Reply #25: That's why I get confused when people say Bush lied into war as though [View All]

[uberllama42]

that has never happened before. Don't get me wrong, I hope he is tried and convicted for his lies, as all the liars before him should have been. But most of America's wars have been based on lies. Most notably:

In order to start the Mexican War, James Polk lied, saying that American blood had been "spilled on American soil." American troops had started a skirmish miles into Mexican territory.

In order to start the Spanish-American War, Bill McKinley lied, adopting the lie of Bill Hearst and Joe Pulitzer that the Maine had been destroyed by the Spanish Navy. No one knew at the time what had sunk the Maine.

In order to enter World War I, Woodrow Wilson lied, claiming that the Lusitania was a civilian transport ship which had been mercilessly destroyed by the Germans, killing dozens of Americans. In fact the ship was heavily laden with arms which the U.S. was selling to the British Navy.