Three more US soldiers have died in Iraq. For what?
Not to destroy Saddam Hussein's WMD. David Kay found
out that Hans Blix and Scott Ritter were right --
they're were none...The _resident, though, thinks it
is an appropriate subject matter for a comedy
routine...At the Radio and Television Correspondents'
Association Dinner, last night, hours after Richard
Clarke confessed personal and governmental failure to
the 9/11 families and asked their forgiveness
(something no one in his administration has done), the
incredible shrinking _resident used the false pretext
for a war that has already taken the lives of close to
600 US soldiers. He showed photos of himself looking
for something out a window and under furniture in the
Oval Office, and said, "Those weapons of mass
destruction have got to be somewhere. No weapons over
there. Maybe under here." Of course, the craven crowd,
who also bear responsibility for the rush to war in
Iraq, laughed. While any of the network news programs
ask the loved ones of those who have died in this
foolish military adventure if they think the
incredible shrinking _resident's remarks were
appropriate? Will any of the network news anchors ask
the families of those who died on 9/11 if they think
the incredible shrinking _resident's conduct was
appropriate only a few hours after Richard Clarke's
scathing critique in sworn testimony? Will any of the
propapunditgandists mention it on the Sunday morning
talk shows? Nah. Meanwhile, here is another name for the John O'Neill Wall of Heroes: Jill Kiehl
Jim Forsyth, Reuters: In bitter comments beside the
grave of Army Specialist James Kiehl, widow Jill Kiehl
accused Bush of fabricating reasons to launch the
invasion that toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
Jill Kiehl described herself as "bitter" about Bush's
decision to declare war on Iraq.
"The evidence that's starting to come out now feels
like he (Bush) was misleading us," Kiehl said, holding
the couple's 10-month-old son Nathaniel, born seven
weeks after his father died.
"It's upsetting that he (Bush) would have lied to
America to get what he wanted," Kiehl said.
"In a way, it's like he used people. That's how I
feel. I think the reasons for going over there were
bogus and misleading."
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Widow of Soldier in Jessica Lynch Unit Blasts Bush
By Jim Forsyth
Reuters
Tuesday 23 March 2004
CENTER POINT, Texas (Reuters) - At a ceremony on
Tuesday marking the one-year anniversary of the Iraqi
attack on Pvt. Jessica Lynch's Army unit, the widow of
a soldier who died in the fight blasted President Bush
for "lying to America" to justify the Iraq war.
In bitter comments beside the grave of Army
Specialist James Kiehl, widow Jill Kiehl accused Bush
of fabricating reasons to launch the invasion that
toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
"The evidence that's starting to come out now
feels like he (Bush) was misleading us," Kiehl said,
holding the couple's 10-month-old son Nathaniel, born
seven weeks after his father died.
"It's almost as though he had things fixed so it
would look like he needed to go to war," she said.
James Kiehl, a 22-year-old computer engineer, was
one of 11 members of the 507th Maintenance Company
killed when their convoy took a wrong turn at
Nassiriya in southern Iraq on March 23, 2003 and were
attacked by Iraqi fighters.
Seven others were captured, including Lynch, who
was held for nine days before U.S. troops rescued her
from a hospital.
Several members of the unit, not including Lynch,
attended the ceremony in Center Point, 35 miles
northwest of San Antonio.
Jill Kiehl described herself as "bitter" about
Bush's decision to declare war on Iraq.
"It's upsetting that he (Bush) would have lied to
America to get what he wanted," Kiehl said.
"In a way, it's like he used people. That's how I
feel. I think the reasons for going over there were
bogus and misleading."
Bush justified the invasion on grounds that Iraq
had weapons of mass destruction and was linked to Al
Qaeda, the Islamic extremist group blamed for the
Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. So
far, no such weapons have been found and little
evidence of Al Qaeda connections has turned up.
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