Pasted below you will find the entire transcript of the speech George W. Bush gave just before U.S. aircraft and troops invaded Iraq. Here, Bush quite clearly details his reasoning and justification for military action. The months prior to this, we saw the media filled with speeches and intelligence reports about weapons of mass destruction. By the time this speech was presented, the Federal Government had pursuaded many Americans of the imminent danger to our own safety and security.
Despite many Americans (and most of the rest of the world) opposing Bush and contesting U.S. intelligence reports, we went in anyway, following our beloved mis-leader.
Today, however, investigators have yet to uncover any evidence of weapons of mass destruction. In response, Bush sometimes says, "I never said there was imminent danger" and other times says "It doesn’t matter what I said, we were still right and the world is a better place." Either way, Bush is saying, "I, maybe intentionally, maybe not, deceived the American people." He’s still living his role of our mis-leader.
Maybe the world is a better place without Saddam Hussein, but that isn’t the issue. The issue is, in this case, do the ends justify the means? Do we as a people trust our Federal Government enough to allow them to lie and deceive us to get their way, in hopes that what they do is really best for us? Put that way, it’s paradoxical. It doesn’t even make sense.
So, as you’re reading/listening Bush’s newest statements regarding his justification for going to Iraq, don’t forget what he said before and the tactics he used to "sell" us on the idea in the first place.
Some claim Abraham Lincoln said this, others claim the author is unknown. Regardless, when it comes to believing President Bush, a strong and proven mis-leader, consider this:
"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."
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