Bush was too obsessed with Saddam and let Zarqawi go long before the war

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John Kerry just mentioned this in his speech:

Avoiding attacking suspected terrorist mastermind
Abu Musab Zarqawi blamed for more than 700 killings in Iraq

By Jim Miklaszewski
Correspondent
NBC News
Updated: 7:14 p.m. ET March 2, 2004
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4431601

With Tuesday’s attacks, Abu Musab Zarqawi, a Jordanian militant with ties to al-Qaida, is now blamed for more than 700 terrorist killings in Iraq.

NBC News has learned that long before the war the Bush administration had several chances to wipe out his terrorist operation and perhaps kill Zarqawi himself — but never pulled the trigger.

In June 2002, U.S. officials say intelligence had revealed that Zarqawi and members of al-Qaida had set up a weapons lab at Kirma, in northern Iraq, producing deadly ricin and cyanide.

‘People were more obsessed with developing the coalition to overthrow Saddam than to execute the president’s policy of pre-emption against terrorists.’
— Roger Cressey
Terrorism expert

more:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4431601

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1. He let bin Laden escape

and he let Zarqawi get away with murder.

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2. At-least they are trying to get "Emanuel"

They never did anything about Usama who attacked us I hope Kerry keeps that in mind

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3. Bush never talks about bin Laden anymore. His daddy must have shut him up

after he got all of the familiy and entourage out of the country before they could be questioned.

A significant investor in President G.W. Bush's early oil ventures was the bin Laden Group, a multinational construction conglomerate based in Saudi Arabia. James R. Bath, a friend and associate of then-Gov. George W. Bush, used money from Osama bin Laden's father, Sheikh bin Laden, to set up G.W.'s oil business, according to the WSJ and the NYT.

The bin Laden Group has also invested in The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm headed by James Baker (the elder Bush's secretary of state) and Frank Carlucci (Reagan's secretary of defense). President Bush's father, H.W., is a senior advisor to the Carlyle Group. John Major (former prime minister of the U.K.) is the group's chairman. Fidel Ramos (former president of the Philippines) is an advisor. One of their operations in Saudi Arabia is an official part of the government.