Purposefully Misled
Do you think George W. Bush purposefully misled to the United States Congress and its citizens when he led us to war in Iraq?
Do you think he purposefully misled us when he said that Saddam Hussein was linked to the terrorists who knocked down the World Trade Center, knocked a hole in the Pentagon, and killed a plane load of people in a field in Pennsylvania?
Do you think he purposefully misled us when he said that Saddam Hussein’s Iraq had “weapons of mass destruction”? Do you think he misled us when he said that those weapons were poised to be used against us in an offensive attack?
Do you think he purposefully misled us when he said that he sent our country to war to remove the terrible despot, Saddam Hussein?
If you believe that George W. Bush purposefully misled us, then you must take the step. You must conclude that his orchestrated deception directly resulted in the deaths of over 4,000 Americans and 100,000 Iraqis.
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Let’s take a step back.
If you entrusted me with the care of your child and I purposefully misled him/her into believing that it was safe to cross the street and, while crossing, got hit and killed by an automobile, am I responsible for that child’s death?
If I am responsible, what are the consequences? Are there criminal consequences? What is the punishment? Could I go to jail? Could I be executed?
If I am responsible are there other consequences? Are there civil liabilities? Could I be sued?
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If you believe that George W. Bush purposefully misled us, you need to think through what that really, really means. You need to have the guts to take those thoughts through to their logical conclusion, no matter how absurd and disgusting you feel that conclusion is.
And then you need to wrestle with that conclusion. And figure out what the hell you are going to do about it.
You owe it to at least 4,000 American children.
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