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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (460966)	9/18/2003 8:24:20 PM
From: Krowbar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

WASHINGTON - President Bush said Wednesday there was no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 — disputing an impression that critics say the administration tried to foster to justify the war against Iraq. "There's no question that Saddam Hussein had al-Qaida ties," the president said. But he also said, "We've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with September the 11th." Then: Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate March 18, 2003 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Consistent with section 3(b) of the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107-243), and based on information available to me, including that in the enclosed document, I determine that: (1) reliance by the United States on further diplomatic and other peaceful means alone will neither (A) adequately protect the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq nor (B) likely lead to enforcement of all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq; and (2) acting pursuant to the Constitution and Public Law 107-243 is consistent with the United States and other countries continuing to take the 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. Sincerely, GEORGE W. BUSH It is clear that Bush was linking Saddam to 9/11, even though the CIA was telling him that they had no evidence of such a link. As he does with global warming and other issues, when what he gets reports from experts that are not consistent with what he wants to believe, he ignores those reports, and finds an extremist right winger to tell him what he wants to hear, and that them becomes his perception of reality. Bush is no leader, he is guilty of malfeasance. And you right wing extremists lap it all up. Del

To: jlallen who wrote (460966)	9/18/2003 8:37:06 PM
From: Krowbar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

As far as your uninformed parroting of the charge that Clinton ignored the terrorism threat before Sept. 11, you are just plain wrong. In fact, President Bill Clinton and his counterterrorism chief, Richard Clarke, took the threat very seriously, especially after the bombing of the USS Cole in October 2000. By December, Clarke had prepared plans for a military operation to attack Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan, go after terrorist financing and work with police officials around the world to take down the terrorist network. Because Clinton was to leave office in a few weeks, he decided against handing Bush a war in progress as he worked to put a new administration together. Instead, Clarke briefed national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, Cheney and others. He emphasized that time was short and action was urgent. The Bush administration sat on the report for months and months. The first high-level discussion took place on Sept. 4, 2001, just a week before the attacks. The actions taken by the Bush administration following Sept. 11 closely parallel actions recommended in Clarke's nine-month-old plan. So, who ignored the threat? Asleep at the wheel Bush. He read nursery rimes even after he knew that the second plane hit. Too bad, them's the FACTS. Live with them. Del

To: jlallen who wrote (460966)	9/18/2003 8:43:24 PM
From: Krowbar	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

"CBS News has learned that barely five hours after American Airlines Flight 77 plowed into the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld was telling his aides to come up with plans for striking Iraq — even though there was no evidence linking Saddam Hussein to the attacks. " Sept. 16, 2003 \| WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday he had no reason to believe that Iraq's Saddam Hussein had a hand in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States. At a Pentagon news conference, Rumsfeld was asked about a poll that indicated nearly 70 percent of respondents believed the Iraqi leader probably was personally involved. "I've not seen any indication that would lead me to believe that I could say that," Rumsfeld said. Lies and deception and thousands of peoples lives taken unnecessarily. These criminals need to be in prison. Del