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The former Coalition of the Willing is now transforming into something more along the lines of The Association of the Duped.
As cited in today's edition of The Daily Mislead, Poland's president, Aleksander Kwasniewski, admitted to a group of European reporters yesterday that he "feel[s] uncomfortable [about Iraq] due to the fact that we were misled with the information on weapons of mass destruction."
Hey Mr. President, we sympathize! They've been lying to us for months.
Why, just a couple of days ago, the Committee on Government Reform released its report on the misstatements offered by the Bush administration during the rush to war. This report is (and here I'm quoting the committee's website) "a comprehensive examination of the statements made by the five Administration officials most responsible for providing public information and shaping public opinion on Iraq: President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell, and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice."
So does the report contain? Why, only "237 specific misleading statements about the threat posed by Iraq made by these five officials in 125 public appearances in the time leading up to and after the commencement of hostilities in Iraq."
Believe me, President Kwasniewski, we feel your pain.
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