not possess any weapons of > mass destruction or have meaningful ties to al-Qaida," according to > Charles Lewis and Mark Reading-Smith of the Fund for Independence > in > Journalism staff members, writing an overview of the study. "In > short, the Bush administration led the nation to war on the basis > of > erroneous information that it methodically propagated and that > culminated in military action against Iraq on March 19, 2003." > > Named in the study along with Bush were top officials of the > administration during the period studied: Vice President Dick > Cheney, > national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary > Donald > H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Deputy Defense > Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and White House press secretaries Ari > Fleischer and Scott McClellan. > > Bush led with 259 false statements, 231 about weapons of mass > destruction in Iraq and 28 about Iraq's links to al-Qaida, the > study > found. That was second only to Powell's 244 false statements about > weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and 10 about Iraq and al-Qaida. > > The center said the study was based on a database created with > public > statements over the two years beginning on Sept. 11, 2001, and > information from more than 25 government reports, books, articles, > speeches and interviews. > > "The cumulative effect of these false statements � amplified by > thousands of news stories and broadcasts � was massive, with the > media coverage creating an almost impenetrable din for several > critical months in the run-up to war," the study concluded. > > "Some journalists � indeed, even some entire news organizations � > have since acknowledged that their coverage during those prewar > months was far too deferential and uncritical. These mea culpas > notwithstanding, much of the wall-to-wall media coverage provided > additional, 'independent' validation of the Bush administration's > false statements about Iraq," it said. > > ___ > > On the Net: > > Center For Public Integrity: > http://www.publicintegrity.org/default.aspx > > Fund For Independence in Journalism: http://www.tfij.org/ > > __________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > > > > > "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels > will get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, > "A Man Without A Country" > > --------------------------------- > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > I got friends who are in prison and Friends who are dead. I'm gonna tell ya something that I've often said. 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