So the President says "We've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with September the 11th."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...wh/bush_saddam
Now I don't want this thread to debate the President on this point. I'm sure some of you have your Rush Limbaugh satelite photos ready to go, but you can put them away.
What I'm concerned about is the fact that the President used the link between 9-11 and Saddam to justify the war in Iraq when he apparently had no evidence of this link.
The following is the President's statement of justification for the war, sent to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, as required under the earlier Congressional resolution:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea...0030319-1.html
Quote:
March 18, 2003
Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President)
Consistent with section 3(b) of the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107-243), and based on information available to me, including that in the enclosed document, I determine that:
(1) reliance by the United States on further diplomatic and other peaceful means alone will neither (A) adequately protect the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq nor (B) likely lead to enforcement of all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq; and
(2) acting pursuant to the Constitution and Public Law 107-243 is consistent with the United States and other countries continuing to take the necessary actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations, or persons who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001.
Sincerely,
GEORGE W. BUSH
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Even if you accept the first article of his letter, which is highly dubious in the absence of WMD, Bush's second article was and is based on no evidence at all.
Did the President lie to Congress? It's debatable. What's not debatable is that the President has misled this nation into an unjustified war that we and our children will be paying for for years to come.