After 8 Years, U.S. Officials Still Recklessly Lying To Troops In Iraq

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After 8 Years, U.S. Officials Still Recklessly Lying To Troops In Iraq

http://www.beggarscanbechoosers.com/2011/07/after-8-years-us-still-recklessly-lying.html

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

By MARC McDONALD

The disastrous Iraq War was originally built on a colossal lie. Now, eight years after George W. Bush ordered the invasion of that country, American officials are still lying to our troops. And the Big Lie today is just as dangerous and reckless as when Bush first told it.

On July 11, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, during a visit to Baghdad, sounded very Bush-like when he connected U.S. invasion of Iraq with 9/11.

Speaking at Camp Victory, Panetta said, "The reason you guys are here is because on 9/11 the United States got attacked," Panetta told the troops. "And 3,000 Americans--3,000 not just Americans, 3,000 human beings, innocent human beings--got killed because of Al Qaeda. And we've been fighting as a result of that."

After eight horrific years of war in Iraq, it's clear that Panetta is still peddling the same lies Bush told in 2003.

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1. K&R

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2. Channeling Rummy? Asshole K&R n/t