I suppose I can see why a newspaper editorial board would want to distance itself from it’s earlier reporting about WMD’s, they, like many are trying to re-write the history of the days before the war. Many on the left ( which include most newspaper people it would seem) would like to quietly erase any and all references to Saddam’s WMD’s made by anyone other than Bush and his Administration from the memory of the American public. For those references they can not erase ( like the ones from the MJS’s editorial pages) they seek to immunize themselves from any fallout by claiming “duping”.

The thing that strikes me odd is that they only claim to be duped by Bush and Company. I haven’t read a single reference ( except on the pages of blogs like ours) which note that the WMD case was being made by many, many folks who have nothing to do with this current administration. In fact, the Democrats often articulated a stronger case for taking out Saddam Hussein, based on WMD’s than the current one ever did. 

Do you remember these words?;

In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including Al Qaeda members, though there is apparently no evidence of his involvement in the terrible events of September 11, 2001.
It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons. Should he succeed in that endeavor, he could alter the political and security landscape of the Middle East, which as we know all too well affects American security.

Those are pretty strong words, and in the eyes of the radical left, pretty strong lies.

Here’s another:

It would be naive to the point of grave danger not to believe that, left to his own devices, Saddam Hussein will provoke, misjudge, or stumble into a future, more dangerous confrontation with the civilized world. He has as much as promised it.

Again, all lies. ( according to the radical left).

The authors of these statements were of course, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry.

Certainly the case could be made that statements like these are just as responsible for “duping” the editorial boards of many a podunk newspaper as anything coming from the administration. So where, I wonder, is the criticism of The Clintons, Gore, Kerry and the rest of the pre-war Democrat party hawks for thier part of “The Big Lie”? Where are the claims of being “duped” by the Democrats?

My guess is that you won’t hear a peep about the Democrat’s Case-for-War from the press. The way they are re-writing history is a bigger lie than the WMD thing ever was.