Comments on: Help Bush Identify His Biggest non-9/11 Mistake http://www.lies.com/wp/2004/04/15/help-bush-identify-his-biggest-non-911-mistake/ believe nothing... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:56:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Thom http://www.lies.com/wp/2004/04/15/help-bush-identify-his-biggest-non-911-mistake/#comment-3324 Thom Thu, 15 Apr 2004 18:48:40 +0000 http://www.lies.com/wp/2004/04/15/help-bush-identify-his-biggest-non-911-mistake/#comment-3324 Make that last line: "...but it is dishonest to suggest that many of us who are mad about Iraq now would NOT almost certainly have been just as mad about Afghanistan in 2001." (and if that were my biggest mistake since 9-11, I'd be doing a whole lot better...) Make that last line: “…but it is dishonest to suggest that many of us who are mad about Iraq now would NOT almost certainly have been just as mad about Afghanistan in 2001.”

(and if that were my biggest mistake since 9-11, I’d be doing a whole lot better…)

]]> By: Thom http://www.lies.com/wp/2004/04/15/help-bush-identify-his-biggest-non-911-mistake/#comment-3323 Thom Thu, 15 Apr 2004 18:43:36 +0000 http://www.lies.com/wp/2004/04/15/help-bush-identify-his-biggest-non-911-mistake/#comment-3323 I too would pick number 2, with number 4 not far behind. Number 3 is a non-starter, though: had Bush called for an invasion of Afghanistan before 9-11, no one would have supported it. Look at how many people protested the invasion of Afghanistan AFTER 9-11. I can't believe John Kerry, most Democrats, or this site would have accepted a pre-emptive invasion of Afghanistan by a Republican adminstration any better than they have the invasion of Iraq. This is not to say a 2001 invasion of Afghanistan wouldn't have been a better idea than the invasion of Iraq - but it is dishonest to suggest that many of us who are mad about Iraq now would almost certainly have been just as mad about Afghanistan in 2001. I too would pick number 2, with number 4 not far behind.

Number 3 is a non-starter, though: had Bush called for an invasion of Afghanistan before 9-11, no one would have supported it. Look at how many people protested the invasion of Afghanistan AFTER 9-11. I can’t believe John Kerry, most Democrats, or this site would have accepted a pre-emptive invasion of Afghanistan by a Republican adminstration any better than they have the invasion of Iraq. This is not to say a 2001 invasion of Afghanistan wouldn’t have been a better idea than the invasion of Iraq – but it is dishonest to suggest that many of us who are mad about Iraq now would almost certainly have been just as mad about Afghanistan in 2001.

]]> By: Adam http://www.lies.com/wp/2004/04/15/help-bush-identify-his-biggest-non-911-mistake/#comment-3322 Adam Thu, 15 Apr 2004 12:35:45 +0000 http://www.lies.com/wp/2004/04/15/help-bush-identify-his-biggest-non-911-mistake/#comment-3322 I pick #2, hands down. Because it's the only one that flirts with the whole problem of selling a war by any means necessary. Which is what he did. I pick #2, hands down. Because it’s the only one that flirts with the whole problem of selling a war by any means necessary. Which is what he did.

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