Unequivocal Proof Bush & Co. Lied Their Way Into the Iraq War: Everyone Needs to Read This

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It has been well documented that George W. Bush and his cronies that include VP Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Duncan Keith, Richard Pearle, and many others knowingly lied to the American public regarding why we were going to invade the sovereign nation of Iraq. Whether it be the Pentagon releasing hard documents showing that the Bush administration knowingly lied 935 times about various facets of the invasion, or whistle blowers like Scott McClellan going public with admissions of knowingly lying on behalf of the President regarding Iraq.

Unfortunately though many people in this country - and don’t ask me why, because I really don’t know - are still under the belief that both a) Iraq was in fact a threat to America, and/or b) Saddam Hussein had some connection with the murderous thugs who attacked us on 9/11. Both of which are easily debunked 100 times over by tangible evidence - however many American’s still won’t have it, and remain clinging to the notion that this war was necessary and just.

That brings us to the topic of this article, and the absolutely jaw dropping smoking gun of proof that Bush, Cheney and many within the highest ranks (under order of course) conjered up the reasoning, rationale, and evidence that supported their war with Iraq:

“A forged letter linking Saddam Hussein to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks was ordered on White House stationery and probably came from the office of Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a new transcript of a conversation with the Central Intelligence Agency’s former Deputy Chief of Clandestine Operations Robert Richer.

The transcript was posted Friday by author Ron Suskind of an interview conducted in June. It comes on the heels of denials by both the White House and Richer of a claim Suskind made in his new book, The Way of The World. The book was leaked to Politico’s Mike Allen on Monday, and released Tuesday.”

Since the initial bombshell of a story broke (which due to the priorities of our media has been put on the back burner in lieu of 24/7 Edwards coverage) Richter had released a statement - or should I say the White House released a statement on behalf of Richter in which a complete denial that any conversation with Ron Suskind took place regarding any “forged documents” pertaining to the Iraq War.

Well no surprise here but they were lying. Yes folks I too couldn’t believe it when I first read it - the White House has told a lie - who would of thunk.

Ron Suskind who is both an amazing author as well as political analyst reacted to the White House statement in a manner only a professional of his caliber could - Suskind simply released the transcripts of his little chat with Richter with a brief statement explaining why he was doing this. Here is Suskind’s explanation as well as the transcript of him and Richter discussing the forgery. Game, Set and Match:

A note to readers:
“I’ve decided to post a partial transcript of one of a number of taped conversations in which Rob Richer and I discussed, on the record, the Habbush letter. We discussed it many times through the spring of 2008. Rob Richer received a copy of The Way of the World on Monday night, August 4, the day before publication. On Tuesday, he said he had read key portions of the book and was comfortable with what they contained. Later that day, though, he issued the following the statement:

“I never received direction from George Tenet or anyone else in my chain of command to fabricate a document from Habbash as outlined in Mr Suskind’s book.” The conversation below took place in June 2008. As in all of our conversations, it shows Rob pressing to get at truth and embrace probity.

This posting is contrary to my practice across 25 years as a journalist. But the issues, in this matter, are simply too important to stand as discredited in any way.”
–Ron Suskind

And then for the main course. The most damning evidence - at least in my opinion - released to date that proves Bush and his hired guns lied us into the war with Iraq. Here is the transcript of Suskind’s conversation with Robert Richter which has Richter admitting to the forged letter contrived by our “leadership”, carried out by the CIA, and passed off to the public as reality:

. . . Ron Suskind: I know we’ve talked through these things eight ways to Sunday, and hour after hour, but here’s what I want you to ask yourself. Prior to me jogging your memory, okay–forget Habbush part one, okay.

Rob Richer: Okay.

Ron: You know, the prewar stuff, cause there’s zillions of people in on that part. And there’s people in on the second part, too. But here’s my question to you: before I, as I said, before I jog your memory on this stuff, what do you–and I think I have a good idea, cause I’ve asked you this seven different ways, but I just want to make absolutely sure–what do you remember? If I just grabbed you on the street and said what do you remember of the second part, okay–with the letter and all the rest–what would be the high marks in terms of what you–memory’s the best editor I think’s a line from Tennyson–

Rob: Exactly.

Ron: What were the parts that you remember most vividly?

Rob: You’re talking about Habbush himself, correct?

Ron: No, I’m talking about the second part, with the letter being passed from–through George [Tenet] and down the ranks. Cause at one point–and I know we have recollections at the top and that’s fine–you have recollections, not from me but from your own memory on that–

Rob: Let me tell you what I know, just so before you color any of it. Is that when you first asked me about it I remember just really telling you that it was a non-event, and if you were to ask me today I would tell you it was a non-event. It came down from the seventh floor. It was part of–as I remember it, it wasn’t so much to influence America–that’s illegal–but it was kinda like a covert, a way to influence Iraqis.

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Rob: To characterize it right, I would say, right: it came to us, George had a raised eyebrow, and basically we passed it on–it was to–and passed this on into the organization. You know, it was: ‘Okay, we gotta do this, but make it go away.’ To be honest with you, I don’t want to make it sound–I for sure don’t want to portray this as George jumping: ‘Okay, this has gotta happen.’ As I remember it–and, again, it’s still vague, so I’ll be very straight with you on this–is it wasn’t that important. It was: ‘This is unbelievable. This is just like all the other garbage we get about . . . I mean Mohammad Atta and links to al Qaeda. ‘Rob,’ you know, ‘do something with this.’ I think it was more like that than: ‘Get this done.’

Ron: Do something with this, right. Get this, this is like–

Rob: It died a natural death as you know.

Ron: ‘This thing stinks, take it.’

Rob: Yeah, kinda like that, yeah. But, you know, we got so much garbage that first year.

Ron: Were there other things like this where we were creating product?

Rob: You know, I don’t remember that.

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Ron: The intent–the basic raison d’etre of this product is to get, is to create, here’s a letter with what’s in it. Okay, here’s what we want on the letter, we want it to be released as essentially a representation of something Habbush says. That’s all it says, that’s the one paragraph. And then you pass it to whomever to do it. To get it done.

Rob: It probably passed through five or six people. George probably showed it to me, but then passed it probably to Jim Pavitt, the DDO, who then passed it down to his chief of staff who passed it to me. Cause that’s how–you know, so I saw the original. I got a copy of it. But it was, there probably was–

Ron: Right. You saw the original with the White House stationery, but you didn’t–down the ranks, then it creates other paper.

Rob: Yeah, no, exactly. But I couldn’t tell you–again: I remember it happening, I remember a terrible brief kinda joking dialogue about it, but that was it.

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Ron: Now this is from the Vice President’s Office is how you remembered it–not from the president?

Rob: No, no, no. What I remember is George saying, ‘we got this from’–basically, from what George said was ‘downtown.’

Ron: Which is the White House?

Rob: Yes. But he did not–in my memory–never said president, vice president, or NSC. Okay? But now–he may have hinted–just by the way he said it, it would have–cause almost all that stuff came from one place only: Scooter Libby and the shop around the vice president.

Ron: Yeah, right.

Rob: But he didn’t say that specifically. I would naturally–I would probably stand on my, basically, my reputation and say it came from the vice president. Too read the rest of the transcript you can do so here.

What else needs to be said? I mean really - this is clear, unarguable proof that the entire war, from the get go, was nothing more then a perverted fantasy of a small group of neo conservative chicken hawks that would literally stop at nothing to get “their war.”

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