McCain Falsely Linked Iraq To 9/11 Before Dick Cheney

Of the many false arguments deployed by the Bush Administration to justify war with Iraq, perhaps the most blatant was the completely untrue idea that Iraq was linked to 9/11.

Over the years, Dick Cheney has absorbed most of the criticism for making the false Iraq-9/11 link, thanks primarily to his December 9, 2001 appearance on Meet The Press in which he alleged that 9/11 hijacker Muhammad Atta had met with Iraqi intelligence officials in Prague.

There was no such meeting -- Cheney's claim was totally unsubstantiated fear mongering.

But the striking thing about all this is that when Cheney made his false claim, John McCain had already made the same baseless assertion in an interview on ABC News Nightline conducted on November 28, 2001.

That's right: John McCain falsely linked Iraq to 9/11 nearly two weeks before Dick Cheney. That means Cheney was repeating McCain's false claim -- not the other way around. Here's video:

John McCain claims he has the judgment to be President of the United States. If nothing else, this video shows that he does not.

Comments

[gobamian]

Can someone explain why we aren't seeing TV ads just showing clips of McCain lying or contradicting himself?

1. Lies about WMDs and how easy the Iraq war will be.
2. Tax cuts for the rich are irresponsible at a time of war
3. I wont vote for my own immigration bill
4. Deregulation, deregulation, deregulation... oh, wait, I meant regulation.
etc...

It is very damaging to just show someone lying over and over and McCain is pathologic with it. Its a fundamental issue of trust.

There is a ton of content in these videos -- they just need to put them in TV ads:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioy90nF2anI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLfsG8XKWfw

[bobbuck]

McCain instigated a war that should never have happened.
All for the sake of his oiler buddies...and he wants to be president?
Pfft...

[gevan]

That's not fair. Throwing facts at the Republican ticket is an underhanded trick. Just because John McCain bailed out of his airplane while it was still behind enemy lines is no reason to question his judgement. He has been a graduate of a United States service academy for over fifty years now. How many Zonians can claim that accomplishment?