A straight answer from the man in charge

The morons on the left have enumerated any number of reasons for why we went to war in Iraq. From "wanting to avenge the attempted assasination of his father" to "a fight for big oil" to "for cheap gas" (note you don't hear that last one too much any more…)

But yesterday the man in charge, George W. Bush (yes, in charge; I know you libs will never accept that but it's true) said it clearer than anyone else ever could:

No president wants war. Everything you may have heard is that, but it's just simply not true. My attitude about the defense of this country changed on September the 11th. When we got attacked, I vowed then and there to use every asset at my disposal to protect the American people. Our foreign policy changed on that day…

You know, we used to think we were secure because of oceans and previous diplomacy. But we realized on September the 11th, 2001, that killers could destroy innocent life, and I'm never going to forget it, and I'm never going to forget the vow I made to the American people, that we will do everything in our power to protect our people. Part of that meant to make sure that we didn't allow people to provide safe haven to an enemy, and that's why I went into Iraq. They did. The Taliban provided safe haven for Al-Qaeda. That's where Al-Qaeda trained and Afghanistan provided safe haven for Al-Qaeda. That's where they trained; that's where they plotted. That's where they planned the attacks that killed thousands of innocent Americans. I also saw a threat in Iraq. I was hoping to solve this problem diplomatically. That's why I went to the Security Council. That's why it was important to pass 1441, which was unanimously passed. And the world said, "Disarm, disclose or face serious consequences." And therefore, we worked with the world. We worked to make sure that Saddam Hussein heard the message of the world, and when he chose to deny the inspectors, when he chose not to disclose, then I had the difficult decision to make to remove him, and we did, and the world is safer for it.

Well said, Mr. President.

Now why in God's name haven't you been on TV 24/7 for the past three years repeating this ad nauseum as you should have been?

The correction you probably won't see elsewhere...

The news broke as the lead story on innumerable TV broadcasts and on the front page of just about every newspaper; have you seen the correction reported anywhere, even on page A-31?

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a March 1 story, The Associated Press reported that federal disaster officials warned President Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees in New Orleans, citing confidential video footage of an Aug. 28 briefing among U.S. officials.

The Army Corps of Engineers considers a breach a hole developing in a levee rather than an overrun. The story should have made clear that Bush was warned about floodwaters overrunning the levees, rather than the levees breaking.

The day before the storm hit, Bush was told there were grave concerns that the levees could be overrun. It wasn’t until the next morning, as the storm was hitting, that Michael Brown, then head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said Bush had inquired about reports of breaches. Bush did not participate in that briefing.

Then again, you probably won't see news of Iran's lies about their nuclear program mentioned in the mainstream media either.

A brief quote from the UK's Telegraph:

The man who for two years led Iran's nuclear negotiations has laid out in unprecedented detail how the regime took advantage of talks with Britain, France and Germany to forge ahead with its secret atomic programme.

In a speech to a closed meeting of leading Islamic clerics and academics, Hassan Rowhani, who headed talks with the so-called EU3 until last year, revealed how Teheran played for time and tried to dupe the West after its secret nuclear programme was uncovered by the Iranian opposition in 2002.

He boasted that while talks were taking place in Teheran, Iran was able to complete the installation of equipment for conversion of yellowcake - a key stage in the nuclear fuel process - at its Isfahan plant but at the same time convince European diplomats that nothing was afoot.

"From the outset, the Americans kept telling the Europeans, 'The Iranians are lying and deceiving you and they have not told you everything.' The Europeans used to respond, 'We trust them'," he said.

Ah, the press - bringing you "All the news that's fit to print, as long as it meets our ideological criteria."

Huge thanks to the wonderful Sweetness & Light for bringing attention to these.

(As long as I'm directing folks elsewhere, you really owe it to yourself to check out what Ann Coulter has to say. I can't say I always agree with her, but she's always illuminating…)