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To: epicure who wrote (2391)6/22/2003 11:23:05 AM
From: Dale Baker  Read Replies (1) of 20773
 
The issue of what Bush said versus what the intelligence community believed and what has actually been found seems very clear to me:

The October speech was devoted largely to the threat of banned weapons. Iraq, Mr. Bush said, had "a massive stockpile of biological weapons" and "thousands of tons of chemical agents" and was "reconstituting its nuclear weapons program." The president asked, "If we know Saddam Hussein has dangerous weapons today — and we do — does it make any sense for the world to wait to confront him as he grows even stronger and develops even more dangerous weapons?"

In the speech in March, on the eve of war, Mr. Bush declared, "Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised."


Bush said Saddam "had a massive stockpile" which doesn't exist and the intel community could not confirm at the time. Then he says intelligence "leaves no doubt" that Iraq possessed and concealed weapons, the WMD they cannot produce now and the intel community could not confirm at the time.

It's right up there with "I didn't have sex with that woman". Maybe that kind of BS isn't a lie in a politician's mind, but it sure is in mine.
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