Questioning Nearly Every Aspect of the Responses to Sept. 11. The Sept. 11 panel demonstrated the attacks were foreseen, and might have been prevented, had it not been for misjudgments, some within the White House. By Douglas Jehl. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
9:51:12 PM    

Questioning Nearly Every Aspect of the Responses to Sept. 11. The Sept. 11 panel demonstrated the attacks were foreseen, and might have been prevented, had it not been for misjudgments, some within the White House. By Douglas Jehl. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

And yet 50% of americans actually believe Bush to be more competent than Kerry to run this war and anything else...

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From Slate's Chatterbox today. Bush lies lies lies, or is so self-deluded that he thinks he's telling nthe truth when he;s lying.

chatterbox

Gossip, speculation, and scuttlebutt about politics.

Whopper: George W. Bush
Oh, that letter to Congress linking Saddam and 9/11 ...
By Timothy Noah
Posted Thursday, June 17, 2004, at 3:32 PM PT

This administration never said that the 9/11 attacks were orchestrated between Saddam and al Qaeda.
—President Bush, in an exchange with reporters, June 17, 2004

 

[A]cting pursuant to the Constitution and [the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002] is consistent with the United States and other countries continuing to take the necessary actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations, or persons who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001.
—President Bush, in a letter to Congress outlining the legal justification for commencing war against Iraq, March 18, 2003

 

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