Duke professor Bruce Lawrence?s oddball assertion that Bush ?lied? because he said the thugs in Iraq were ?insurgents,? even though they are really Iraqis, wouldn?t sell even to the French and The New York Times, judging by this report in today?s IHT:
WASHINGTON ? France said Monday that it would take part in a proposed international conference on Iraq only if the agenda included a possible U.S. troop withdrawal, thus complicating the planning for a meeting that has drawn mixed reactions.
Paris also wants representatives of Iraq’s insurgent groups to be invited to a conference in October or November, a call that would seem difficult for the Bush administration to accept.
Iraq?s insurgent groups? What, are the Times (via IHT) and the French now part of Bush?s rhetorical conspiracy to mislead America?
By the way, the proposal from Paris is ludicrous.
