A Pack of lies

The Los Angeles Times yesterday ran speeches from "Wartime Presidents" including Bush. Here is the lies he stated.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-memorial25-2009may25,0,1334936.story

Some in this chamber, and in our country, did not support the liberation of Iraq. Objections to war often come from principled motives. But let us be candid about the consequences of leaving Saddam Hussein in power. We're seeking all the facts. Already the Kay Report identified dozens of weapons of mass destruction-related program activities and significant amounts of equipment that Iraq concealed from the United Nations. Had we failed to act, the dictator's weapons of mass destruction programs would continue to this day. Had we failed to act, Security Council resolutions on Iraq would have been revealed as empty threats, weakening the United Nations and encouraging defiance by dictators around the world. Iraq's torture chambers would still be filled with victims -- terrified and innocent. The killing fields of Iraq, where hundreds of thousands of men, women and children vanished into the sands, would still be known only to the killers. For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place.

-- George W. Bush,

State of the Union address, January 2004

Breaking down the lies:

Some in this chamber, and in our country, did not support the liberation of Iraq. Objections to war often come from principled motives.

-- Actually it was the MAJORITY of people

But let us be candid about the consequences of leaving Saddam Hussein in power.

-- Since he was contained nothing

We're seeking all the facts.

-- No he was seeking the facts that fit his lies

Already the Kay Report identified dozens of weapons of mass destruction-related program activities and significant amounts of equipment that Iraq concealed from the United Nations.

-- The U.N. weapons inspectors, you know the people on the ground, said he had none

Had we failed to act, the dictator's weapons of mass destruction programs would continue to this day.

-- He wasn't interested in getting any

Had we failed to act, Security Council resolutions on Iraq would have been revealed as empty threats, weakening the United Nations and encouraging defiance by dictators around the world.

--You mean crippling the people of his country??

Iraq's torture chambers would still be filled with victims -- terrified and innocent.

--Like he ordered??

The killing fields of Iraq, where hundreds of thousands of men, women and children vanished into the sands, would still be known only to the killers.

How many were caused by his orders??

For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place.

--And the proof is??