http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1259159,00.htmlFlawed intelligence commissioned by President George Bush has cost America lives, resources and allies, said the Democratic presidential candidate, John Kerry, in his most scathing attack on the Bush administration to date.
Referring to the Senate investigation which found that the principal claims justifying the invasion of Iraq were fundamentally wrong and the result of a "global intelligence failure", Mr Kerry argued that Mr Bush's record had fed cynicism and mistrust of government.
"They were wrong and soldiers lost their lives because they were wrong. And America's paying billions of dollars because they were wrong. And allies are not with us because they were wrong," Mr Kerry told the New York Times in one of several interviews with his new running mate, John Edwards, published yesterday.
Mr Edwards added: "My view is that what George Bush has done in Iraq, both in the lead-up to the war and more importantly his planning for winning the peace, has cost America dearly and cost the possibility of success dearly."
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