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In my opinion, the link was stronger than most will admit.
President Bush NEVER said there was a link anymore than he said Saddam had a hand in 911.
What was said and is still true is that Saddam AIDED and ABETTED terrorism, was hiding WMD and was seeking Nuke capability and that POST 911 we as a NATION could NO LONGER look the other way as Saddam systematically violated every UN resolution, for 12 LONG YEARS, WHICH required PROOF that he disposed of all his WMD.
If only they'd sent Joe Wilson to Iraq after he cleared up all the questions about Nigeria...
He already had the script and could have set us straight over the week end.
(Sarcasm alert probably not necessary)
Misleading title -- looks like the Dems twisted the words in the report.
I have no problem with the decision to use military force to oust Saddam Hussein.
1.) There were known, notorious terrorists living in Iraq under the protection and with the knowledge of the Hussein Regime. People like Abu Nidal and Abbu Abbas, both of whom were directly-DIRECTLY-responsible for the cold-blooded murder of Americans.
2.) The Hussein Regime was openly paying money and providing explosive vests to suicide bombers in the West Bank.
3.) They violated the terms of the cease-fire.
4.) They were firing at our planes constantly.
5.) They possessed and had used NBC weaponry on their foes and their own citizens. Only the stupidest of dumbasses think that somehow they used up their entire supply on the Iranians and the Kurds. Yeah, that's the ticket.
In law enforcement parlance...they had the means, the motive and the ability to provide anything from explosives, money and haven all the way to NBC weaponry to terrorists.
As much as liberals would like us all to forget 9/11, we are not going to do so. It was a watershed event.
In a post 9/11 world, I am gratified the President was not going to wait around for Saddam Hussein to get fed up enough with the status quo to finally get lucky and shoot down one of our planes and parade the pilot through the street while we wrung our hands like the idiot liberals would do.
Or worse, just sit around whining, sending dumbass threatening letters, wringing our hands or prodding the UN to do something other than get fat on Oil For Food money and rape children, while the Hussein Regime started funding terrorists and giving them the means and materials to carry out attacks on America. That includes chemical or biological weapons.
Gotta keep this one...
Amazingly enough, even the Washington Post article is fairer, than this one in the SFC. This is more like the Democrats are trying to make a mountain out of something less than a molehill.
Probe: Prewar intel inappropriate but not illegal
Pentagon report says ex-policy chief gave 'dubious' info to White House
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17051786/
Intelligence provided by former undersecretary of defense Douglas J. Feith to buttress the White House case for invading Iraq included "reporting of dubious quality or reliability" that supported the political views of senior administration officials rather than the conclusions of the intelligence community, according to a report by the Pentagon's inspector general.
In a telephone interview Thursday, Feith emphasized the inspector general's conclusion that his actions, described in the report as "inappropriate," were not unlawful. "This was not 'alternative intelligence assessment,' " he said. "It was from the start a criticism of the consensus of the intelligence community, and in presenting it I was not endorsing its substance."
In interviews with Pentagon investigators, the summary document said, Feith insisted that his activities did not constitute intelligence and that "even if they were, [they] would be appropriate given that they were responding to direction from the Deputy Secretary of Defense."
"a damning defense department report which is very disturbing......"
it seems that only when mr. levin and his minions are in power, and directing all of the activities of humankind, will there be no disturbing reports, no corrupt administrations, no hunger, no strife, no racism, no unhappiness, no war, no hatred.....the sun will shine again and maybe mr. levin will have his glasses un-welded from his nose and he will stop trying to resemble karl marx.
Yawn !
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There you go, that's all that needs to be known. Now that the Democrats are in power they're going to do what they can to make it appear that their baseless accusations were right all along, while really all they're doing is tossing out the same slander, but this time with titles of authority next to their names.
Unfortunately, their allies at SFGate now present Levin's opinion of a report as if it's gospel truth.
Is this even in his job description?
Consider the source.
SF Gate is part of the San Francisco Chronicle, a left wing rag commonly known locally as "The San Francisco Koranicle". Discount 90% of what that fishwrap prints.