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From CBS News: Bush Insists War Was Justified. Excerpts follow, with my comments in bold.
“America is safer today with Saddam Hussein in prison,” Mr. Bush said in a surprise statement to reporters as he prepared to fly to Wisconsin.
So he keeps saying, and so I keep praying…praying that someone will say to him: How so, sir? In what way is America safer with a man who posed no threat to us whatsoever in prison?
I swear if he could go ten words beyond his stump speech talking points, I’d vote for him. Hell, even nine.</b>
he maintained that the Iraqi leader retained the “means and the intent” to produce weapons of mass destruction
No, he retained the intent. According to every single report over the past year, he had no means. And that’s not sufficent reason to go to war. As I’ve said, I may have had the intent to go to bed with Angelina Jolie, but that doesn’t mean Billy Bob Thorton could’ve cited me in the divorce.
ETA: From MSNBC: Bush, Kerry spar over Iraq weapons report
British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Bush’s key ally in the war, said the report showed that U.N. sanctions were not working and that the war was thus justified.
The report shows that “this is a far more complicated situation than many people thought,” he added.
No Tony, it’s not complicated at all. You got rooked. You backed the wrong horse. It’s really quite simple.
