I watched Karl Rove briefly on Meet the Press yesterday. It was like watching a pathological liar trying to convince everyone of his Fantasy World by smiling on teevee. Among many of his outright distortions of reality, Rove claimed it was never the intention of the occupying force to use Iraqi resources (oil) to finance the war. As evidenced by the plethora of Bush administration officials who suggested oil revenue was a fantastic way to pay for the occupation, it's a gross misrepresentation of history for Rove or anyone to suggest such.
Not only have we wasted hundreds of billions of dollars blowing the country to pieces and then trying to rebuild it, we
The book also includes numerous demonstrations of the Bush administration's lack of preparation to run Iraq after the March 2003 invasion. In one previously publicized case recounted in "Hard Lessons," Bowen's auditors discovered a cash disbursement of $57.8 million by the CPA to the U.S. comptroller for south-central Iraq. "Pallet upon pallet of hundred-dollar bills" were removed from the CPA vault in Baghdad and driven to the regional office in two unarmored SUVs. There, the local acting comptroller, Robert J. Stein Jr., who later was convicted for money laundering and fraud, had himself photographed with mountains of cash.Just like we were told the war would be over in a matter of weeks. Just like we were told Iraq had WMD that could escape into the hands of evildoers. Just like we were told Saddam had something to do with 9/11. Just like we were told the insurgency was in its "last throes." Just like we were told questioning this war proved your worth as an American. We were also told this war would pay for itself!
Instead, contrary to everything the Bushies ever told us and are still trying to tell us today, we have officially redistributed almost a trillion dollars of tax payer money to a foreign country with an end result price tag costing $3 trillion. And that's just money that's accounted for. That's enough to pay for 30+ years of the Democratic health care reform proposal-- money spent on our own people, a debate, mind you, that has lasted a thousand times longer than the run up to the invasion of Iraq.
Here they are yet again, the same inept cowardly people telling us once more that events never happened the way they actually happened. They have not an ounce of dignity or courage amongst them. And they are still trusted enough-- actually, giddily encouraged by the MSM-- to go on teevee and distort facts to the point that true war has been reduced to 15 second sound bites.
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