Press Briefing by Scott McClellan

Would you believe that the White House is trying to rewrite history by saying that we were invited into Afghanistan and Iraq. I wonder how many times this story will have to be repeated for this propoganda to take??

Q The other day — in fact, this week, you said that we, the United States, is in Afghanistan and Iraq by invitation. Would you like to correct that incredible distortion of American history –

MR. McCLELLAN: No, we are — that’s where we currently –