Bush says Kerry making 'wild charges' over missing Iraq explosives

[Robbien]

LITITZ, United States (AFP) - Breaking his silence on missing Iraqi explosives, US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) called Democratic rival John Kerry (news - web sites)'s attacks on the subject "wild charges" levelled in desperation.

At a campaign rally in this crucial state just six days before the election, Bush said US forces were investigating the fate of the 350 tonnes of high explosives and that Kerry was irresponsibly jumping to conclusions.

"The senator is making wild charges about missing explosives," said Bush. "Think about that: The senator is denigrating the action of our troops and commanders in the field without knowing the facts."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1521&ncid=703&e=7&u=/afp/20041027/pl_afp/us_vote_iraq_explosives

I agree with Josh Marshall's take on this non-statement: What I jotted down just as I was listening was a line about Kerry's "wild charges about missing explosives" and how Kerry's "denigrating the actions of our troops in the field without knowing the facts."

Beside that it seemed to be a mix of 'Not my fault', 'We still don't know what happened', 'Maybe they were already gone, 'Criticizing me means criticizing the troops' and then on top of that some more mumbojumbo about Tora Bora.

I almost expected him to start whining about media bias.

[molly]

1. Well * made wild charges about WMD

[wicket]

2. Can you say DESPERATE?!

[aden_nak]

No, George, the troops did their job. You didn't do yours.

I guess this is just no one's fault, right? It was no one's responsibility. It's a good thing this came out so late, so they won't have time to come up with a way to blame it on Clinton.

[Just Me]

3. George,...I only wish you and yours to suffer charges,...

,...of the criminal variety!!!

Shame on the scamming neoCONS!!!

I dream of all of you behind bars for life for utilizing propaganda in order to profiteer from American blood, loyalty and treasure. You neoCONS can all burn in hell for the horrendous horror you have delivered to humanity!!!

:grr:

[Chiyo-chichi]

4. The FACTS are...

that we knew those explosives were there.
They were there AFTER the invasion.
We SHOULD have planned IN ADVANCE to secure or destroy them.
They are now being used to kill our troops.

[Catfight]

5. It took him 3 days to come up with the excuse to point a finger at Kerry?

Um, shouldn't the press ask Bush what happened to them instead of allowing him to skirt around the issue AGAIN?

You can run bush, but you can't hide!

[maddezmom]

6. and * never answers the ? of where the hell they are, who has them,

where they are now, and could they be using them against our troops.

[Supersedeas]

7. Denigration of troops?? Troops did what they were ordered to do--

their orders from the chain of command to secure or not secure the weapons depot and proceed to Baghdad...the chain of command does still stop at the Commander in Chief...or does that buck stop somewhere else?

[global1]

13. The Three Dollar Bill ......

stops here.

[catmandu57]

8. He didn't sound too confident

Sounded pretty weak, confused. Buh bye georgie*.

[The_Casual_Observer]

9. chimp is all the time calling for an investigation for this and that

but then he always picks the investigators and the investigations never amount to anything. chimp is a piece of shit incompetent fool.

[Beetwasher]

10. Bush: "It's the Bands fault, they played the wrong song and I had acid

reflux!"

[jimshoes]

11. No the Senator is telling you that you are

a pompous, unprepared, untrustworthy, lying sack who couldn't tell the truth on truth serum.

[Nicholas_J]

12. More Bush Dry Drunk behavior.

I usually dont buy that twelve step stuff, but if there ever was a public official who exhibits all of the symptoms of an alcoholic personality its George Bush. This guy is responsible for the government, yet everything that has occured under his watch is simply not his fault. The explosive dilemma is just another indication. The fact that they are claiming they just dont know when they disappeared is just another example. WE have satellites that can tell what brand cigarette a person issmoking from 200 miles up, but they cant spot Saddam moving 280 tons of explosives before just before the invasion. The have satelite pictures of supposed biological wmd factories, and satellite photos in which they claim WMD's were being moved into Syria, but they have no photos of Saddams military transport moving tons of explosives. This president's behavior , if re-elected will more than likely result in a major catastrophe and scandals that will exceed Watergate in scope, and exceed September 11th in civilian deaths. He is a catastrophe to begin with, and a bigger catastrophe waiting to happen

[TankLV]

27. 380 tons - not 280 - quite a difference.

