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Fromthewilderness: BEYOND BUSH - Part I

"There is no longer any serious doubt that Bush administration officials
deceived us into war. The key question now is why so many influential
people are in denial, unwilling to admit the obvious...But even people who
aren't partisan Republicans shy away from confronting the administration's
dishonest case for war, because they don't want to face the implications...

"After all, suppose a politician - or a journalist - admits to himself that
Mr. Bush bamboozled the nation into war. Well, launching a war on false
pretenses is, to say the least a breach of trust. So if you admit to
yourself that such a thing happened, you have a moral obligation to demand
accountability - and to do so in the face not only of a powerful, ruthless
political machine but in the face of a country not yet ready to believe
that its leaders have exploited 9/11 for political gain. It's a scary
prospect. Yet, if we can't find people willing to take the risk - to face
the truth and act on it - what will happen to our democracy?" -- Paul
Krugman, The New York Times, June 24, 2003

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