Bush may be sitting on Iraqi WMD evidence, FOX analyst says

Jerusalem Post ^ | Jul. 10, 2003 | Erik Schechter

[SubMareener]

Don't worry! The Liberal RATS hate George W. Bush so much, that God himself could tell them the strategery and the Liberals would say He's just one more member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy!

[livius]

Actually, if they're holding anything back, it's because they want to make 100% certain that the press cannot cast doubt upon it. All of the things they have found so far - which, in line with Saddam's "on-demand" strategy for the preparation of chemical weapons and assembly of forbidden conventional weapons, simply support what this Administration has said and even what the Clinton administration said - have been ridiculed by the liberal press because they did not have "WMD" printed in big letters on the side.

If this were Clinton, the press wouldn't even be asking for proof. Or even any significant threat to national security (witness Bosnia, where we even fought on the wrong side for us of two equally wrong sides).

[Cacophonous]

Huh?

[Sir Gawain]

The Dems can scream all they want, they will be slaughtered.

At the gates of Baghdad?

[ApesForEvolution]

I agree, if they are holding evidence, I wouldn't wait that long. Before the primaries would be fun to watch as the RATS further pee all over themselves.

[NutCrackerBoy]

Bush can argue that they wanted to be totally accurate and complete with their WMD report. Therefore they checked, rechecked and checked again, before releasing the information. The Dems can scream all they want, they will be slaughtered.

Sweet!

Like the time Clintonistas were all huffy about accusations of mayhem while vacating the Hoar House. The Bushies gave them just enough rope, then released details.

[Cacophonous]

What did our American troops do wrong for them to need a "Commutting" :-)

Opps..thanks..damned fingers don't always do what I tell them. Of course, I mean commiting American troops.

[MJY1288]

LOL, and their fathers mustache will be cursed as well :-)

[new cruelty]

So that's going to be your response to Dems? ...I think President Bush better have a different response handy.

Pukin Dog, I guess none of W's responses thus far are sufficient for the dems or Cacophonous.

[Petronski]

"The administration is willing to take the heat for now," McInerney yesterday told The Jerusalem Post, "then release the information next August." Doing so would put the Democrats who have been critical of the US president's policy on Iraq at a distinct disadvange in the run-up to the presidential election in November 2004.

That would be sweet, and tossing the idea out there, whether true or not, is a great head fake.

[rwfromkansas]

I say release some good stuff now when we get it and confirm it (but it has to be big enough stuff that it will make an impact). Then, release the biggest stuff mid-summer next year.

[Peach]

I agree with your #13 - by August '04 Bush's credibility will be shot and anything the administration presents in terms of WMD will be deemed dummied up by the administration.

Playing for time is one thing - for a few months - while the administration double checks its facts - beyond that is unacceptable and plain stupid.

[rwfromkansas]

As if waiting 6 months to go to war wasn't enough.

Go play with yourself and leave the forum.

[Servant of the Nine]

I wonder just how far out on the plank the Democratic candidates will walk?

I wonder how many Democrat officeholders will be out there with them when the board is sawn off?

So9

[Husker24]

A year before the Bush Administration planned for war in Iraq, McInerney and fellow Fox News analyst Vallely correctly predicted that the invasion would be an air-centered, technologically networked "war of liberation" that would last less than 30 days.

Wow, it took a rocket scientist to figure that one out. I also dont buy this "waiting untill just before the election to release WMD evidence" stuff. The public would see right through that, this isnt Clinton were talking about here.

[MJY1288]

I think they're beyond that, right now they're screaming for a life vest

[Consort]

What's a commiting?

[Starstruck]

60% approval doesn't require the info to be released just yet. Wait til the rating crosses the 55% or August, 2003 whichever comes first.

[Wphile]

IF they have information on WMDs (and I'm not totally confident the FOX NEWS guys know what they are talking about), then the WH should release it as soon as possible. Waiting until next August would be absolutely ridiculous. W will lose far more voters by that time as the Dems will play to the credibility gap ad nauseum. He won't have enough time to recover. And frankly, if it came out that the WH was deliberately holding back information, that would actually bolster the noncredibility argument.

If they've got the information, they should be forthcoming. I, for one, believed the argument about WMDs and think it was the most compelling reason for the war. It was, IMHO, the administration's single biggest argument and the one they used most often. I would prefer to have that rationale validated and validated as soon as possible.

[Starstruck]

Oops 2004.