On Friday, Dan Bartlett, counselor to the president, defended Karl Rove. You may recall that Karl Rove claimed that liberals didn't want to fight the terrorists, they wanted to use understanding and therapy. Dan Bartlett pointed out that Karl Rove wasn't referring to Democrats when he used the word, he was referring to a petition that Moveon.org presented asking for restraint "against the war on terror. "His words were pretty clear -- liberals don't want to fight terror.
Well, he got part of it right.
But the rest of it is a lie. (*gasp* A member of the president's staff lying?)
There was not one loyal American who opposed effective and immediate action against al Qaeda. So how do we do that? By going to war against Iraq? Yeah, right. Instead of concentrating resources on finding bin Laden and dismantling al Qaeda, the geniuses behind the war on terror pulled resources from that to go to war in Iraq.
So far what has happened? Al Qaeda has increased in power, and we have lost thousands of American and innocent Iraqi lives in a war that doesn't appear to have a strategy.
No wonder the administration is dancing as fast as they can.
That petition that Dan Bartlett says was what Karl Rove was talking about? I signed it, because I didn't think going to war in Iraq was going to do anything to take care of bin Laden.
The administration continues to make a connection between Iraq and 9/11, even though there isn't. And they are going to continue to lie to suit their purposes. But, hey, it's for the good of the country, isn't it? That pesky Bill of Rights shouldn't have to apply to an administration that is right.
