Twenty-one reasons Bush went to war

October 23, 2004 10:11 AM

Twenty-one reasons Bush took us to war Now in convenient chart form for those of you playing along at home.
posted by fleener (16 comments total)

Interesting link, fleener. Some of the "related links" at the bottom are interesting reading, if for no other reason (on the Gingrich piece) than to give practice deflating specious arguments.
posted by notsnot at 10:31 AM on October 23, 2004

Ha. They put Lieberman in there too.
posted by euphorb at 10:50 AM on October 23, 2004

Excuse me if this sounds like an attempt to derail the thread over a vaguely worded FPP, but has anybody been complaining much about Bush going to war in Afghanistan? I'd argue that it was overkill and ultimately inconclusive, but at least there was some justification for it.
posted by alumshubby at 11:30 AM on October 23, 2004

Well, actually he forgot Poland gaming the UN oil-for- food program.

Going to war in Afghanistan was necessary because they were shletering Al Qaeda, but they did a half-ass job. Bin Laden's still on the loose, the Taliban is still around, and most of the country is controlled by warlords.
posted by kirkaracha at 3:50 PM on October 23, 2004

Everyone loves a good war. Right, Jack? :)
posted by madman at 4:25 PM on October 23, 2004

What a flip flopper!
posted by nofundy at 4:33 PM on October 23, 2004

The infograph seems to illustrate that there were twenty-one, or more, reasons Hussein needed to be dealt with--is that what you're trying to tell us, fleener?
posted by dhoyt at 5:19 PM on October 23, 2004

saudi arabia. iran. north korea. is that 84?
posted by Satapher at 5:33 PM on October 23, 2004

And the #1 reason was....


Sadaam needed put in his place
posted by WLW at 5:35 PM on October 23, 2004

lets not forget Israel.

"i saw guns that shot swords in the hands of young children"
posted by Satapher at 5:36 PM on October 23, 2004

And the #1 reason was....


Sadaam needed put in his place

As WLW explains the "OMG! They've got bigger dicks! Bomb them!" doctrine.
posted by Space Coyote at 6:48 PM on October 23, 2004

What do you mean?
posted by ed\26h at 5:54 AM on October 24, 2004

What does who mean?
posted by Ptrin at 7:18 PM on October 24, 2004

Space Coyote.
posted by ed\26h at 1:10 AM on October 25, 2004

It's a take off on a Carlin routine. George puts forth that the reason we go to to war is because the enemy has bigger dicks. Or they are brown. Or in the best of wars both. He ties into to the fact that all the weapons are phallic.

Good stuff, at least as good as his seven words bit.
posted by Mitheral at 8:18 AM on October 25, 2004

Ah right, thanks Mitheral.
posted by ed\26h at 1:29 AM on October 26, 2004