[Shane]

430 - 12/2/2005 12:18 PM

Where is the lie? I often hear from the liberals on this site that things are not black and white. Yet when it suits your purpose you try to make it black and white.

According to the article "Yesterday, President Bush claimed that Iraqi security forces “primarily led� the assault on the city of Tal Afar." The article sites a time reporter as contradicting the president in this statement "I was in that battle from the very beginning to the very end. I was with Iraqi units right there on the front line as they were battling with al Qaeda. They were not leading. They were being led by the U.S. green beret special forces with them."

So if there is a green beret team of 6-12 with (or helping lead) a group of 100+ Iraqi soldiers this can truthfully be said as primarily being lead by the Iraqi's. Is that spinning the story no doubt but I would not call it a lie. In other words if you are writing a book and have completed 300 out of 375 pages and someone asks you if you are done and you respond with "I am primarly done" or "I am mostly done" are you lieing? No.

The speech may have no have gone to the level of granularity to make the whole picture clear but I would not call this a lie.

It's ok. Really it is. We understand. We hear what you are saying. We can get you some help. Are you opposed to prescription drugs? They may help your head slow down so you can process all the information coming at you. We know the modern world can be bewildering, what with this new information age and everything, but we can help you calm down and see things you might not otherwise see. You do want to see don't you? We can only help you if you want to be helped.