AP - Bush keeps revising war justification

[mark414]

WASHINGTON - President Bush keeps revising his explanation for why the U.S. is in Iraq, moving from narrow military objectives at first to history-of-civilization stakes now.

Initially, the rationale was specific: to stop Saddam Hussein from using what Bush claimed were the Iraqi leader's weapons of mass destruction or from selling them to al-Qaida or other terrorist groups.

But 3 1/2 years later, with no weapons found, still no end in sight and the war a liability for nearly all Republicans on the ballot Nov. 7, the justification has become far broader and now includes the expansive "struggle between good and evil."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061014/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_iraq


vote this story 5 stars and keep it on the front page!

this certainly isn't news to any of us here but it's still good to see articles like this...

[rsmith6621]

1. beat ya to it....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2394833

[MADem]

2. When do we suppose he'll finally use up all of his lame excuses

...and it will come down to "Heh, heh....see, we wuz lookin' ta take their OIL, heh heh....?"

[Moderator]

3. Duplicate of

a moved thread.
This was moved to Other articles, because it is not BREAKING news. This is an analysis article... although a very good and interesting one, it does not fit LBN criteria.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x240246