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<<...the Bush administration has taken several stunning steps back from the rhetoric that helped them lead this country to war in Iraq. Bush's move to bring the international community into the struggle, an act that is vitally necessary, was a grand departure from the words sopken before the fighting started. Recall that it was Richard Perle, chief architect of this war, who penned an editorial on March 21 entitled, "Thank God For The Death Of The UN." To have come from there to here is remarkable.
Now, we have George W. Bush himself attempting to distance his administration from the rhetoric they used on a daily basis to connect Saddam Hussein with September 11 in the minds of Americans. Their denials of ever having made that connection fly in the face of current data: Some 70% of the American people believe that Hussein was personally responsible for the fall of the Trade Towers. They believe this because the President, and his people, told them this was the case repeatedly.
One clear example of when this connection was made can be found in Bush's own resolution to Congress, dated March 18 2003, which set forth the parameters of the looming battle. Section 2 of this resolution described the need for [bold]"necessary actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations, or persons who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001." This is in the Iraq resolution. The connection Bush would deny ever having made came, in fact, from his own words and pen...>>
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