[Joe Dees]
People here might benefit from perusing the site of the universally acknowledged 'King of the Bloggers", Andrew Sullivan. It is to be found at:
http://www.andrewsullivan.com/
[rhinoceros]
Ha Ha! I always appreciated twisted humor Joe. Bias as a point of view is one thing but deliberately promoting lies is a bird of a different kind.
Well, in the first article I found there, after presenting an argument to the effect that N.Y. Times twist facts according to their own agenda, they urge for promoting a deliberate lie, i.e. that Iraq was responsible for 9/11, on the grounds that this is necessary in order to go to war against Iraq for other (security) reasons.
<Quote from NYTimes:>
"One argument for war often floated by officials ought to be disposed of quickly. Military action against Iraq may be justified, but not in response to the terrorism of Sept. 11 or Al Qaeda. To date there is no reliable evidence that Baghdad had any serious connection to either. The dangers posed by Iraq have more to do with protecting American interests in the Middle East than with warding off fresh terrorist attacks on American cities."
<Quote from andrewsullivan:>
"This is preposterous. The only reason invading Iraq is being discussed at all is because of September 11 and what it taught us. It taught us that we are extremely vulnerable to terrorist assault, that these murderous fanatics are capable of anything, that they would use weapons of mass destruction in a heartbeat if they could get them. It is no secret that Iraq is the prime potential source of such weapons, and it is headed by a despot who has used them himself, and would dearly love to deliver them to America. What more do we need to know? The far-left notion that this is a cynical war for "protecting American interests in the Middle East" is absurd. Such a war might indeed make the Middle East a safer place, but the war is about protecting America and the West, as well as liberating the Iraqi people from one of the most evil tyrants in history."
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