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The Next 'Pentagon Papers'
Daniel Ellsberg, TomPaine.com, 1.28.04

As more and more U.S. and British families lose loved ones in Iraq—killed while ostensibly protecting a population that does not appear to want them there—they will begin to ask: "How did we get into this mess, and why are we still in it?" And the answers they find will be disturbingly similar to those the American public found for Vietnam.

I served three U.S. presidents—Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon—who lied repeatedly and blatantly about our reasons for entering Vietnam, and the risks in our staying there. For the past year, I have found myself in the horrifying position of watching history repeat itself. I believe that George Bush and Tony Blair lied—and continue to lie—as blatantly about their reasons for entering Iraq and the prospects for the invasion and occupation as the presidents I served did about Vietnam.

posted by An Old Curmudgeon 9:52 PM