Donald Trump crossed the line twice on 9/11, Iraq war

NYP ^ | 17 Feb 16 | Editorial Board

[elhombrelibre]

Donald Trump crossed the line at the last Republican debate — twice: when he blamed President George W. Bush for 9/11, and when he bought into the “Bush lied” lie about the Iraq War.

“The World Trade Center came down during the reign of George Bush,” Trump said, because the president “didn’t listen to the advice of his CIA.”

Sorry: The CIA missed it coming, as did the rest of the US intelligence community. The feds failed to connect the dots and ferret out the terrorists before they struck.

But al Qaeda actually grew — and planned the attack — on President Bill Clinton’s watch. And Clinton-era restrictions on, for example, what the CIA could tell the FBI, helped keep those dots unconnected.

On Sunday, Trump tried to backtrack. “I’m not blaming [Bush],” he said. Right.

[elhombrelibre]

No, I don’t want that. I don’t want a fraud who cheats people.

[pallmallman]

Really? You’re willing to default to Hillary that bad?

[elhombrelibre]

Better a RINO (Cruz 100% ACU rating, by the way; Rubio 98% ACU rating) than a Hillary supporter pretending to be a Republican conservative. You’re being duped and the RINO claim from Trump supporters is too inane to take seriously.