Logic for fools:In the Cheney speech (post below), he says:
"Some have suggested by liberating Iraq from Saddam Hussein we simply stirred up a hornet's nest. They overlook a fundamental fact: We were not in Iraq in September 2001 and the terrorists hit us anyway."
The "logic":
A = U.S. in Iraq
B = Terrorists hit (9/11)
Given that not-A && B is True => A && not-B is True
In other words, having the U.S. in Iraq means no terrorist attacks
That's a joke. It's like saying:
You (dear reader) were not doing X (e.g. combing your hair) and Something Bad Happened. Therefore, if you do X, you shall avoid Something Bad.
This administration uses these silly arguments, and variants thereof, all of the time.
posted by Quiddity at 12/07/2005 03:52:00 AM
We *were* in Saudi Arabia on 9/11/01. That's what stirred up those particular hornets, partly.
