Cycloptichorn wrote:No offense, Tico, but I'm not interested in arguing the point with ya; I understand there are certain factors which prevent you from being honest about the situation and force you to nitpick.
Could this possibly be a case of the pot calling the kettle black?
In regard to Bin Laden, Bush has a point with both statements cited. Sure, it is a high priority to catch Bin Laden. I think it would be great in terms of public relations and an emotional victory, so in that sense it is a high priority. And it may temporarily demoralize the followers for a time. But common sense tells us, or at least it should, that if he were captured or killed, his terrorist network is not even going to begin to fold up and call it a day, so really the battle is against the terrorist network and whether we catch or kill Bin Laden is not going to affect the overall war on terror.
So to capture the essence of what Bush meant by his statements, killing or capturing Bin Laden is a high priority, as one aspect or battle of the overall war, but also it is not the highest priority of the overall war. To call the statements a contradictory lie is really a case of nitpicking. You really need to find better examples of lies.
A more damaging and notable lie is the one perpetrated by the press and the Democrats that Bush knowingly lied about WMD. Furthermore, one needs to prove that even if there were no WMD, Bush would need to be proven to have known it. The information being found now is vindicating Bush concerning WMD, on both counts, that he did not knowingly misrepresent the WMD, and also now evidence likely shows that Hussein was deeply involved with WMD leading up to the war. Even though no evidence was ever found to prove the intelligence was totally wrong before the war, the press and the Democrats have nevertheless drawn that conclusion based on what - simply political spin, and published it as a fact, and have been doing so now ever since the war started. And I think it has been perpetrated knowingly by them for political advantage. Such a lie has hindered and damaged our efforts in a very real way. It is not only despicable, but dangerous.
