Scott Ritter has been a man of courage for some time. He spoke out against the war in Iraq from the beginning. His insights into the nature of the “threat”posed by Saddam – which were, in a nutshell, none – to the United States provided a degree of clarity for those of us who actually bothered to care enough to think about this matter before the war started.
His book, Iraq Confidential, provides in excruciating detail the story of how Iraq had disarmed after the first Gulf War. It confirms many of my worst doubts before the war – that the Bush administration clearly planned all of this well before 9-11, and looked for any excuse to start a war with Saddam. The Bush administration lied about this war being a “last resort”. When he said, “We are doing everything we can to avoid war in Iraq,” that was a lie. That single fact is a big deal. Our soldiers and countless Iraqis have died over a lie. Many lies.
Now Ritter makes the case again here. Once again, Bush, who feigns ‘coming clean’, continues to lie. He blamed everyone else for “misinterpreting” his words.
Bush will apparently lie about just about anything. He is surrounded by an unfortunate group of kindred spirits. We must see this clearly for what it is. When will the weight of our moral failure in this truly evil decision to go to war finally sink into the American psyche? When will we begin to actually watch where our feet are taking us? Or will the childish innocence that was punctured on 9-11 allow us to continue to walk blindly through this world, acting as if we can do anything we want without consequence?
We need strong people like Ritter and a growing throng of others to speak out. We must speak out now unless we want to be dragged into yet another folly that this ship of fools still has time to foist upon us.
-Please don’t forget to checkout our second installment on the philosophy of politics over at No Hat Tip
posted by Tom Paine II
