Contemporary Revisionism

The Administration is annoyed with "democrats and anti-war critics" who seek to engage in "revisionism" on that o-so-important Invasion of Iraq, so sayeth The Prez.

First off, Mr. President, this isn't "revisionism," this is analysis and understanding of history as it unfolds. Revisionism is sort of like what you've done with everything.

Mr Bush said he was open to criticism for his policies but it was "deeply irresponsible to rewrite the history of how the war began".

"Some Democrats and anti-war critics are now claiming we manipulated the intelligence and misled the American people about why we went to war," he said.

"The stakes in the global war on terror are too high and the national interest is too important for politicians to throw out false charges."

More than 100 Democrats in Congress, he argued, had viewed the same intelligence about WMD and had voted to back military action.

Democrats are pushing for an investigation into why WMD were never found in Iraq despite intelligence claims before the war.

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada said this week Americans deserved to "get the truth about why the White House cherry-picked and leaked intelligence to sell the war in Iraq".

"The president may think this matter can be swept under the rug or pardoned away, but Democrats know America can do better," he added.

You go, Mr. Reid! Keep after it.

Oh, and by the way, for those of us who are trying to "rewrite" how the war began, Bush has this to say:

Mr Bush had strong words for Syria, saying it should "stop exporting violence and start importing democracy".

He called on Damascus to "stop trying to intimidate and destabilise" Lebanon, and to co-operate fully with the UN inquiry into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

Whoa. Wha...??

I guess that clears things right up, doesn't it.