Bush: U.S. had 'darn good intelligence' on Iraq -- Tuesday, July 15, 2003

[radwriter0555]

'When I gave the speech, the line was relevant'

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/07/14/white.house.intel/

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush said Monday he had "darn good intelligence" on Iraq despite his disputed State of the Union claim that Baghdad sought to purchase uranium from Africa.

"The larger point is and the fundamental question is, 'Did Saddam Hussein have a weapons program?' And the answer is, 'Absolutely,' " Bush told reporters after a meeting with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Friday, Central Intelligence Agency Director George Tenet accepted responsibility for allowing the line to stay in the January 28 State of the Union address, but many Democrats say the White House still has explaining to do. (Full story)

The White House has tried to put the issue behind it, arguing that the allegation was just a small part of the U.S. justification for war.

"This revisionist notion that somehow this is now the core of why we went to war, a central issue of why we went to war, a fundamental underpinning of the president's decisions, is a bunch of bull," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said Monday.

Many Democrats are accusing the White House of misleading the American people in the State of the Union address. But Bush said, "When I gave the speech, the line was relevant."


Oh how the mighty have FALLEN? Oh wait, no, that was all just LIES.

[wtmusic]

1. When neocons use either the word "darn" or "folks"

they're trying to sound down-home while trying to accomplish something extremely ruthless

[formerrepuke]

2. Saddam bad, September 11th, Saddam bad, September 11th..Saddam bad..

[Gloria]

3. Seymour Hersh, 3/29/05 --"We know jack"

This and many more quotes from Hersh in my article on him that's being formatted for posting at Buzzflash at this very moment!

[bullimiami]

4. nope. no weapons, not even a 'program'

all intelligence looks 'darn good' to someone who cant think for themselves.

he is not qualified to be dog catcher, no seriously, i dont think he could pass a civil service exam. so why is he president?

[AlCzervik]

5. i think we do or we did but they used what they wanted

they cherry picked the questionable intel. I read that the germans warned higher ups in the Bush administration that the iraqi exile "Curveball" was not to be believed but they went ahead and used his bullshit at the UN in Powell's speech.