From: "Robert Comer" 

> Just look at that "imminent" example. Bush clearly said: 
"Some have said
we
> must not act until the threat is imminent..." over a year ago in his 2003
> SOTU address. Yet, the liberal leaning press continues to this day to
claim
> that the threat wasn't imminent, thus the war is a fraud, witness the
> left-winger Robert Scheer in the Nation (well these guys don't lean left,
> they're on a rowboat to the left of San Francisco) on 1/20/04:

That's mainly because Bush said we had to act now, backing up the claim
that Bush said the threat was imminent.

> "With the stated reasons for the U.S. invasion--the imminent threat of
> Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction and his ties to Al Qaeda--now
a
> proven fraud..."

That's true statement, or didn't you read the transcripts of Powell speech
to the U.N.

> They just keep repeating the reverse of what was said as if their version
is
> correct, but at least they're simply reversing the meaning behind
"imminent"
> for the most part to suit their agenda which easily countered with the
> truth, but here Scheer makes up another reason out of whole cloth - "ties
to
> Al Qaeda" which was never forwarded by the administration at all.

You are not taking into account what everyone said, remember that Bush is
the head of the United States right now and is responsible for anything his
cabinet says in the name of the United States.

Also to counter your point you are comparing the "left leaning"
press against government staffers, which isn't a real fair comparison.

- Bob Comer



"Mark Hessey"  wrote in message
news:4013f661$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> "Robert Comer"  wrote: True,
but wouldn't you
> question the origin of information like this and base
> > your disclosure of such information based on that?
>
> "I" would. But the information can also grow a life of its own.
>
> Just look at that "imminent" example. Bush clearly said: 
"Some have said
we
> must not act until the threat is imminent..." over a year ago in his 2003
> SOTU address. Yet, the liberal leaning press continues to this day to
claim
> that the threat wasn't imminent, thus the war is a fraud, witness the
> left-winger Robert Scheer in the Nation (well these guys don't lean left,
> they're on a rowboat to the left of San Francisco) on 1/20/04:
>
> "With the stated reasons for the U.S. invasion--the imminent threat of
> Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction and his ties to Al Qaeda--now
a
> proven fraud..."
>
> They just keep repeating the reverse of what was said as if their version
is
> correct, but at least they're simply reversing the meaning behind
"imminent"
> for the most part to suit their agenda which easily countered with the
> truth, but here Scheer makes up another reason out of whole cloth - "ties
to
> Al Qaeda" which was never forwarded by the administration at all.
>
>

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