U.S. OFFICIALS ADMIT IRAQ'S WMD'S EXAGGERATED

Oh my god. I can't believe that this kind of information is coming out so quickly:

To build its case for war with Iraq, the Bush administration argued that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, but some officials now privately acknowledge the White House had another reason for war — a global show of American power and democracy. Officials inside government and advisers outside told ABCNEWS the administration emphasized the danger of Saddam's weapons to gain the legal justification for war from the United Nations and to stress the danger at home to Americans. "We were not lying," said one official. "But it was just a matter of emphasis." Officials now say they may not find hundreds of tons of mustard and nerve agents and maybe not thousands of liters of anthrax and other toxins. But U.S. forces will find some, they say. On Thursday, President Bush raised the possibility for the first time that any such Iraqi weapons were destroyed before or during the war.

My prediction is that, if this story goes anywhere at all, which it probably will not, the corporate media will be very forgiving (9/11 and all that); politicians and pundits will be falling over themselves to justify the "emphasis" and Bush gets away with another massive, massive lie, gaining for his cadre another massive, massive victory.

My disgust continues to mount.

Thanks to Eschaton for the link.

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