What's amazing, here, is how similar the Bush and Clinton and Nixon apologists are. Exact same techniques.
There was no caveat in Bush's speech. Bush was making a statement, in the most formal and public place a President can, and backing it by his word and reputation. It is a shabby bit of legalistic word-twisting, every bit as cynical and hair-splitting as when Clinton said that oral sex is not sex, to pretend that there were any caveats in Bush's words.
Bush said Iraq had tried to buy uranium ore from Chad. Period. Bush did not say, "Well, I'm just repeating a British allegation, and I have no idea whether it's true, and the CIA and State Dept. don't think it's true." The Vice President knew the claim was false, and he knew it months before the President's speech. And the Vice President talks to the President every day.
You and Bush are going to get just as tired of hearing about this, as Nixon did about his crimes and his coverup. Very, very tired of it. |
