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Originally Posted by politocophile
The liberal historical revisionists would have you believe that George Bush and his cronies came up with the idea of invading Iraq before 9/11. Well, that's true... in a way. The appeal to Clinton is not intended to be a statement about the quality of the intelligence for invading Iraq.
What this story does prove, however, is that those who hate Bush for fabricating the justification for the Iraq war are... hating Bush for irrational reasons. Hence, this thread.
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Let's see if I understand your logic here.
Clinton believed the intelligence justified a surgical military strike against Iraq.
Bush believed the intelligence justified a large scale invasion and occupation.
Therefore, anybody who points out that there is evidence that Bush manipulated intelligence to persuade people that a large scale invasion and occupation was necessary, is irrational?
Sorry, this is just a whopping non-sequitur, as far as I can see. There is nothing irrational about bringing up evidence that the president has been dishonest in his arguments in favor of a large scale invasion and long term occupation of Iraq. And there is nothing irrational about disliking a president for behaving in this manner. Regardless of what Clinton said or did.