New Press Sec Explains Bush "Inspector Misstatement"

[JustJoe]

Bush said:
<<We gave him a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn't let them in.>>

New Press Sec said by "him" Bush meant not Saddam
but Iraqi King Issam (1903-14).
By "wouldn't let in inspectors" Bush was referring to the King's
refusal to let in agricultiural inspectors who wanted to do a study
on some grape mold in Baghdad. Nothing here, go home, move along.

[jackstraw45]

This isn't serious, is it?

I've seen it in 2 threads now. Was only funny the first time.

:)

[Eloriel]

1. You have GOT to be kidding me

Are you serious?

Whoa. Not even a freeper would buy that.

Poor Scott. He'd better quit NOW. Yikes! No wonder C-span pulled the plug. Not many people enjoy watching a bloodletting.

Eloriel

[Zan_of_Texas]

13. indeed, poor Scott

In your worst dreams, can you imagine stepping in as press secretary for GW Bush this week? Your first week on the job, and you have to step in THIS?!?!?!

There are no boots high enough.

[HFishbine]

2. Funny!

You almost had me going (considering just how far the liars are willing to go lately).

For anybody who hasn't heard or read it, here's the Bush quote:

"The larger point is, and the fundamental question is, did Saddam Hussein have a weapons program? And the answer is, absolutely. And we gave him a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn't let them in. And, therefore, after a reasonable request, we decided to remove him from power, along with other nations, so as to make sure he was not a threat to the United States and our friends and allies in the region. I firmly believe the decisions we made will make America more secure and the world more peaceful."

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/07/20030714-3.html

Is this going down the memory hole, or will someone ask what Bush meant? Where's that new, bold press we've been admiring?

[jackstraw45]

3. There's no good spin for this

Either he flat-out lied

OR

He really doesn't know that inspectors were there.

Either way, there's a clear break with reality.

[Bandit]

4. "we decided to remove him from power,"

I guess that will teach him not to let inspecters check the mold on the grapes. Let that be a lesson to all those grape growers who refuse inspections.

[ret5hd]

5. If this report is true...

the end is near, people.
this would be a clear sign of panic and being totally out of control of the "spin machine".

i ain't totally biting this hook yet, tho.

[ret5hd]

8. please forgive my multiple posts...(nt)

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[karlschneider]

9. I really hope you just forgot to add

</satire>
:eyes:

[JustJoe]

14. Is it any more unbeleebable

than the tall tales they actually put out?
Rove, if youre reading this, I need a job
& you reeeeeaalllly need help.

[EAMcClure]

10. Bush as historian

King Issam was such a bastard!

My bet is the Presidential excuse will be that Saddam would not allow weapons inspectors in to all the sensitive areas requested by UN.

If memory serves me correctly, Iraq's SOP was to deny inspector access to certain areas over the years. My memory also serves to tell me that Iraq changed its tune and opened its doors to the Hans Blix team for several months, giving them carte blanche access.

So even if the spin moves in the above direction, the media's obligation should be to the more recent truth as opposed to the past truth. Ho hum.

[jmatthan]

11. Listen to Scott Ritter

and you will find even that is not true.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4101.htm

The Iraqis did not stop the inspectors visiting weapons sites, only asked for explanations why they wanted to visit intelligence units when the group inspecting were US and British Secret Service personnel feeding back data to Washington and London.

Jacob Matthan
http://www.findians.com/educated.html
Oulu, Finland

[hotphlash]

12. letter to the LA TIMES (keep this in the press!!!)

No, not those words. No uranium cake from Nigeria, and this one can't be blamed on George Tenet.

"We gave him a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn't let them in"

This statement was given to the press on Monday in during his photo op with Kofi Annan. Is this a lie? Does Bush believed that is the way it happened?

"We gave him a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn't let them in"

The entire world knows that Saddam Hussein gave the U.N. inspection team pretty much unfettered access to any site they wanted to go. Is he talking about 1991-1998? Since we waited 4 years after the inspectors left and 2 years into the Bush II presidency before we tried to get inspectors back into Iraq it's not likely that he was talking about the past ten years.

"We gave him a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn't let them in"

The U.S. apparently knew of knew of dozens of suspected WMD sites during the inspection period preceding the war. The U.N. complained the intelligence they recieved from us was not helpful. Nothing of any consequence was found. With all due respect, what the hell is our commander in chief talking about?

"We gave him a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn't let them in"

Is he incompetent, ignorant, or just plain delusional. If one is inclined to believe I am taking the quote out of conext, here it is:

"The larger point is, and the fundamental question is, did Saddam Hussein have a weapons program? And the answer is, absolutely. And we gave him a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn't let them in. And, therefore, after a reasonable request, we decided to remove him from power..."

The vigorous spin coming out of the White House to is to attribute any mistakes to the the faulty intelligence of the CIA. A quote like this makes me question the faulty intelligence of our President. It points to a highly sugestible mind that has total belief in the BS that the hawks around him, specifically Dick Cheney, Condi Rice, Don Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz, with 10 year old aspirations to take out Iraq have whispered in his ear. All their crafty, Machiavellian arguments filtered through the George W. Bush reasoning telephone game makes statements like this possible.

Maybe the President shouldn't do press conferences. He doesn't do well without the tethers of vetted speeches. Because when Bush spouts such irrefutably ridiculous nonsense as "...we gave him a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn't let them in..." It makes me question the motives for this war all the more.

Sincerely

JR