Yes, Virginia, Saddam Hussein posed an “immediate threat” to the United States. That’s why
we had to invade Iraq. That’s what our Maximum Leader and his minions told us in the runup to
the Iraq war. Now, however, they deny they ever said it. Really. You were dreaming if you
thought you heard them say it. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld repeated his disavowal last
Sunday: By golly gee, Rummy said, he never said there was an “immediate threat.” Watch Rummy
make that claim in this video clip, courtesy of MoveOn.org, the liberal
advocacy group, and see him get caught in his bald-faced con.