Clark On President Bush's Admission On Wmds And CIA Revelations

[maddezmom]

For Immediate Release
Date: February 5, 2004


Statement Of General Wesley Clark On President Bush's Admission On Wmds And The Cia's Revelation That Iraq Was Not An "Imminent Threat"


Statement Of General Wesley Clark On President Bush's Admission On Wmds And The Cia's Revelation That Iraq Was Not An "Imminent Threat"
Little Rock - General Wesley Clark issued the following statement on today's revelations by President Bush and CIA Director George Tenet:

"Today, the CIA Director finally made clear what I have been saying since this campaign began - that Iraq did not pose an 'imminent threat' to the United States or its neighbors prior to the war, and the intelligence community never told President Bush that Iraq was an imminent threat. What's more, President Bush himself has admitted that the United States has not found any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

"The facts now have been laid bare - the Bush Administration misled us into a war we didn't need to fight. He misled the American people. And the question now is: what did he know at the time? With no warning of an imminent threat, the American people have a right to know why, precisely, the President took us into this war.

"There has been too much distortion and manipulation of evidence; too much deceit. We need a higher standard of leadership in Washington. And since George W. Bush has gotten us into this mess, we need a strategy for success that will eventually get us out."

[NewYorkerfromMass]

1. Good, but Kerry's was better

I especially liked Kerry's reference to 'sham commissions'.

[BootinUp]

5. Clarks was first - like months ago. :)

[liberalnurse]

2. Clark is right on the money with this point.

Kerry can't go and sing a tune about imminent threat since he voted for the war. Clark is absolutely correct. I admire his coming forward and speaking the truth.

[Kikosexy2]

3. It's about time!....

The candidates need to start plugging holes into their claims/statements. Start throwing their
lies right back at their faces! Go Wesley Clark Go!

[mrdmk]

4. Clark was the first to ask, "Where is the intel?"

:puffpiece:

[joanski01]

6. Good statement, Wes.

And, yes, indeed, we do need a higher standard of leadership in the White House.