The Big Lie About Bush’s Case For War

Ken McCracken • August 27, 2007

Time and again the left uses this argument against President Bush’s case for war in Iraq:

Bush invaded to find the WMD’s. There were no WMD’s so the war is a lie/unjustified/a mistake.

The problem is, of course, that WMD’s weren’t the only reason why we invaded, as Mona Charen points out:

This morning on C-SPAN 2, I heard a nice young historian spout the conventional wisdom about President Bush and the Iraq War. This particular interpretation is now totally uncontroversial – but it is false.
Elizabeth Borgwardt of Washington University told an audience that George W. Bush had urged the war in Iraq in order to end the threat of weapons of mass destruction and only later used democracy promotion as a post-hoc justification for the conflict.
There is little question that “the weapons” as President Bush typically referred to WMDs were a key concern. But it is highly misleading to say that they were the sole justification. . . .
It may have been impossibly idealistic and even naïve to entertain such hopes (though I don’t think so), but an ambitious freedom agenda was always a part of the justification for the Iraq War – and that’s something that everyone who argues the Bush “lied us into war” is purposely ignoring.

She’s got the links to prove it at the link.
Unfortunately, this misrepresentation of President Bush’s policies is so ingrained in conventional wisdom that it will soon join “Bush said Saddam was in on 9/11″ as an anti-war argument from the left that so many people believe it may as well be the truth.

Tags: Politics, War On Terror

http://Array robert108

Bush had a personal vendetta against Saddam because he tried to kill his father.

Nice leftie BS; you fail to mention that “his father” was President of the United States. Any foreign leader who tries to kill my President should be dead meat. Of course, you lie by saying that was one of the reasons; it should have been, though, IMO.
http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

Three equally true statements about our involvement in Iraq:

Bush had a personal vendetta against Saddam because he tried to kill his father.

Bush and buddies wanted to make a lot of money.

ews48 was Saddam’s personal butt-monkey.

/sarcasm
http://www.willisms.com/ Zsa Zsa

When I see comments like” Saddam was just a personal vendetta for GWB.” That is a dead give away that those individuals are misguided. The fact that the world is rid of Saddam is a gift to the world. He destroyed property, murdered, raped, tortured etc. Thank God Saddam is no longer on earth creating havoc! Thank God GWB had the guts to get Saddam. Especially with the constant back lashing from the Liberal way out of wack left!
Robin Crenshaw

http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm

Face it, we Republicans have been pwned.
This ‘Freedom Agenda’ we keep trotting out simply wasn’t even part of the basis.

Read

http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm
http://radamisto.blogspot.com/ Steve J.

THE PRESIDENT: Our mission is clear in Iraq. Should we have to go in, our mission is very clear: disarmament. 3/6/03

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030306-8.html
http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

The simple fact that Saddam was a state sponsor of terrorism. Any nation and leader that does that needs to be put out of our misery.
http://www.insanereindeer.blogspot.com/ Kenny

Two things:

One, the “Saddam was involved in 9/11 line” is a very easily proven one:
1) Al quida’s main goal is terrorism against US and allied interests.
2) Unless financed by foreign governments, Al Quida is dead in the water. So every funder of al Quida and other terrorist groups is ultimately responsable for said attacks.
3) Iraq was one of those funders.

Therefore: Saddam shared responsibility, in part, for 9/11. Pretty cut and dry.

Two…
Woof, anyone who “laughs” at Iraq is a pretty worthless human being.
http://ewebsmith.com/ ews48

Very true. The WMD were not even a reason.

The reasons were:

Bush had a personal vendetta against Saddam because he tried to kill his father.

Bush has bought into this global domination agenda as outlined by the PNAC. The redeployment of missles in Europe is part of this plan. (This plan is blatantly dangerous by the way and if we continue to pursue it, it will lead to global war. It fails to take into account the economic recovery of Russia)

and

Bush and buddies wanted to make a lot of money.
robert108

More Dem hypocrisy: The reason for going into Bosnia was a “genocidal dictator” who was murdering his Muslim citizens. He hadn’t invaded any neighboring countries(Saddam and Kuwait), nor had he threatened any other countries(Saddam and Saudi Arabia), but he had mass graves(which were never found). Moreover, Clinton promised us we would be “out by Christmas”, but we are still there!
Despite all this, they refuse to support the deposing and punishment of a real genocidal dictator(Saddam), who was a threat to the entire region; they whine about “getting us out”, but they are silent on our troops in Bosnia. Double Standard?
http://sayanythingblog.com robport

Angry ?

I’m laughing.

And I’m laughing at you.

Steve J,

THE PRESIDENT: Our mission is clear in Iraq. Should we have to go in, our mission is very clear: disarmament. 3/6/03

One cherry-picked quote? That’s the best you’ve got?

EWS, don’t you have a victory party for the dearly beloved Ron Paul to go to? And by “victory” I mean “some people actually recognize his name.”
WOOFX

Angry ?

I’m laughing.
WOOFX

I laugh at those that pridefully walk around with the load in their pants that is the tragedy of our invasion/occupation Iraq.

Change your underwear.
WOOFX

The war in Iraq is shit on a stick.

Keep calling it ice cream ,
you’re gonna be eating a lot of it.
http://sayanythingblog.com robport

I love it when you’re so angry about the war that your potty mouth comes out, Poodle. Tells me things must be going pretty well over there.

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