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Cheney Again Links Iraq With The 9/11 Attacks
By Greg Sargent | bio
As you may recall, President Bush was recently asked what Iraq had to do with 9/11, and he answered: "Nothing." But that didn't stop Dick Cheney from again linking Iraq and 9/11 today in keeping with the GOP's midterm strategy of painting Dems as weak. Here's what Cheney said today in a speech, in which he faulted "some" withdrawal-minded pols as follows: "They overlook a fundamental fact. We were not in Iraq on September 11, 2001, but the terrorists hit us anyway."
Note: Question for readers:
Doesn't this count as saying Iraq was behind 9/11? If not, what is Cheney saying?
On August 28, 2006 - 7:43pm cscs said:
Depends on the meaning of the word "link." If you argue with a wingnut, you'll be challenged that no one ever said the literal words "Saddam was behind 9/11," just like no one ever said Saddam's threat was "imminent."
But, in those cases as well as what Cheney is doing today, 9/11 and Iraq are being "associated." By saying those two things in the same sentence or in two sentences next to each other, it has the effect of implying the two were connected. In fact, reading Cheney's statement, it seems to me the terrorists of which he speaks came from Iraq, and they hit us before we got there.
And, of course, the above cited article says: "But prior to the U.S.-led invasion, Cheney suggested that one of the September 11 hijackers met in Prague before the attacks with an Iraqi intelligence agent."
So Cheney, of any in the cabal, has actually done the most to directly implicate Iraq in the 9/11 attacks.
Dissent Protects Democracy.
posted by Richard at
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
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