A New Document Show Bush a Liar and Traitor

May 13, 2005

The War in Iraq seems like history to most Americans. The number of our soldiers dying is nearing 1,700 and few seem to notice. Even few seem to care about why we went to war. Again, to them, it is history and settled in the fog of politics.

Recall that Bush said Saddam was a threat to our national security and claimed he had WMDs and was capable of using them against us or our allies. Yet, Bush had nothing to back it up. Investigations since 2003 have shown there were no WMDs, no connections to Al Qaeda, and Saddam was not a credible threat.

Bush's response was to say he was told there were WMDs and he trusted his advisors. He also said he had not pre-planned the war and based his actions on the best information at the time.

What a Liar. More proof is coming to light all the time.

A British memo written in July 23, 2002 and released May 1, 2005, details a meeting between members of the Bush and Blair administrations about Iraq. The U.S. stated at the meeting it was preparing plans for war with Iraq and the Bush Administration was going to use WMDs as the reason even though it knew there was no intelligence showing there were WMDs. Further, Bush planned to prepare the country for war before the 2002 elections, then attack in early 2003, which is what happened. At the meeting, U.S. officials said they were aware there was no intelligence or facts that Iraq was a threat or even had WMDs, but Bush was intent on a war with Iraq which would be called a "regime change".

The British were not keen on the plan but understood the U.S. position of not wanting to use the ultimatum route via the United Nations but it felt the legal position for war would be better if U.N. inspectors were allowed to do their work to find WMDs if possible. It also decided if the U.S. were to attack Iraq, it would go along.

In 2001, Bush swore to defend the U.S. from all its enemies. The enemy in this case was him, his administration and their allies in Congress.

Lying to start a war is tragic and starting a unilateral war in the face of no real threat is un-Constitutional and immoral.  Bush's reckless ambitions and desire to replace Saddam has lead to thousands of U.S. and allied deaths, perhaps 100,000 Iraqi deaths, and the destruction of a country in order to save it. The cost to the US economy has been incredible, the effects of which will last generations.

Bush considered his personal and political desires over the security of our nation. In doing so, he failed our country and he must be held to account for his traitorous actions now or later.