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Originally Posted by flstf
The Democrats are spinning just as strongly on the attack because they sense a political advantage. They want us to believe that the president they tell us is dull and dimwitted was smart enough to snooker them into voting for war. Why should/would he do this? Are we to believe that Bush wanted to put our troops in harm's way for nothing?
This whole thing smacks of political maneuvering and since the war is unpopular now these savy polititians want to distance themselves from their previous support and claim they were duped (yes, re-write history). How convenient for them. They are too embarassed to admit that they like the president based their decision on the best intelligence at the time. They are smart people and not innocent dupes without resources.
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You are correct. Both sides are spinning. The elections are coming and everyone is looking for an edge. With Bush's popularity so low there is blood in the water... and both the Dems and Republicans seem to be eager to feed (almost as eager as Bush is to be pulled back into the saftey of the boat -- to stretch the analogy further).
I don't think Bush sent your troops to Iraq for nothing... I just don't think he and his administration were truthful in their reasons for wanting to go there. Read the policy papers at the New American Century. It is practically a blueprint for what went down in the Middle East post 9/11.
Be fair now, there are some attempts at re-writting history being made on BOTH sides of the issue but the fact remains that Bush and his administration has more information than anyone else in America. They held all the cards rather than just the ones they were allowed to see. Like any savvy politician, the Administration chose the pieces they wanted to be seen and played them up.
Bush stood up and said there were links between Iraq and Al-Qadea. Now, if I hear this and trust this... that's an important problem. But who was the one source of this information? Someone the intelligence community itself did not trust was being honest with them. But the information suited the purposes of the Administration.
Make no mistake, Bush and the Administration wanted this war and were willing to build their case to go to war. There was no foot dragging or reluctance about going to Iraq, it was all damn the torpedos.