War Pretext of the Day
Ari Exploits "People of Iraq"
DAVID GREGORY: So...If they vote with you, then they're living
up to their obligations. But if they oppose the United States, they're
immoral?
ARI FLEISCHER: I didn't say they were immoral. I said that from a moral
point of view, what are the people of Iraq to think when it comes to who
was it who fought for their freedom and liberty?
No one knows what the ones who live will think.
Their lives are likely to become considerably worse. But for the
thousands killed whose lives could have been spared by a few weeks or
months of patience at no risk to anyone - conveniently for Bush, they
won't be able to think or speak at all. Just like the thousands of
Americans killed here who Bush continues to exploit as martyrs for an
immoral and rejected agenda.
HELEN THOMAS: How do you know what the Iraqis think - do you think
they'd rather be dead? What is this "liberty"? You're going to
send 3000 missiles over in 48 hours? How many people are going to survive
that?
