commission cleared the Bush - Blamed Clinton

[DearAbby]

SPRINGFIELD -- The United States' pre-war intelligence on Iraq was dead wrong, according to the president's Commission on Weapons of Mass Destruction. Despite the report, Missouri's senior U.S. senator says the decision to go to war was still the right one.

Bond is a member of the Select Committee on Intelligence. In an interview here on Thursday, Bond said the bad intelligence came from an archaic system based on assumptions rather than thorough analysis and human intelligence. He also placed much of the blame on the Clinton administration.

The commission’s report says the harm done to American credibility will take years to undo.

“The intelligence community had not challenged its own assumptions, did not provide the caveats they should have about some of their sources,” said Bond.

The senator notes that the commission cleared the Bush administration of manipulating the intelligence for political purposes. He took a shot at the Democrats.

“The Clinton administration cut the intel budget by 20 percent. The Director of Intelligence got rid of spies -- human intelligence that we badly needed in the war against terror,” said Bond.

An expert on terrorism, Southwest Missouri State University political science professor Mehrdad Haghayeghi, says many Democrats and even some Republicans never would have voted for the war if the president hadn’t hyped the threat.

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[MrSlayer]

1. Well you didn't expect the truth did you?

We won't get the truth for 20 years if ever.

[H2O]

5. Truth a casualty of the Bush Admin

I fear that we are going to have to gear up for more of the same; the results dont surprise me at all. He takes credit but no responsibility; . The excesses will continue and as long as his juggernaut spin machine is still in place, no one will call him on anything and even if anyone does, they will be laughed and ridiculed.

Brothers and Sisters, we are not alone, the prophets were laughed it and ridiculed as well. Just keep speaking the truth even if the odds are not with us.

[papau]

9. The report says "not authorized to look into Bush lies/spinning of

intel given him" - well - actually it just says it was not authorized to look into how Bush used the information.

But the point is the media is ignoring that statement in the report!

[ck4829]

2. Idiots. The RW'ers got rid of 322 foreign translators because...

they would whine and scream if GLBT people served in the military.

Everywhere I turn, I keep seeing the RW'ers when it comes to terrorism.

[FreedomAngel82]

3. ARGH!

I hate this crap! Always blame Clinton. Blame Clinton. It's always his fault for THEIR FUCK UPS! When will people get it?! UGH! :banghead: :rant:

[BuyingThyme]

4. If you don't feed the stupid,

they might start feeding themselves.

[deacon]

6. They are "girlie men" --they need to grow up and face reality

the abonimation is bush's fault, period.

[Old and In the Way]

7. Their commission can report the moon is made of green cheese, too.

That doesn't make it true. We know they are liars....all of their commissions won't change that essential truth.

[peacetalksforall]

8. I despise this kind of propaganda...

“The Clinton administration cut the intel budget by 20 percent. The Director of Intelligence got rid of spies -- human intelligence that we badly needed in the war against terror,” said Bond.


It completely ignores recommendations, studies, Congress, votes, committees, wheeling, dealing, input from various departments.

I don't like it from either Party.

But....Bond is a hopeless partisan.

[Deja Q]

10. Clinton cut it, whatever. Why didn't Bush RAISE IT BACK UP THEN? Sheesh!

What a fucker, Clinton is guilty of ZILCH.

[BikeWriter]

11. Here are some of Clinton's efforts against terrorism:

-- Developed the nation's first anti-terrorism policy, and appointed
first national coordinator of anti-terrorist efforts.

-- Stopped cold the Al Qaeda millennium bombing plot.

-- Tried to kill Osama bin Laden and disrupt Al Qaeda through
preemptive strikes (efforts denounced by the G.O.P.).

-- Brought perpetrators of first World Trade Center bombing and CIA
killings to justice.

-- Did not blame Bush I administration for first World Trade Center
bombing. Instead, worked hard, even obsessively -- and successfully -
- to stop future terrorist attacks.

--Named the Hart-Rudman commission to report on nature of terrorist
threats and major steps to be taken to combat terrorism.

Here, in stark contrast, is part of the Bush-Cheney anti-terrorism
record before September 11, 2001:

-- Backed off Clinton administration's anti-terrorism efforts.

-- Shelved Hart-Rudman report.

-- Appointed new anti-terrorism task force under Dick Cheney. Group
did not even meet before 9/11.

-- Called for cuts in anti-terrorism efforts by the Department of
Defense.

-- Gave no priority to anti-terrorism efforts by Justice Department.

-- Ignored warnings from Sandy Berger and Louis Freeh about the
urgency of terrorist threats.

-- Halted Predator drone tracking of Osama bin Laden.

-- Did nothing in wake of August 6 C.I.A. report to president saying
Al Qaeda attack almost certain.

-- By failing to order any coordination of intelligence data, missed
opportunity to stop the 9/11 plot as Clinton-Gore had stopped the
millennium plot.

--Blamed Clinton for 9/11.

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