Bush and Company Continue to Lie

In his speech Tuesday night, Bush mentioned September 11th five times. He also mentioned Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden. Bush is still trying to bamboozle people into believing Saddam and Iraq were connected to September 11. And he's not the only one.

Rep. Robin Hayes, the vice chair of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism tells CNN he has seen the evidence linking Saddam with September 11, then tries to change the subject. From Will Bunch:

CONG. HAYES: I don't think it's changed at all. It's very clear that terrorists are connected to what Saddam Hussein was all about. And that again faces up to the most severe threat going forward...

CNN'S COSTELLO: But there is no...

HAYES: We have to do a good job explaining...

COSTELLO: ... evidence that Saddam Hussein was connected in any way to al Qaeda.

HAYES: Ma'am, I'm sorry, but you're mistaken. There's evidence everywhere. We get access to it, unfortunately others don't. But the evidence is very clear.

COSTELLO: What evidence is there?

HAYES: The connection between individuals who were connected to Saddam Hussein, folks who worked for him, we've seen it time and time again. But the issue is where are we now. Nobody disputes 9/11. They would do that again if not prevented. Preventing 9/11 wherever it might happen in America, winning the war overseas, not bringing it here to our shores, is the issue in that regard.

COSTELLO: Well, are you saying that Saddam Hussein had something to do with 9/11?

HAYES: I'm saying that Saddam Hussein -- and I think you're losing track of what we're trying to talk about here -- Saddam Hussein and people like him were very much involved in 9/11. Did he make the phone call and say...

Enough, already! A June 25th New York Times editorial rightly states:

To have the sober conversation about the war in Iraq that America badly needs, it is vital to acknowledge three facts:

The war has nothing to do with Sept. 11....

The war has not made the world, or this nation, safer from terrorism....

If the war is going according to plan, someone needs to rethink the plan....

Until the Bush administration is willing to rejoin the reality-based community, Iraq will remain a quagmire, young men and women will continue to die, and American will continue to become weaker.