Friday, June 08, 2007

GOP/Media Rewrite Iraq War History

By Robert Parry
June 8, 2007

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and radio personality Jay Diamond are right to wonder why Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney got away with rewriting a key chapter of the Iraq War history without political reporters raising a peep.

At the June 5 Republican debate, co-sponsored by CNN, Romney defended George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq in March 2003 on the grounds that Saddam Hussein refused to let United Nations weapons inspectors in to search for WMD.

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frank1569 said...

Speaking of history, not only did Saddam comply with the UNSCOM and the IAEA, the Guardian reported on December 22, 2002: "Baghdad fought back in the highly charged propaganda battle with the US and Britain yesterday by inviting its arch-enemy, the CIA, to enter Iraq and track down the country's elusive weapons of mass destruction." But with the Jesus holiday just a few days away, the CIA refused due to the need to pick up some last minute gifts for the youngin'.

Sat Jun 09, 03:40:00 AM 2007

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