Iraq’s WMD: Bush Didn’t Lie

One of the great untruths of contemporary affairs is that the Bush administration lied about Iraq having WMDs. Usually, people who promote this falsity say he “misled”. Misleading differs from lying because one lies knowingly, while the blind can lead the blind. Let’s consider the term, “misled,” a case of accusers hedging their bets and they want us to think Bush lied.

Norman Podhoretz dismantles the “lie” claim by tracing the steps that led to the invasion. For instance, it’s hard to claim that Bush lied when, not only all the intelligence agencies claimed the existence of WMDs (remember George Tenet telling him it was a “slam dunk”?), but also the intelligence agencies of Germany, France, Britain, and even Russia.