ON IRAQ, ALL HANNITY HAS IS A LIE

Hannity's response to criticism of the immoral and illegal Iraq War is to chirp about freedom and the evils of Saddam. Even Paul Wolfowitz knew that the second was not a justification for the invasion and the freedom Hannity refers to is a mirage for most Iraqis. Here's Hannity's latest reprise of his position¹:

CHOPRA: FOX and yourself have wholeheartedly cheered on the disastrous war in Iraq so I can understand why you continue to mount...

HANNITY: Deepak, I didn't understand. You said...

(CROSSTALK)

HANNITY: Hand on a second. I didn't hear what you said.

CHOPRA: You wouldn't let me finish.

HANNITY: No, no. I didn't understand.

CHOPRA: We have a conversation.

HANNITY: No, no. What did you say about FOX. We what on...

CHOPRA: Wholeheartedly cheered the disastrous war in Iraq, and that was a disastrous war.

HANNITY: I disagree with you. It liberated a free -- liberated people...

CHOPRA: Liberated. Have you -- just go to Wikipedia, and you'll see the conservative estimate is 400,000 Iraqis dead, and you know, the other estimate is a million. We don't even include that in our conversation. What did those guys do to cause this jihad attack?

HANNITY: Well, and you might have forgotten...

(CROSSTALK)

HANNITY: Deepak, wait a minute. Wait a minute. But you forgot, those people -- there were rape rooms and torture chambers, and the people were living in misery and -- in both Afghanistan and Iraq.

Hannity has deployed another of his standard tactics when dealing with criticism of the Iraq War - accuse the person of "blaming America." Chopra took offense at this smear and had a reply published in HuffPo.

¹Fox News Network
December 1, 2008 Monday
SHOW: FOX HANNITY & COLMES 9:21 PM EST
Interview With Deepak Chopra, Enhanced Coverage LinkingDeepak Chopra, -Search using:
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William Cohen
BYLINE: Sean Hannity, Alan Colmes
GUESTS: Deepak Chopra, William Cohen
SECTION: NEWS; Domestic
LENGTH: 1565 words