CLICK TO READ: t r u t h o u t - Ted Kennedy | The President Should Be Held Accountable
Read Kennedy's superb statement on the administration's efforts to exaggerate threats in their march to war in Iraq. As Chalabi, the Pentagon's favorite Iraqi dissident, is wined and dined in DC, Kennedy reminds the Senate of Chalabi's own words:
"The Pentagon¹s favorite Iraqi dissident, Ahmed Chalabi, is actually proud of what happened. 'We are heroes in error,' Chalabi said in February 2004. 'As far as we're concerned, we've been entirely successful. That tyrant Saddam is gone and the Americans are in Baghdad. What was said before is not important. The Bush Administration is looking for a scapegoat. We're ready to fall on our swords, if he wants.'
What was said before does matter. The President's words matter. The Vice President's words matter. So do those of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense and other high officials in the Administration. And they did not square with the facts.
The Intelligence Committee agreed to investigate the clear discrepancies, and it's important that they get to the bottom of this, and find out how and why President Bush took America to war in Iraq. Americans are dying. Already more than 2000 have been killed, and more than 15,000 have been wounded.
The American people deserve the truth. It's time for the President to stop passing the buck and for him to be held accountable."
No comments:
Post a Comment