Bush Lied, Lots of Stuff Died.

Before we discuss what's happening in Iraq, let's take a look back at how we got here...

As you may know, there are some people (very shrill, unserious moonbats) who believe that the White House lied to, or mislead, the world in its case for war against Iraq just because of the large amounts of evidence pointing to this they have hate in their hearts. I mean, President Bush told a reporter who asked about his plans for war in December 2002 that, "You said we're headed to war in Iraq. I don't know why you say that. I hope we're not headed to war in Iraq. I'm the person who gets to decide, not you." And then it turned out... well, it turned out that was pure bullshit.

Now a Spanish report reveals a private conservation between Bush and then-Spanish Prime Minister Aznar in February 2003, at a time when Bush continued to insist publicly that war was something he was trying to avoid. Our President told Aznar that he was going in with or without U.N. approval, and that "We will be in Baghdad by the end of March." Is that the Spanish equivalent of the Downing Street Memo, as some insist?

White House Press Secretary Dana Perino was asked about this report yesterday. She gave a long and rambling answer, insisting that we stayed focused on where we are now. But she never questioned nor denied the veracity of the report.

I wonder how many people even still have the energy to deny that the White House lied and bamboozled its way into a war they had wanted for some time. Probably much less than three years ago. But many of those people would still insist that, lies or no lies, this was the right thing to do. Why? The reason keeps on changing.

And what's happening in Iraq now, you ask? Lots of progress!

Our military leaders have developed an excellent way to spot and kill insurgents. They leave out weapons and ammunitions as "bait" and pretty much just kill anyone who gets curious about them. It's not so much 'shoot first, ask questions later', but rather 'entrap first, shoot second, never ask questions'. And it's the type of brilliant strategy that's gotten us so far.

Finally, I read today that "Civil war has been averted in Iraq and Iranian intervention there has 'ceased to exist,' Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said." So, umm, we won? Can we leave now? What's that... we never can? Oh, darn.