Bush: 'I Never Said 9/11 Was Saddam-Al Qaeda Plot'

CNSNEWS.com ^ | 6/17/04 | Susan Jones

[kattracks]

(CNSNews.com) - "This administration never said that the 9/11 attacks were orchestrated between Saddam and al Qaeda, President George W. Bush said on Thursday.

"We did say there were numerous contacts between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda," Bush said at an informal news briefing with White House reporters.

President Bush offered the example of Iraqi intelligence officers meeting with Osama bin Laden in Sudan. "There's numerous contacts between the two," he said.

President Bush spoke on a day when newspaper headlines blared the 9/11 commission's finding, announced Wednesday, that there was no "credible evidence" that Saddam and al Qaeda had a "collaborative relationship" at the time of the 9/11 attacks.

According to the 9/11 commission, Iraq "apparently never responded" to al Qaeda's requests for help in acquiring weapons and setting up training camps.

"I always said that Saddam Hussein was a threat," Bush said on Thursday, noting that Saddam used weapons of mass destruction against his own people; was a sworn enemy of the U.S.; had terrorist connections -- and not just to al Qaeda; and provided safe haven for terrorists for terrorists such as Abu Musab Zarquawi "who is still killing innocents inside of Iraq," he said.

Zarquawi, an al Qaeda leader, is believed to be organizing the terrorist attacks against American forces in Iraq.

Bush said the world is better off and the world is more secure without Saddam Hussein in power.

In his comments to reporters, President Bush talked about his "firm resolve to spread freedom and therefore peace around the world.

"We fully understand terrorists will try to shake our will," he said -- adding that it won't work. "Iraq will be free. And a free Iraq is in our nation's best interests."

He also hailed the rebounding economy, pronouncing himself and his administration "optimistic" after speaking with small business owners and entrepreneurs.

"The U.S. economy is strong and getting stronger. People are going back to work," he said.

President Bush said the role of government is not to "manage" the economy, but to "create an environment in which the capital flows and entrepreneurs feel emboldened to take risks; and to make sure workers are trained for the jobs of the 21\super st\nosupersub Century.

[Defender2]

:-) Keep your chin up. :-)

We Will Prevail!!!!


:-)

D2

[AUH2OY2K]

Bush is correct. However, that doesn't matter to the NYT, CBS, ABC, NBC etc. So long as the media repeats the lie long enough, it will become the truth.

[Defender2]

I have a GUT feeling they(media) will soon be exposed for the Aiders....Abetters....Comfort Givers to the Enemy that they(media) have become.

[AUH2OY2K]

Check out www.mrc.org
It exposes the leftist media for what it is, a natural evolutionary progression of Goebbels vision.

[Defender2]

Thanks for the URL. I will go their and bookmark the site.
Thanks for the heads up.


FReegards, D2

:-)

[Defender2]

Heads Up PING!!!!:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1155694/posts?page=1

[Defender2]

Heads Up PING!!!!:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1155694/posts?page=1

[Fred Nerks]

Thanks, sounds like we're fighting back. I will have to read that in the morning. Sure appreciate the ping.

[Defender2]

Oh, they went way too far now. The Gloves are definitely Off Period. Rest Well. See ya' over the weekend, Good Night.

FReegards, D2

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Good to see a post from you!

[Indie]

Unless it's reported by Blather or Brokejaw [where the SHEEPLE get their news], they won't see it and it will have no effect.

[EQAndyBuzz]

"The American President" is one of my favorite movies. I suggest everyone rent it.

What you do is change the characters political parties and then the movie becomes real.

[kassie]

It just amazes me what the media says and expects us to believe , just because they say it. I guess it's the old "if you say it enough, people start to believe it" plan.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Petronski]

[ClancyJ]

Reminds me of the story most of you have heard......

There was a conversation between a general and two reporters regarding the role of the reporter during war. The general in the discussion posed a theoretical question....if a reporter was located behind the front line and from his point of view saw that an attack was approaching that was unseen by the soldiers on the line, would he warn the troops of danger?

Mike Wallace said "No, the reporter is there to report - not to get involved". Peter Jennings questioned this view and disagreed, however, in the discussion he wavered and agreed - the reporter's job was to report - and should do that since he was not a soldier.

Disappointed the General then stated that next time there is a battle and one of the reporters is caught in crossfire, he will remember the view of the reporters' role and not send his troops to save them since there are there to report.