Bush Disagrees That Iraq War Raises Threat of Terrorism

[im10ashus]

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 — President Bush said today that he had ordered the declassification of key parts of a major intelligence report that reportedly found that the Iraq war has helped produce a new generation of Islamic radicals and increased the terrorist threat.

The president was clearly unhappy that findings from the document, a National Intelligence Estimate completed in April, had made their way into news reports. The New York Times disclosed some of the findings over the weekend.

Noting that evidence-gathering for the assessment had been concluded in February, and that the report itself had been finished two months later, Mr. Bush said: “Here we are, coming down the homestretch of an election campaign and it’s on the front page of your newspapers. Isn’t that interesting?”

The president made the announcement during a brief White House news conference alongside a key ally in the fight against terrorism, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/26/washington/27prexycnd.html?hp&ex=1159329600&en=5656b1b311db33ab&ei=5094&partner=homepage

[Beetwasher]

1. Ha Ha!!! Just The Mere Fact That He HAS TO RESPOND Means They Lost

That's it. They lose on this. Period.

[im10ashus]

2. His hubris is matched only by his ignorance.

Seriously.

[SammyWinstonJack]

8. His hubris is matched only by his contempt for those who question

his continued arrogance and incompetence with regard to his failed policies in Iraq and on his failed WoT.

[Democrats_win]

3. You can't have it both ways Mr. Terra.

He's beat the terror drum so many times and now he-pocrite complains. What a loser! Better to send out the Snowjob; blame Clinton.

[BlueEyedSon]

4. Bush disagrees that Saddam has no WMD

Bush disagrees that Saddam has no ties to al Qaeda

Bush disagrees that the Aug 6 PDB was a warning

Bush disagrees that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11

Bush disagrees that the jury is NOT OUT on evolution

Bush disagrees that waterboarding is torture

Bush disagrees that human activity is causing global warming

etc.

[Beetwasher]

6. Bush Seems To Disagree W/ Reality...A Lot!

Do I see a pattern? Reality vs. Chimpy.

[spanone]

5. Hey george, it doesn't matter if you disagree.I disagree you are president

doesn't make it so.

[im10ashus]

9. LOL!

Great comeback!

:rofl:

[SammyWinstonJack]

11. !

:spray:

[Jacobin]

7. REality? What reality? I don't see any reality?

:grr:

[Rex]

10. Fuck you George!

I hope every dam GOPer loses his/her seat because of you! So far you've managed to break your own party (haha) into three groups. You've done more damage to the GOPers then anyone, anywhere for at least the last 100 years!

What I find interesting is that George CANNOT admit he fucked up on anything! I guess serial failure will do that to a guy.

[SammyWinstonJack]

12. Ya know, I think "Fuck you George" says it best!

:applause:

[im10ashus]

13. I'm thinking yes.

Succinct. B-)

[SammyWinstonJack]

25. Indeed!

:hi:

[Rex]

17. Thanks. I suggest we all start calling him George.

Not W, or Dubya or all the other names we have for him. Just George. For some reason, I feel that would drive him even more insane.

[im10ashus]

19. And not "President" George either.

Just George.

[Rex]

20. Yes.

Like if one of us ever met him, "Oh hi George."

Hehehe. I smell a sitcom!

[SammyWinstonJack]

27. As in "That's our George"?

:rofl:

[im10ashus]

31. You're close.

It's more like "high George." :evilgrin:

[SammyWinstonJack]

26. Well I'm kinda partial to Pinhead, but I'll go along with you.

George it is. My very Democratic mom call him George. I won't say what my very Democratic Dad calls him. :evilgrin:

[ima_sinnic]

30. I prefer His Imperial Fraudulency, Jr. S**t-Stain myself, but "George"

is okay too ;)

[Tanuki]

14. "Isn't that interesting?"

Actually, Mr. *, what I find interesting is the fact that you concealed the information for 6 months and have been telling the public the exact opposite of what the data indicates in the meantime.

[conscious evolution]

28. It is interesting!

But then again,If the report had not been so negative of your actions,I'm sure you would have released it the day after it was completed.

[BlueEyedSon]

15. Faith based EVERYTHING. Facts are IRRELEVANT.

[Ilsa]

16. He also disagrees that 2+3=5. It's just another odd fact in W's world. nt

[BlueStater]

18. You can't "disagree" with a fact n/t

[walldude]

21. Hehe, he reminds me of my ex-wife... All 16 intelligence agencys

are wrong and Bush is right. There they go creating new realities for us to study again.

[im10ashus]

22. I'm assuming that's why she is your "ex?"

:evilgrin:

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

[Raksha]

23. Does anyone actually care what he says or thinks anymore?

I'll believe my own common sense and the National Intelligence Estimate, thank you very much.

[Homer Wells]

24. *'s comments get more bizarre every day

Here we have 16 (count em),16 different intelligence agencies and groups with a consensus opinion that the war in Iraq has heightened, rather than lessened, terror in the world.
In this other corner, we have a failed oil man who couldn't find his ass with both hands, saying that, in his opinion, they are all wrong and he is the only one who is right.
I remember when I was told that the first sign of insanity was feeling the world was wrong and you were right.
I also recall another sign of insanity was for one to do the same thing again and again and to expect different outcomes.
With those two definitions, it can be asserted with a good deal of certainty that the whole damn bunch of *'s boys are quite chronically FUBAR.

:banghead:

[Johonny]

29. translation

I just spent all that time giving the same "we are safer not yet safe" speech 100 tims. Then you guys got to go printing the truth. The truth after all this time, right before an election. What's going on here.