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Thank you for that thoughtful post, I enjoyed the read.

I think the headline is a fair statement: "Hussein ties to al Qaeda appear faulty", but I posted the article to illustrate the nature of our government when the CIA is in thinly veiled conflict with the Administration.

Rather than deal with the past, look at the article from a third party perspective about what is going on here. Bush will have to deliver a satisfactory remedy (fire a few folks or something) or this death by a thousand cuts will go on through November.

I believe you're right. I think though, President Bush needs to outrightly tell the American people that 1) yes, there was WMD's in Iraq at one time and the known stockpiles had not been fully accounted for 2) there were links of Al Queida cells in and around Iraq, but the CIA intelligence "misunderestimated" the connection to Hussein 3) the deceit originated from the Iraqi dictatorship and the increasing beligerance of Saddam gave suspicion that there were substantial evidences to wage an invasion.

I believe that's the only way President Bush can put the issue aside - by being as bold in admitting Saddam duped the world as we were to wage war. I believe Americans will accept that far quicker than a continuum of the current "you blame me, I blame you" game.