September 21, 2004
I want that list!
From Senator Kerry's recent speech:
...by one count, the president offered 23 different rationales for this war. If his purpose was to confuse and mislead the American people, he succeeded...Who'd have thought it? 23!
Strange, I thought the Dem Party Line was that the only rationale for liberating Iraq was WMD's?
And come to think of it, haven't I encountered a lot of Lefty-bloggers who write, "I've never had anyone give me any good solid reason why we should invade Iraq." I always send them my list of Ten Reasons, but strange to tell, they never seem to give me any reaction to them...only silence.
I guess I'm too minimalist. If I could come up with a list of 23, now that would be impressive. But I think that's beyond my powers. Does anybody have the list of 23? Is it published? I would be very interested. I want that list! But I predict it will turn out to be as elusive as Dan Rather's unimpeachable sources...
Posted by John Weidner at September 21, 2004 03:34 PM | TrackBackBut you see, more than one simple reason confuses and frightens them. They are but simple Lefties, unused to our strange, modern devices such as "lists of various reasons to do something." That's why they latch onto the WMD fantasy. If only the president would admit it, admit that he invaded Iraq because the Silver-Maned Unicorn that visits him in the night told him it would be a good idea!
Posted by: Andrea Harris at September 21, 2004 08:23 PMA student at U of Illinois did a senior honors thesis titled "Uncovering the Rtionales for War on Iraq" where 27 rationales were identified. Of those 27, 23 are said to have originated with the Administration.
U of Illinois press release is here: http://www.news.uiuc.edu/news/04/0510war.html
I would suspect this as Kerry's source.
Posted by: Steven at September 21, 2004 09:38 PMThanks, that's interesting. It will take me a while to slog through it, but my first impression is that some of MY reasons aren't mentioned...probably because they are not politically correct....
Posted by: John Weidner at September 21, 2004 09:42 PM
