Rewriting History the MSM Way.

Let’s face it, isn’t the most common theme of all background reports on the Iraq war that Bush “twisted” the intelligence about WMDs just so he could start a war in the Middle East. The rationale for his desire to do that varies from “”oil,” to avenging Saddam’s attempt to assassinate his daddy, to whatever fantasy the spinners weave at the moment.

What’s really amazing about this attempt to rewrite the history is that it’s so blatant. Reminiscent of the Soviet’s editing of pictures of the men surrounding Stalin. When one dropped out of favor and was “liquidated” he was airbrushed out of the picture.

You have to be an idiot not to remember, as Jeff Goldstein does:

Examine, if you will, what the anti-war press has done here in trying to shape the overarching narrative of Iraq. First, it has placed the blame on the Administration for its failure NOT to dismiss CIA intel about WMDs—shared by virtually every intelligence service in the world, and backed to this day by several reports (the “stockpiles” have never been found, but the ability to quickly make and mobilize weapons has)—spinning that, with the help of furiously backpeddling and cowardly Democrats (with certain exceptions, Bob Kerrey and Joe Lieberman notable among them), into the suggestion that Bush, having weighed the bulk of the intelligence, “lied” about WMDs and “misled” us into war. Of course, Congress had access to that same intelligence—and it was a Democratic administration that, too, was certain about Saddam’s danger—but that fact is consistently bracketed from the Iraq war narrative as it has been consistently pushed by Democrats and the press.

The popular press is still able to try to re-shape our memories; to airbrush the ghosts away. Do I really remember all the leading Democrats – from Clinton to the lowest rank and filer – warning us of the dangers of a nuclear armed Saddam who was furiously developing and stockpiling WMDs? Or was I mistaken, and is the reality that the CIA, all the world’s intelligence services and the Democrats were yelling at the top of their voices: “Stop! There are not WMDs in Iraq! Saddam has no interest in nukes!”

Yeah, that must be it because the Virginian Pilot and the NY Times tell me so. Who am I going to believe, them or my lying eyes?

The people who oppose this war should be able to do so honestly. The fact that they are lying about the background of this war tells me that the facts are not on their side. And people who tell lies to further their cause are not to be trusted.