Thursday, June 17, 2004

Kos Busts Bush

Bush is now back-pedalling from the al-Qaida/Iraq connection: "This administration never said that the 9/11 attacks were orchestrated between Saddam and al-Qaida," Bush said. "We did say there were numerous contacts between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida. For example, Iraqi intelligence officers met with (Osama) bin Laden, the head of al-Qaida, in the Sudan. There's numerous contacts between the two."

That sounds pretty convincing - the strategy of the right wing seemed to revolve around constantly using "al-Qaida" and "Saddam" in the same sentence, without specifically linking the two bogey-men.

Well, Kos found an easy-to-overlook claim by Bush that they were connected - in the letter to Congress declaring war on Iraq!! "I have also determined that the use of armed force against Iraq is consistent with the United States and other countries continuing to take the necessary actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations, or persons who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001."

1 Comments:

Blogger Dan said...

LJ - what in the world are you talking about? I didn't mention the 9-11 commission. I'm talking about the contrast between Bush saying the administration never said the 9/11 attacks were orchestrated between Saddam and Al-Qaida, and Bush saying Saddam was one of the ones "who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks."

Another Bush flip-flop.

6/21/2004 2:07 PM  

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