On war, deception and now denial

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By Jay Bookman | Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 02:50 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Here’s the column for Thursday:

Did President Bush and his administration lead us into the Iraq war under false pretenses?

Absolutely, they did. The documented evidence is overwhelming. Nonetheless, some of those who initially backed Bush’s decision to invade Iraq continue to claim otherwise, arguing that the president — and they themselves — were upfront with the American people in laying out the invasion case.

For example, in a recent column, Washington Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt described the “Bush lied, people died” thesis as a fiction, citing a new report issued by the Senate Intelligence Committee chaired by Sen. John Rockefeller (D-West Virginia).