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935 Lies Told. 135,482 Lives Lost.

Jan.25, 2008 in Bush Administration, Foreign Policy, Iran, Iraq

According to a report released earlier this week by the Center for Public Integrity, the Bush Administration orchestrated the Iraq War by lying to the American public 935 times about the national security threat posed by Iraq.
They repeated the lie that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction on 532 separate occasions. Bush made 232 [...]

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Iranian Provocation or Bush Exaggeration?

Jan.08, 2008 in Bush Administration, Iran

You make the call.

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Technorati Tags: iran, navy, strait of hormuz, bush administration

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Can We Stop the Iran Scam Now?

Dec.03, 2007 in Bush Administration, Foreign Policy, Iran

In January, I wrote an extensive post about whether Iran posed a nuclear threat where I suggested that the Bush Administration was attempting to shape the debate about Iran policy based upon flawed or inaccurate information.
Today, I see this report (PDF) which confirms some of the information stated by sources I cited in [...]

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