You'd think a US General would at least have the courage and patriotism, and care enough about his own troops, not to outright lie to the American people. Apparently General Abizaid puts politics ahead of the truth. What a profile in military courage that man is.
When asked if the war in Iraq has made America safer, he responded:
"Absolutely, I think this war has made us safer. We are fighting the same people in Afghanistan and in Iraq, and our partners are fighting the same people in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan that brought us 9/11, we should never lose sight of that."Ok, that was an outright lie of answer. General Abizaid wasn't asked if we were NOW fighting the SAME people in Iraq who were behind 9/11. We KNOW that NOW we are fighting the same people in Iraq who were behind 9/11 BECAUSE PRESIDENT BUSH AND GENERAL ABIZAID CREATED THE CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO COME INTO IRAQ. That is NOT an answer to the question of whether the war has made America safer. In fact, it's an outright lie because he said "yes" the war has made us safer, and his reasoning was that Al Qaeda is in Iraq. But Bush's and Abizaid's war is the REASON Al Qaeda is now in Iraq.
Liar.
And what a wonderful job Face the Nation did of following up on this ridiculous assertion from the general. Did they follow-up with the obvious question, posed above? No. Face the Nation simply changed the topic. God forbid a real journalist in this town, or this country, actually called the Bush Administration on even ONE of their lies. The appropriate come-back was, "really General, you mean Al Qaeda was thriving in Iraq before we invaded?"
