Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[Ace Hanlon]

I did not say Iraq was a red herring. I said Iraq weapons were a red herring. Just a propaganda tool to sell a war of aggression to the public.

I still remember the torrent of lies spouted during the Vietnam war. A Tonkin Gulf incident that never happened used to get Congress to give then President Johnson sweeping powers to escalate the war at will.

BTW it is not just liberals who oppose Bush on this. Quite a few old right conservatives and professional military are against it as well. The main supporters include the neo-conservatives -- many of them fanatic Likudnik supporters. Richard Perle -- perhaps the craziest warmonger of them all -- served as an advisor for the extreme Likudnik Netenyahu when he ran for Israeli Prime Minister

The drive to war also is being fueled by so called Christian Zionists like Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson as well oilmen such as Vice President Dick Cheney.