the ugly duckling story

Reason for invading Afghanistan:

“The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him.” — George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Sept. 13, 2001

And then..

“I don’t know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don’t care. It’s not that important. It’s not our priority.” — George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., March 13, 2002

So just 6 months after 9/11, the world’s most dangerous man is not important anymore. He does not just become unimportant.

70,000+ deaths.

Reason for invading Iraq:

“We found the weapons of mass destruction. We found biological laboratories … And we’ll find more weapons as time goes on. But for those who say we haven’t found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they’re wrong, we found them.” — George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 30, 2003

And then..

“Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere!” — George W. Bush, joking about his administration’s failure to find WMDs in Iraq as he narrated a comic slideshow during the Radio & TV Correspondents’ Association dinner, Washington, D.C., March 24, 2004

So that was one big fat lie then.

130,000+ deaths.

Two pointless wars based on absolute lies and over 200,000 people dead as a result.