[Nicholas_J]

29. I am lying here in bed with a keyboard on my chest

mouse on a book, and the monitor a foot and a half below on the floor.

Give my typos a break

[young_at_heart]

14. His lack of knowledge about this has put the troops in danger

This is a truly serious matter and like everything else about Iraq, it's just no big deal to him!

[JPace]

15. Shrub is on the defensive....

day after day he is defending himself.
He looks and acts weak....
I love it!

[zydeco]

16. I thought Scott McClellan explained this as the

fault of the interim administration? The one that was installed a year after the fact. It is funny how we, the people, only find out about this long after the fact. Without sufficient troops the quagmire grows.

[maddezmom]

17. kick

[FuzzyMath]

18. angry

I wish Kerry wouldn't look so angry all the time. That doesn't sell.

[gratuitous]

21. Yeah, Kerry should look happy!

I mean, our troops and Iraqi civilians being blown to bits with ordnance the Bush administration failed to secure because their priority was securing the Ministry of Oil building, and Kerry just looks mad about it. Doesn't he know how much money Bush and his cronies are stealing out of Iraq every day? Sure puts a smile on Bush's face! Why isn't Kerry happier about it?

[FuzzyMath]

22. wmd's

but I thought there were no wmd's...

[gratuitous]

25. No . . .

A weapon of mass destruction is something like a nuclear bomb or a chemical device intended to cause maximal damage and chaos. 350 tons of high explosive, under seal by the UN and theoretically monitored by the occupying power, doesn't qualify as a weapon of mass destruction.

Bush has created far more danger in Iraq through bungling and incompetence than could ever have been achieved by Saddam no matter how much he plotted and schemed. But it apparently doesn't bother some people that our troops and the Iraqi people we are ostensibly supposed to be liberating are getting blown to smithereens due solely to the Bush administration's corruption.

Does it?

[Melinda]

19. The SOB declared this war's purpose was "TO DISARM IRAQ"

I am so pissed off... Look at what he said to the nation on March 19, 2003 when he declared war:

THE PRESIDENT: My fellow citizens, at this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger.

It's just more of the same Bushit!!!!!!!!!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/2003031...

Get him John!!!!!!!!!!!

[milkyway]

20. Even when Saddam had them, they weren't being used to kill Americans. But

now they are. Way to go, fuck-up.

[coreystone]

23. The IAEA informs Bush of 760,000 pounds of 'Highly Powerful...

Explosives", Bush makes a case to the American people and Congress about the threat of WMD's in Iraq, we blow the pants of the Iraqis, then don't even bother to SECURE these explosives.:crazy:

This is definitely, Clinton's fault; it is Jimmy Carter's fault; and, I am quite sure that FDR could be linked in there somewhere.

The sad part is that there are so many people who are going to vote on November 2, 2004 for the irresponsible, feather brain that SHOULD be looking at "the BUCK on his desk" in the Oval Office (oh yes, it was HARRY'S fault, he left the BUCK on the desk)!

I think we should send E-Mails to Bush's physician to get this guy into some sort of psychiatric retreat, and, start cranking 250 mgs of Thorazine (TID) into him as soon as possible. After all, it would be for our own good and the good of the country!

:argh:

[Catfight]

24. "Want some Wood? Want to buy some Wood?" George W. Bush

Clueless, out of touch and just good ol' fashion crazy!

[cliss]

26. That means that George W. Bush

is responsible for the deaths of his own troops.

Think about it.


:smoke:

[coreystone]

28. It doesn't require a whole horrendous amount of...

thought to come to that conclusion.

What sort of brain damage has * been ascertained to have??? Oh yes! No Physicals Please!

:freak: