Why doesn't Bush have to answer tricky questions on Iraq?

[gulliver]

If Bush knew before the war what he knows now about Iraq not having WMDs or links to Al Qaeda, would he still have led us into the war? Would he have done it the same way?

Aren't these the sorts of questions the press is asking Kerry? Why does Bush get a free ride?

[LittleApple81]

1. I think I saw snippets from one of his "speeches" after the senate report

came out and and he said he did the right thing and was proud of bringing "freedom to the Iraqi people" or some such idiocy.

[gulliver]

2. Yes, but he doesn't say it in the context of the "new info"

Anyone can say, "Ah'm proud of what I did." It's another thing to say, "Even if I had known that the WMD information was wrong and that there were no links to Al Qaeda, I still would have gone to war in Iraq."

It's all the difference in the world. The first is an appeal to emotion (like Bush always does). The second would be a deadly admission coming from Bush. A lot of people think he did just that.

[LittleApple81]

3. Good luck in getting anybody to ask the question or * answering it!

But you are right, it should be asked.

[chicagojoe]

4. Iraq would have somehow been attempted anyway.

Using 9/11 and WMDs were just convenient excuses. Study up on the Project For A New American Century. They tried to get Clinton to do it. Go to their website and check out all the names there. Many of them are in the Bush administration. They are his puppet masters.
Go to www.newamericancentury.org

[gulliver]

5. That's what the above question forces him to admit!

If Bush is asked that question, he can either say that his war was a mistake, or that he would have started the war regardless of WMD or Al Qaeda link evidence. He can't say either.

That is the kind of question Lesley Stahl asked Kerry and Edwards today. I want to see Bush asked the same type of question.

[JI7]

6. Bush doesn't give much access to media and if he does

there are usually limits in place. like the press conference he once held where the reporters and questions they asked were known before.