Reply #83: The 9-11 Commission did not conclude nakedly that we must immediately invade Iraq. [View All]

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Other than that, I don't see your point. The conclusions of the panel provided rationale for continuing repuke assertions that Iraq must be the main front on the "war" on "terror." They still do for the 24% or so of Americans who support the bush doctrine as applied in Iraq.

I see no statement in the report that says "Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11" either. Neither does the report recount the overarching emphasis that the bush cabal and their operatives in State, Defense and the White House placed on invading Iraq, beginning while the attacks were unfolding. Testimony by Clarke and others was abundant and unambiguous on this point, yet it is absent from the report.

This report is as bush-friendly an interpretation of selective facts brought forward at the hearings as is possible. Considering that the hearings were ALREADY selective in scope and in methodology, this report is not worth the electrons it is printed on.

Also BTW, the section entitled "Flights of Saudi Nationals Leaving the United States" has been shown to be inaccurate in all three of its main points.

What I see in this report and in this section of the report particularly is the same kind of selective attention to fact and testimony that the neocons used--and still use--to excuse their invasion of Iraq.