I wonder, is Orson Scott Card, a moderately famous science fiction author, a weasel for saying that the burden of proof that George W. Bush is a liar is on those who claim he knew in advance, all evidence to the contrary, that Saddam Hussein did not posess weapons of mass destruction:
It was not a lie for Bush to state the information available to him and to all the intelligence services of other countries: That Saddam had poison gas, was pursuing bioweapons, and had a nuclear program designed to give him nukes.
Saddam’s own behavior, refusing to allow untrammeled inspections, did not look like the actions of an innocent man.
It turned out that there was no serious nuclear threat from Saddam. But the fact that we did not find the poison gas did not mean he never had it — we know he did. What it proved was that he either destroyed it, concealed it, or moved it to another country — with Syria the most likely candidate.
The most suspicious fact is that we found no evidence of the destruction of the poison gas. There would have been no reason for Saddam to conceal such destruction — he could have invited international observation of such actions and the world would have applauded.
Poison gas is not destroyed without leaving behind evidence. The lack of evidence of poison gas when we invaded Iraq does not suggest its nonexistence.
Card goes on to cite numerous, well, lies about George W. Bush’s supposed malfeasances.
Test.