More 16 Words

On Monday the president gave a speech and accused Iran of providing IED [Improvised Explosive Device] components to the Iraq insurgency. Of course the President was fully justified in claiming that Iran is streaming IEDs into Iraq. Here is the President in his own words:

Bush said on Monday, referring to improvised explosive devices, "Some of the most powerful IEDs we're seeing in Iraq today includes components that came from Iran."

Pretty clear, pretty convincing. IEDs that came from Iran are killing our troops. But wait, the President wouldn't make such an inflammatory claim if he didn't have proof? I can trust him to tell the truth with respect to intelligence, no? Sigh...

Asked whether the United States has proof that Iran's government was behind these developments, Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Pentagon briefing, "I do not, sir." [Read More]

Really? Don't they learn? Don't you make sure you have all the facts straight before the President goes out to face the people? Don't you make sure you have the proof to back up your claim? Obviously not. They never have the proof. All they have is the belief. An insincere, misguided, and devious belief at that. A case for war can be made on proof. Belief can be twisted to suit ones needs.

Lest we forget...

"The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."

An interesting side note to all of this circles around General Pace himself. If you remember General Pace was criticized last week for going on Meet the Press and doing his best imitation of a BushCo talking-point-parrot. Now I'm left to wonder if Peter Pace heard the criticism and purposefully went off message. Rumsfeld certainly must not be happy. Not to mention his commander-in-chief.

Prove more.

P.S. I know the Bush Iran IED claim is 17 words, sue me, the title is more analogy than anything else.

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Update: It's been a few days since I wrote this post, but last night The Daily Show picked up where I left off. Crooks and Liars has the video.