Wolfowitz hides and distorts the truth, again:Appearing in Congress today, Paul Wolfowitz said "As large as these costs are, they are still small compared to just the economic price that the attacks of Sept. 11 have inflicted, to say nothing of the terrible loss of human life. And even those costs are small in comparison to what future more terrible terrorist attacks could inflict.' "

Well, this is extraordinary bull... to claim that a war that has claimed the lives to thousands of Iraqis, hundreds of US and British soldiers, that is projected to cost over $100 Billion in the first year, with no end in sight to the guerrilla war... how can even this forked tongue spinmeister claim that these are small costs?

Even compared to the terror attacks on WTC on 9/11, they are not small. The Iraq war has killed more than the terrorists did on 9/11. And as for the economic cost, well, the federal government spent $20 B, reluctantly, on the WTC. So actually the cost of the war in Iraq has already cost US taxpayers three times as much, with no end is sight. But the Bush admin is already coming back for a doubling of the money they recieved just a few months ago.

So as usual, Wolfowitz's comments are a complete reversal of the truth.

Congress should not give them this money. The administration has lied and dug a deep hole. Those responsible should resign. Their replacements should come up with a solid strategy for our involvment in Iraq, and that should be debated in Congress. Then funded appropriately.

Remember, debates in congress? They seem to have stopped during this administration.
- posted by geoff @ #