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Quick, look over there - a bright, shiny object!
C'mon people, you remember the drill - this Administration creates its own reality. After all, we've always been at war with Eastasia.
"It was really for two purposes. One, to get sectarian violence down, which was centered in Baghdad. And secondly, to try and take advantage of what was beginning to happen in Anbar provinces [sic] with local political leaders and tribal sheiks coming together to fight al-Qaida."
Oh yeah, and thirdly, we wanted apologist big shots for our fai... er uhm, policy to be able to sneak into the country and strut around a swept a cleared market with a brigade of troops providing security so we could use the staged photo-op to sell progress to the American people during sweeps week.
Uhh, is this mic on? Is the camera rolling?
Karl, grab that tape!
Then: We must invade Iraq to take away Saddam's WMD, which we know are specifically in the areas north, south, east and west of Baghdad, and because he assisted the hijackers who attacked us on 9/11.
Now: We invaded Iraq in order to free a noble people from the shackles of a brutal dictator, and are staying to help them on the road to achieving their divine right to democracy (which will inspire the other noble people of the mideast to assert their own divine right to democratic self-determination).
Of course, both statements are a load of crap, but Kerry's right: these guys do more goalpost movement than the grounds crew at a combined baseball/football stadium in September.
