Vanity Fair Lied

Shocking! I'm so surprised that they would lie to influence the midterm elections. From Richard Perle:

Vanity Fair has rushed to publish a few sound bites from a lengthy discussion with David Rose. Concerned that anything I might say could be used to influence the public debate on Iraq just prior to Tuesday’s election, I had been promised that my remarks would not be published before the election.

I should have known better than to trust the editors at Vanity Fair who lied to me and to others who spoke with Mr. Rose. Moreover, in condensing and characterizing my views for their own partisan political purposes, they have distorted my opinion about the situation in Iraq and what I believe to be in the best interest of our country.

I believe it would be a catastrophic mistake to leave Iraq, as some are demanding, before the Iraqis are able to defend their elected government. As I told Mr. Rose, the terrorist threat to our country, which is real, would be made much worse if we were to make an ignominious withdrawal from Iraq.

It's amazing how many are willing to sell their integrity for the thin gruel of Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House. Their willingness to do this will reap long term consequences. It will be very hard for the public to trust them again.

Tags: Vanity Fair, neocons, Richard Perle