The Associated Press is reporting today on two studies by independent organizations that point to a multitude of lies spread by George W. Bush and his cohorts.
"In short, the Bush administration led the nation to war on the basis of erroneous information that it methodically propagated and that culminated in military action against Iraq," concludes the Fund for Independence in Journalism.
A better conclusion would be: really? Bush lied about Iraq? Hey, so I've got this great property in the Glengarry Highlands in Florida...
According to the study, Bush made at least 259 of the 935 documented false statements from Administration officials (and as President of the United States, these cannot be dismissed as "errors," these are called "war crimes.") In second place, Colin Powell, former Secretary of State and perennial do-gooder who later admitted he didn't believe half of what he was saying.
Is this going to change anyone's mind about the war, which is apparently going so much better now that there are only 14 survivors left in Iraq?
[Photo: Lawrence Jackson, Associated Press]