{"id":1642,"date":"2007-05-07T09:44:32","date_gmt":"2007-05-07T15:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=1642"},"modified":"2017-05-21T00:28:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T06:28:27","slug":"the-ongoing-iraq-intel-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/05\/the-ongoing-iraq-intel-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ongoing Iraq Intel Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/thomas.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/thomas.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>By Robert Parry, Consortium News<\/p>\n<p>Bush has never stopped making statements about the Iraq War that are untrue, illogical or irrelevant. Yet, the Washington press corps remains almost as lax today about holding Bush accountable as it was in 2002 and 2003.<\/p>\n<p>So, when Bush mocks Democratic &#8220;politicians in Washington&#8221; who supposedly seek to substitute their judgments for those of experienced commanders on the ground, the national news media stays silent on Bush&#8217;s hypocrisy. It&#8217;s almost never mentioned that he was the Washington politician in December who overruled the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the two top generals in Iraq on the escalation of the war.<\/p>\n<p>Bush not only rejected the advice of the Joint Chiefs and his field generals, John Abizaid and George Casey, but then replaced Abizaid and Casey with new commanders who were compliant to Bush&#8217;s wishes. Though the removals fell within Bush&#8217;s Commander-in-Chief powers, it can&#8217;t be said he was respecting the judgments of the combat generals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.consortiumnews.com\/2007\/050507.html\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Robert Parry, Consortium News Bush has never stopped making statements about the Iraq War that are untrue, illogical or irrelevant. Yet, the Washington press corps remains almost as lax today about holding Bush accountable as it was in 2002 and 2003. 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