Spin Dry

DISCLAIMER: If the following story is true, it's a bombshell. I do have a slight doubt (read the entire story, and you'll see why), and it comes from a website that's so far left it makes Ralph Nader look like Strom Thurmond. Still -- it's worth noting here in case it is true, and I comment upon it in that light. I'll keep an eye out for further developments, and retract this post if it turns out to be just Ron Jacobs's wishful thinking.

A rare moment of honesty from a government official -- coalition spokesman Dan Senor tells the media that, yes, it was a wedding party, there were no terrorists or foreign fighters, we knew it and we bombed them anyway...

Or, in other words: our military murdered innocent civilians, then lied about it, then lied about the lies, and now the rug has been pulled out from under them. Let's see how long it takes this story to hit the mainstream media here. It should, but it won't. It should, because this is big. A government spokesman is pretty much admitting that we knowingly committed war crimes. It won't, because, well, it would just embarass W and cause John Ashcroft to pull more flimsy terror warnings out of his ass.

Here's some of what Senor said. Go read the rest yourself:

"There were no foreign fighters in the village," said Senor. "In fact, there are no foreign fighters in Iraq except for those fighting with the Coalition. Just like the WMD, the whole foreign fighters helping out the insurgency thing is a lie.

Emphasis added. But keep these words in mind when the Administration decides they have to invade Syria, and come up with "proof" that Syrian fighters and weapons have been found in Iraq.

"And, uh, well... we'll show them to you soon. Can't unveil the evidence yet. National Security . WMD. Foreign fighters. Syrian passports, and it was not a wedding."

But Senor's words bear reapeating:

"Just like the WMD, the whole foreign fighters helping out the insurgency thing is a lie."

# posted by TW @ 09:26