Suite de l’examen de la tentative d’humour de GW Bush à propos des introuvables armes de destruction massive en Irak, avec le point de vue d’un éditorialiste étatsunien présent au dîner de gala.

The Nation : WMDs–For Bush, It’s a Joke

Imagine if Lyndon Johnson had joked about the trumped-up Gulf of Tonkin incident that he deceitfully used as a rationale for U.S. military action in Vietnam: « Who knew that fish had torpedoes? » Or if Ronald Reagan appeared at a correspondents event following the truck-bombing at the Marines barracks in Beirut–which killed over 200 American servicemen–and said, « Guess we forgot to put in a stop light. » Or if Clinton had come out after the bombing of Serbia–during which U.S. bombs errantly destroyed the Chinese embassy and killed several people there–and said, « The problem is, those embassies–they all look alike. »