John Catalinotto11 maart 2008 – 15:21

935 lies. Two groups that keep track of the media counted them. The Bush gang lied 935 times between Sept. 11, 2001, and March 19, 2003, to justify the invasion of Iraq. Bush lied 259 times. The biggest lie was that Iraq had "weapons of mass destruction." And that Saddam Hussein worked with al-Qaida. Why is the number of lies important? There were 935 opportunities to question the liars. The 935 lies are proof that the entire U.S. ruling class is responsible for the conspiracy to wage war on Iraq.

The millions who marched against the war knew these were lies. You did not have to be Einstein. Or Lenin. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz led the war conspiracy. But the entire ruling class and its institutions colluded. The Pentagon went along willingly. The State Department presented the false statements to the United Nations. Congress voted the funds.

No major corporate media questioned or challenged these lies. The influential New York Times and the Washington Post supported the war drive. Nor did the media allow war opponents to expose the lies.
In January and February 2003, mass mobilizations tried to stop the war. No major ruling class politicians or business figures participated in these protests. Not Kennedy. Not Brzezinski. Not Soros. The vast majority of the super-rich ruling class wanted the profits and plunder from a quick U.S. victory in Iraq. The military-industrial complex bid for contracts. The strategists wanted U.S. control of the world's energy sources. If they saw any dangers, they kept quiet.

But they made a big mistake. They were blinded by greed. Five years later, there is no “quick victory.” There is much suffering by Iraqis, yes. But the occupation is a debacle for U.S. imperialism. They made the same mistake Hitler made invading the Soviet Union in 1940. And that Washington made sending its army to Vietnam in 1967. The U.S. rulers underestimated the Iraqis' willingness to sacrifice and fight rather than submit.

Now the liars are exposed. We must thank the heroic Iraqi resistance for exposing them. And we must dedicate ourselves to fight. Fight to end the occupation of Iraq. Fight to depose the entire ruling class that made this war.

John Catalinotto
International Action Center

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