This letter in today’s Amarillo Globe news made me thank once again that I believe in personal responsibility.
James Fluegel says, among other things, “It is time conservatives who backed Bush on the Iraq misadventure admit we were deceived and wrong.”
His LTE says a lot of other stuff and makes some decent points about getting back to conservatism, which I agree with, but this is the only line I somewhat disagree with.
Fluegel, along with the left and democrats, are scapegoating Bush for their own poor decisions. The left and their supporters have so much hatred for Bush they forget they signed the resolution to go to war and made a bug fuss about Saddam having WMDs and whatever else. I am sure you remember those quote passed around in e-mails and in various videos out there.
If Bush is a liar, all of the other people who repeated what he said are liars, too. Given that, how many people do you honestly think will admit they are liars? My bet is none.
Secondly, if Mr. Fuegel wants to think he was deceived and he was wrong to support OIF, that’s fine, but there is a lot more blame to be spread around as opposed to putting it all on Bush’s shoulders.
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