“How is that not Deception?”

Douglas Feith on Jon Stewart's The Daily Show
Part 1 - The Daily Show - May 12


Douglas Feith on Jon Stewart's The Daily Show
Part 2 - The Daily Show - May 12

Jon Stewart interviews Douglas Feith

Feith, Former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, was one of the principle architects of the Iraq War.

No going for the funny, Jon goes for the point: didn't Feith and the Bush administration lie to us, deceive us, intentionally sell us war, by underplaying risk?

Feith says no, that while mistakes were made, and with the benefit of hindsight they would have done things differently, the mistakes were honest mistakes.

Jon (politely) calls bullshit.

No one is fucking around.

The argument between the two is laid out cleanly and fairly. You likely will not agree with Feith, however he presents his position well.

Jon taking Feith's argument apart is a joy to behold. Highly recommended.

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Sacrifice

US President George W. Bush said in an interview out Tuesday that he quit playing golf in 2003 out of respect for the families of US soldiers killed in the conflict in Iraq, now in its sixth year.

"I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal," he said in an interview for Yahoo! News and Politico magazine.

"I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander-in-chief playing golf," he said. "I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them.

Wow, he quit playing... What sacrifice. It brings a tear to the eye thinking of how he went without.

UPDATE: Not that this will surprise anyone, but Bush says he quit in August of 2003 because "of the troops [sniff, sniff]", except he kept playing until at least October (lying prick), and then had to quit because of an injury. What a loser

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