Lies, Damn Lies, Bush Lies

The Two Most Essential, Abhorrent, Intolerable Lies of George W. Bush's Memoirs
By Dan Froomkin

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/22/the-two-most-esssential-a_n_786219.html

EXCERPT: These days, when we think of George W. Bush, we think mostly of what a horrible mess he made of the economy. But his even more tragic legacy is the loss of our moral authority, and the transformation of the United States of America from global champion of human rights into an outlaw nation.

History is likely to judge Bush most harshly for two things in particular: Launching a war against a country that had not attacked us, and approving the use of cruel and inhumane interrogation techniques.

And that's why the two most essential lies -- among the many -- in his new memoir are that he had a legitimate reason to invade Iraq, and that he had a legitimate reason to torture detainees.

Neither is remotely true. (Read on for truth)