Take a look at these quotes and then tell me the government weren't talking out there arse. It's always nice to reflect.
www.dfw.com...
AUSTIN - At the beginning of the summer, several of us who are not exactly upbeat about our prospects in Iraq urged the administration to Do Something
before it was too late -- like, by the end of the summer.
Now what? Our people are over there like staked goats in the desert; the administration won't send more troops; and the NGOs are pulling out. There
was no apparent connection between Iraq and al Qaeda before this war, but there sure is now. We have already lost more soldiers in the "peace" than
we did during the war.
And still no weapons of mass destruction. I realize all the good little boys and girls are supposed to "get over" the missing weapons of mass
destruction, but I cannot brush this aside with the careless elan of the neo-con hawks ("doesn't matter," "makes no difference," "who cares?").
Public officials need to be held to some standard of accountability for what they say.
In a separate column, I will try to Be Constructive about our plight, but I think it is important to remember how we got here. May I remind you of
what we were repeatedly told?