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Friday, March 31, 2006 12:00 AM

"Saddam chose to deny inspectors"

Bush repeated this bald-faced lie recently. The cowering press still lets him get away with it, but the public is no longer fooled.

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  • Friday, March 31, 2006 06:47 AM

    Nice references, Gene.

    As Gene DeVaux points out, Bush's desire to "take out Saddam" was clear in early 2001, as pointed out in Clarke's and O'Neil's books. Problem is, most Christo-fascists who blindly follow their Dear Leader can't read, so these fine works are merely preaching to the converted or literate.

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