Bush open to new attacks over alleged Iraqi WMD

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N26172806.htm

WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - A top expert's conclusions that no stockpiles of unconventional weapons existed in Iraq has left President George W. Bush open to a new line of attack from Democrats and put the White House on the defensive.

The conclusions from David Kay, who resigned last week as the chief U.S. weapons investigator in Iraq, raised questions about the quality of U.S. intelligence before the war and whether the Bush administration hyped it to justify its case for war against Saddam Hussein.

"This is another huge blow to the administration's trumped-up case for war in Iraq," said Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy, who supports John Kerry's campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Kay's conclusions come just as Bush begins his re-election year but some political analysts doubt he will suffer much politically since Saddam Hussein was been toppled and captured.

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[rustydog]

1. How does one argue this? Is it incompetence on a grand scale

Or is it a conspiracy (impeachable offense) that started 10 days after taking office, leading to letting 9-11 occur so America could have another "pearl harbor".

Lying to congress and the American people to get a war that did not need to be launched.

Over 500 dead Americans simply because gutless bastards who run our government decided to invade Iraq and seize the oil.

Jail is too good for Bush and Cheny...International War Crimes trials are in order.

[0007]

3. 87 billion dollars and over 500 U.S. deaths for what?

Bring on the War Crimes trial.

[UpInArms]

6. that $87 B was the second monetary installment

there was an initial $79 Billion at the onset.

peace

[NickB79]

11. Good point

He's dumped close to $200 billion so far into Iraq.

[amber dog democrat]

2. The chimp will stonewall this one

and pretend either enough Americans won't remember what he said or not care and jump on the-end-justifies-the-means band wagon.

But this is NOT helping him.

[evworldeditor]

4. According to David Kay... Bush is the 'victim' here...

At least that's what he told Tom Brokow tonight on NBC's Nightly News. It is the fault of the American intelligence agencies who provided The White House bad information.

Interestingly, the very same people prepared reports on what America could expect when it ousted Saadam that turned out to be stunningly accurate according to James Fallow's essay in The Atlantic entitled "Blind Into Baghdad."

"The U.S. occupation of Iraq is a debacle not because the government did no planning but because a vast amount of expert planning was willfully ignored by the people in charge."

Here's the URL. This is a 'MUST READ.'

http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2004/01/media-preview/fallows.htm

Also see the Globe & Mails interview with Robert McNamara.

http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040124/MCNAMARA//?query=McNamara

[Danieljay]

13. The spin just doesn't stop...

blaming intelligence? The only agency lacking intelligence is the agency sitting atop of George Bush's shoulders. Are the American people THIS naive to buy these lies? Say it isn't so.

[annagull]

18. OSP: Office of Special Plans--that's all Congress needs

to find these lowlife dogs guilty of crimes against humanity. OSP is the key to any investigation.

[Demonaut]

5. IMPEACH THE CHIMP

Impeachment is getting off lightly, he should be charged with treason in a time of war...............

[Thor_MN]

8. Hmmm... He/They created the 2003 Iraq war

Can one commit treason in a time of war if you are the one that created the war? If the treasonous act was to create the war, then the egg came from the chicken??? I need either a lot more beer or a lot less....

[Dr Fate]

15. Id be happy just to see him "clearing bresh" on the pig farm...

...so long as he is out of the Whitehouse- it's enough for me!

[jab105]

7. Didn't ya hear?

all those WMDs are in Syria...time to invade...yee hah!!

(end sarcasm)

[Politicub]

9. Those countries

and the people who inhabit them are nothing but abstract land masses on a map to * and his ilk. They'll invade a country, plunge it into civil war (witness Iraq) just to score political points or for monetary gain.

* is as evil as the machine that supports his crooked ass.

:puke:

[pinto]

10. Admin will finger Tenet (CIA), claim White House was misled,

and let "our good friend" Mr. Blair spin slowly out of office....

[PurityOfEssence]

14. Don't toy with my affections.

I hope that they huff and pressure the spooks. PLEASE piss off the careerists.

I wonder what Rand Beers has to say about this?

What's going on with the Plame Affair?

Many people out there could bring down this administration; hopefully they'll sense their own vulnerability and get Elsberging.

[goforit]

12. Bring it on Mr. Kay!!!

If the WH would just come out and say we did it for OIL and
WORLD DOMINATION........

And get it over with.

[pinniped]

16. Just saw this Kay guy on a short NBC news clip...

and it's on MSNBC site:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/Default.aspx?id=4066462&p1=0

snip:

DK: Well, Tom, if we do that, I think we’re really hurting ourselves. Clearly, the intelligence that we went to war on was inaccurate, wrong. We need to understand why that was. I think if anyone was abused by the intelligence it was the president of the United States rather than the other way around.

:snip

It's more like monkeyboy abused the intelligence.

Sounds like he's defending his ASSHOLE superior. Unless I'm somehow reading this wrong.

Poor, poor monkeyboy. He's been abused by the intelligence. What ever will the POS do?

We all know that pres. ASSHOLE ordered someone (Rummy the Dummy) to find an angle to invade Iraq and steal all that precious black gold.

[radfringe]

17. wonder how long the CIA/FBI etc

will stand to be the scapegoat for bush*'s screwups...

meanwhile, for the record --- bush* has exceeded all my expectations - he's screwed up far worse than I ever expected :evilgrin:

[dbt]

19. Jebus Cripes! Why is there still a QUESTION

over whether bu$h hyped (read: LIED ABOUT) the damned WMDs? I could see it was a lie and I am a complete FOOL!

:crazy:
dbt