The Lies: The Bush team lied about intentions for war from the start: "The greatest lie of the Bush administration is a lie of omission. During George Bush's 2000 presidential campaign he stated that he was against 'nation-building', and he never gave any indication that he had any plans for military action involving the Middle East. Bush made several statements about national-building, including:
'Let me tell you what else I'm worried about: I'm worried about an opponent who uses nation building and the military in the same sentence. See, our view of the military is for our military to be properly prepared to fight and win war and, therefore, prevent war from happening in the first place.'
'And so I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation building.' "
'Let me tell you what else I'm worried about: I'm worried about an opponent who uses nation building and the military in the same sentence. See, our view of the military is for our military to be properly prepared to fight and win war and, therefore, prevent war from happening in the first place.'
'And so I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation building.' "
