Once again, Bush didn't lie

Although I doubt this will have ANY effect on the bumper-sticker ideology of the Left.

But dive into Rockefeller's report, in search of where exactly President Bush lied about what his intelligence agencies were telling him about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein, and you may be surprised by what you find.

On Iraq's nuclear weapons program? The president's statements "were generally substantiated by intelligence community estimates."

On biological weapons, production capability and those infamous mobile laboratories? The president's statements "were substantiated by intelligence information."

On chemical weapons, then? "Substantiated by intelligence information."

On weapons of mass destruction overall (a separate section of the intelligence committee report)? "Generally substantiated by intelligence information." Delivery vehicles such as ballistic missiles? "Generally substantiated by available intelligence." Unmanned aerial vehicles that could be used to deliver WMDs? "Generally substantiated by intelligence information."

As you read through the report, you begin to think maybe you've mistakenly picked up the minority dissent. But, no, this is the Rockefeller indictment. So, you think, the smoking gun must appear in the section on Bush's claims about Saddam Hussein's alleged ties to terrorism.

But statements regarding Iraq's support for terrorist groups other than al-Qaeda "were substantiated by intelligence information." Statements that Iraq provided safe haven for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and other terrorists with ties to al-Qaeda "were substantiated by the intelligence assessments," and statements regarding Iraq's contacts with al-Qaeda "were substantiated by intelligence information." The report is left to complain about "implications" and statements that "left the impression" that those contacts led to substantive Iraqi cooperation.

Comments on this from Power Line. Gateway Pundit. The Anchoress.

I'm wondering why this is coming out now. Who does it benefit? I'm fairly certain this will have no affect at all on the Leftists who chant "Bush Lied" like their own personal mantra. You remember this post, where Yuri Bezmenov talked about what had been done to the US education system? You can shower these people with facts, and it won't make a difference. You can put the truth right in front of them, and they'll ignore it. You can show, for years as the Right has done, that Bush didn't lie, but it still won't matter. The truth doesn't matter to the Left. The truth is an inconvenience to the Left.

But at least there's one less media outlet we have to constantly disprove now. Well, on THIS point anyways.