I don’t think the Bush admin or the Pentagon “spun” the story one way or the other. It was the press that initially built up the story— out of some very foggy facts. It made for great TV and they really, really wanted that story.
Exactly. The left, along with their willing co-conspirators in the lamestream press spun, exaggerated, fabricated, and outright lied in order to make the conflict “acceptable”.
Just as GW wouldn’t defend himself and his administration against the personal slanders, he was loathe to take them to task over their lies here either.
” - - - It was the press that initially built up the story— out of some very foggy facts. It made for great TV and they really, really wanted that story.”
It used to be called “Yellow Journalism.” Today it is called “ Main Stream Media.”