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War mongers or just lazy? Both Posted: Sunday, July 13, 2003 Africa gets a new best friend Now that he's proved he can play the tough guy, President Bush knows it's time to show off his touchy-feely side. The Niger connection How did a poor African nation become crucial to justifying war in Iraq? Now doubts over intelligence claims that Saddam sought uranium from Niger threaten a damaging split between the US and Britain Niger and Iraq: the war's biggest lie? Why did the Administration endorse a forgery about Iraq’s nuclear program? Outrage at US plan to mortgage Iraqi oil Tony Blair's troubles won't fly away The Prime Minister's world tour may have been planned as a victory parade but it is turning into an assault course 20 Lies About the War Falsehoods ranging from exaggeration to plain untruth were used to make the case for war. More lies are being used in the aftermath. Al Qaeda claims exaggerated: analysts "There was no significant pattern of co-operation between Iraq and the Al Qaeda terrorist operation," said Thielman, who left the State Department's bureau of intelligence last year. Blair made a fundamental mistake over '45 minutes to deploy' claim CIA Got Uranium Reference Cut in Oct. The new disclosure suggests how eager the White House was in January to make Iraq's nuclear program a part of its case against Saddam Hussein even in the face of earlier objections by its own CIA director. Let's play pass the buck, George Bush shielded as CIA takes nuclear claims fallout Bush Declares His Faith in Tenet and C.I.A. Straw defends UK intelligence in row over Saddam's uranium Blair ignored CIA weapons warning War mongers or just lazy? America is either populated with lazy people with attention spans shorter than that of a mouse, or we are a war-mongering country so intent on flexing our military muscle that we don't need any real justification.   Printer friendly version  Send page by E-Mail |