Last night, the President said a lot of things. He also forgot to say a lot of things.
He said “Iraq’s national leaders are getting some things done,” such as “sharing oil revenues with the provinces” and allowing “former Baathists to rejoin Iraq’s military or receive government pensions.”
A month earlier, on August 18th, in a public address, he said, “The Iraqi government in Baghdad has many important measures left to address, such as reforming the de-Baathification laws, organizing provincial elections and passing a law to formalize the sharing of oil revenues.”
Sharing oil revenues is not a law and the local governments will not make it a law. They’re doing it until we leave, then they’re going to put the oil in their pockets. The President forgot to report that to the American people.
He said Baqubah, the capital of Diyala province “is cleared” of terrorists.
But in a press conference on Aug. 27, he said the province was unstable, with terrorists cutting off food and supplies. The President forgot to report that to the American people.
He said 36 nations are assisting us.
That’s true. All 36 nations have a grand total of 11,685 troops on the ground. Less than 7 percent of the total fighting force. The President forgot to report that to the American people.
The President quoted a report by Marine Gen. James Jones saying, “the Iraqi army is becoming more capable, although there is still a great deal of work to be done to improve the national police.”
Yes. That work is 2 years away. At least. And that’s a good estimate. According to her report. Her report also said the police force was corrupt beyond redemption and that it be completely dismanted. The President forgot to report that to the American people.
The President said a lot of things last night. He also forgot to say a lot of things.
As President, he has a duty to be honest to the people who elected him. The last President who wasn’t honest with the people who elected him got impeached. For lying about a blowjob.
This President lied at least four times last night. And his lies weren’t about a consensual sexual act. His lies were about the lives of thousands of American citizens and even more thousands of Iraqi citizens.
In short, his lies cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of human beings.
If lying about a blowjob is worthy of impeachment, perhaps lying about war is, too.
(Somehow, I find fault with the argument blowjob > thousands of human beings.)