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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
EXCEPT -- that, the Spanish government also apparently did not correct itself when the explosives were correctly identified, _and_ apparently DID say that the new kind of explosive was also frequently used by ETA -- which is the part that the FT (not Drum) reported that the German intel. service sez was untrue.
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The Spanish government, when the news of the other explosive began to trickle up, stopped referring to that whole argument. (See Aznar's speech on the night of the day when the Goma was first detected.) All of his calls to papers, intel types, leaders, etc., occurred prior to that point. The news from all over apparently shows that the mistake was not repeated once Aznar learned that Goma indicated a non-ETA source.
I think my main annoyance with this whole subject stems from my disgust at the speed with which people are jumping on the "he lied" bullshit for virtually everything that suits them, when the evidence shows "mistake", but no lie. It appears that Aznar was crassly, for political gain, hollering "ETA!" all over, hoping for the vote surge that would result, and I have no issue with people who think that to be unclassy behavior. It is. It's the automatic "he lied" shit that really gets on my nerves.
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So, whether or not "Aznar lied", . . .
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Maybe this explains the communication difficulties that I seem to have with some of you. Do you really view dishonesty - lying - as having the same moral status as making a mistake?
