Putting the "boot" in "about intellectually bankrupt"

Amongst the many "lowlights" of Condi Rice's interview with Lawrence O'Donnell was her insistence the Canadhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifians were all on board with invading and occupying Iraq. Uh, no they weren't, and in fact, conservatives were quite pissed off and complaining about it at the time. It was in all the funny papers, I'm sure Glenn Reynolds got all hey and indeedy about it.

It's one of those amazing bits of the right-wing re-writing their own hilariously awful history of intellectual assholery.

Canada most certainly did not favor the invasion and occupation of Iraq, in fact, at the time the right-wing's most vociferous nuts were slandering the Canadians over it, by lying about another recent war.

Coulter: "Canada used to be one of our most loyal friends and vice-versa. I mean Canada sent troops to Vietnam - was Vietnam less containable and more of a threat than Saddam Hussein?"

McKeown interrupts: "Canada didn't send troops to Vietnam."

Coulter: "I don't think that's right."

McKeown: "Canada did not send troops to Vietnam."

Coulter (looking desperate): "Indochina?"

McKeown: "Uh no. Canada ...second World War of course. Korea. Yes. Vietnam No."

Coulter: "I think you're wrong."

McKeown: "No, took a pass on Vietnam."

Coulter: "I think you're wrong."

McKeown: "No, Australia was there, not Canada."

Coulter: "I think Canada sent troops."

McKeown: "No."

Coulter: "Well. I'll get back to you on that."

McKeown tags out in script:

"Coulter never got back to us -- but for the record, like Iraq, Canada sent no troops to Vietnam."