Sorry. Duplicate post. please lock when you have a minute. Thanks

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=348072&mesg_id=348072

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=6&u=/nm/20040205/ts_nm/bush_dc

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) acknowledged on Thursday that the United States had not found banned weapons "we thought" were in Iraq (news - web sites), but defended the war as "the right thing" to do.


"We have not yet found the stockpiles of weapons that we thought were there," Bush said in a speech at the port of Charleston, South Carolina, in his clearest acknowledgment of problems with prewar intelligence on Iraqi weapons.


However, he said, "Knowing what I knew then and knowing what I know today, America did the right thing in Iraq."


In a speech that laid out a political defense of his Iraq policy in an election year, Bush also blasted critics of the war, saying, "If some politicians in Washington had their way, Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) would still be in power."

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[joshdawg]

1. C'mon!!

They didn't "think" the WMD's were there, they KNEW they were there. I need a break!

[Whoa_Nelly]

5. Yup

So they SAID :)
America needs to be reminded of the exact words said over and over again...and all the dates and access to that info.

Seems America forgets too much sometimes...


This election HAS to oust Bush and this year HAS to expose these criminals.

[priller]

2. Notice he said "not YET found"

I believe David Kay said they ain't there, bub.

Also, I saw Bush say this on TV and it was a very low-key speech. He was not into it, the speech had no conviction at all.

[lastknowngood]

3. Ok obvious flaw he said he "thought" I don't buy it I'm

fairly certain he can't think.

[Barrett808]

4. Sorry, NNN, dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=348072&mesg_id=348072

[Fridays Child]

6. "Bush also made a...stop at the "Sticky Fingers" restaurant and bar...."

How very, very apt.

[lovedems]

7. Yup, Saddam would still be in power, 500+ troops would still be alive

and thousands of innocent Iraqi's would still be alive, Iraq wouldn't be on the verge of civil war, Halliburton would be billions of dollars poorer, the USA would still be respected throughout the world, and Gitmo would be non-exsistent. Hmmm...Was it worth the cost for a person who wasn't even a threat to his neighbors, let alone the US?

Edit: I should have thrown the deficit in there as well.