Remember “the 16 words” that President Bush spoke in his 2003 State Of The Union address, in which he lied to us all about Iraq seeking out material to create weapons of mass destruction (WMD’s)?
I’ll bet you remember hearing about “the 16 words”, but don’t remember the words themselves.
If so, that makes a lot of sense – because virtually none of our wonderful “neutral” media ever specifically stated them at the time. It was always “the 16 words”, without those words actually being spoken.
Well, if you ever wondered what “the 16 words” were, this is your lucky day: here is President Bush’s actual quote:
“The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.”
I can just hear the expressions of surprise: “Uh….wait a minute. That can’t be right. Those can’t be ‘the 16 words’, because Bush isn’t making any first-person statement about WMD’s at all. He is doing absolutely nothing but telling us what the British government had learned.”
Well, here’s the real surprise. Those are “the 16 words”. And as you can plainly see, President Bush did not lie about a thing, all he did was relate a finding of the British government – which, by the way, the British government stood by then and stands by now.
In other words, most mainstream media intentionally withheld the actual words, so they could demonize Bush by pretending he told us Iraq was acquiring the uranium for their WMD’s – when, in fact, he did no such thing.
Now, fast-forward to the present.
U. S. Senator Tom Cotton wrote an open letter to Iran which a total of 47 Republicans signed. It is all over our wonderful “neutral” media that the letter is, at best, an attempt to undermine President Obama’s authority as he negotiates with Iran (which I would agree with)…
… but also that it is an attempt to co-opt foreign policy from the President. Which it is not.
And, far worse, Democrat after Democrat has stated, or implied, that it is treasonous – which, if you read the letter (more on this in a moment), is beyond ridiculous.
There is even an online petition circulating – one with well over 200,000 signees as I write this – which claims the open letter is treasonous on the grounds that it is in violation of The Logan Act.
Wow, Logan Act. Treason. That sounds pretty ominous, doesn’t it? Yep, it sure does…if you don’t know anything about The Logan Act (which is what these clowns are counting on).
Well that’s not happening. Not on this blog.
FYI: The Logan Act is a 1799 law regarding interference in foreign affairs….which was written so poorly/in such general sweeping terms, that it has generated a grand total of exactly one indictment (in 1803) – which wasn’t even prosecuted.
Got that? The Logan Act has never been prosecuted even once in its entire 216 year history. Not during the war of 1812, or the Civil War, The Spanish American War, WWI, WWII or Vietnam or any other conflict we’ve ever been involved in.
That is how loony-tunes this is.
Now: Have you read the open letter Tom Cotton and a total of 47 Republicans signed, to see if it is actually treasonous? To see if it is trying to co-opt foreign policy…or does nothing more than advise Iran of how foreign policy is conducted under the US Constitution, which is hardly a state secret.
I’m not asking if you think you know what is in the letter, I’m asking if you’ve read the actual letter itself.
I bet most of you have not. Because if you google “Tom Cotton letter 47 Republicans”, or something similar, although you will find a ton of articles from mainstream media – almost all of them negative – virtually none of them have a link to the letter itself.
Why do you suppose that would be? Why would there not be a link – a prominent one – to the letter on every one of those articles, so readers would be able to see for themselves how terrible it is?
Personally, I gave up trying and went straight to Senator Cotton’s home page, where it was available. If I kept looking for it in mainstream media – and, again, I’m talking about articles written about it – I’d still be on google.
I urge you to try, as I did, to find the letter. Spend a few minutes doing so, and you will see that what I’m telling you is true.
Then, you can give up and CLICK HERE TO READ THE OPEN LETTER.
So I’ll ask again: why, if all these articles are reporting about the letter, do almost none of them provide a link so that readers can see it?
The reason, as you will see if you use the above link, is that all it does is advise Iran of how the U. S. Constitution treats agreements without congressional approval – something that any Iranian could find out by reading the constitution on one of the countless web sites where it is available. That’s why. And if you realize that, you just might find their attacks on Republicans are far in excess of anything reasonable.
Put another way, just like “the 16 words”, the less you know the better they like it.
Keep ’em ignorant and you own ’em.
Oh, one other thing: Before becoming a United States Senator, Tom Cotton – a graduate of Harvard Law School and a successful lawyer, – enlisted in the Army after the 9/11 attack, served as an infantry officer in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and won a bronze star…which is issued for acts of heroism, meritorious achievement, or meritorious service in a combat zone.
That’s some helluva traitor.
