More Evidence Bush Misled Nation

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http://www.thenation.com/capitalgames/index.mhtml?bid=3&pid=800

If you blinked--or were busy buying hot-dogs and beer for a Fourth of July cookout--you might have missed the latest evidence that George W. Bush misrepresented the threat from Iraq as he guided the country into invasion and occupation in the Middle East.

The day before Independence Day, Richard Kerr, a former CIA deputy director who is leading a review of the CIA's prewar intelligence on Iraq's unconventional weapons, held a series of interviews with journalists and revealed that his unfinished inquiry had so far found that the intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction had been somewhat ambiguous, that analysts at the CIA and other intelligence services had received pressure from the Bush administration, and that the CIA had not found any proof of operational ties between al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein's regime.

In other words, Bush lied.

Bush had said that intelligence gathered by the United States and other nations had determined--"no doubt"--that Hussein possessed WMDs, and he had declared that the Iraqi dictator was "dealing" with al Qaeda. Kerr's statements undermined these vital assertions Bush had made to justify the war.

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[ILeft]

1. It depends on what the meaning of the words "no doubt" are...

I have no doubt--Bush and the rest of the Regime lied! What's it going to take for that to register with people???

[Sliverofhope]

2. Unfortunately, I think it will take

a lot more deaths. Until the climate of belief that Bush is trustworthy is destroyed, the idea will not stick. We must somehow find a way to undermine the belief that everyone trusts Bush to prevent more deaths and more damage.

[indictrichardperle]

4. He didnt Lie

....the reports just didnt make it to his desk, he just didnt know..........thats what bald-assed scarey Ari said :eyes:

[Cha]

3. And we knew all this before the invasion,,,,that's why we were,,,

out Protesting our Hearts out!!

[Sliverofhope]

5. I know, I was out there too

All this stuff is pretty much as predicted, sadly. All the information is there. It's all about getting things to stick.

[proud patriot]

6. I was out there too... shoot I'm still out there

my home my family , all my signs in my yard , on my car
answering machine ...

[ILeft]

7. In the 60's, the press still reported on people being "out there"

I think that's part of the difference. The marches and protests were actually reported on fairly honestly by the media back then. It made people think. Now, if cable news doesn't emphasize something, it might as well not have happened for 150 million plus of our fellow citizens..

[Punkingal]

8. Remember the last Osama Bin Laden tape.....

he called for the Iraqui people to overthrow Saddam themselves. I guess the media whores have all forgotten about that tape. I can remember the first Bush was always saying Saddam had no friends in the Middle East.