So, Bush admits Iraq wasn't a threat to US (no WMDs), but is one now

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08.30.2006

Bush Links Iraq Success to U.S. Safety

By DEB RIECHMANN ,

Linking success in Iraq with the future safety of America, President Bush said Wednesday that withdrawing U.S. troops too quickly would lead to a terrorist state more dangerous than Afghanistan in the grip of the repressive Taliban regime.

Bush, who is beginning a series of speeches on Thursday to counter opposition to the war, spoke at a political fundraiser, which raised more than $1.5 million for the Tennessee GOP and Bob Corker, who faces a tough Senate race against Democratic nominee Harold Ford Jr.

"If we leave Iraq before the job is done, it will create a terrorist state in the heart of the Middle East, a terrorist state much more dangerous than Afghanistan was before we removed the Taliban, a terrorist state with the capacity to fund its activities because of the oil reserves of Iraq," Bush said.

Promising victory in Iraq, Bush said: "The stakes are high. it's very important for the American people to understand that the security of the United States of America, the capacity of our children to grow up in a peaceful world, in large part depends on our willingness to help this young Iraq democracy succeed. And we will succeed."

http://www.forbes.com/business/businesstech/feeds/ap/2006/08/30/ap2984129.html


Bush, July 2004:

"We have not found stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction"

"Iraq did not have the weapons that our intelligence believed were there"



Bush, August 2006:

Q: What did Iraq have to do with that?

Bush: What did Iraq have to do with what?

Q: The attack on the World Trade Center?

Bush: Nothing, except for it’s part of — and nobody has ever suggested in this administration that Saddam Hussein ordered the attack.

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=80043&d=30&m=8&y=2006


we're less safe than we were before he invaded and occupied Iraq, by his own account

[JuniperLea]

1. RWNuts justify those lies...

It's sickening.

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2. by Bush's own account HE'S the one who's made America less safe

with his invasion and occupation of Iraq . . . if you accept the rhetoric of his terror campaign of fear and smear. If Iraq is the center of that war, he's clearly failed.

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. Can we impeach him now? nt

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4. Bush should be asked

why he didn't listen to people who, before the war started, warned him we would be in this fix. Bush's father is probably one who warned.