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Bush flipflopped on Iraq

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The Presidents agree that every effort must be undertaken to bring the perpetrators to justice, while protecting the rights and welfare of civilians. They stress that the fight against terrorism requires the unity of the entire international community to counter new challenges and threats on the basis of international law and the full use of the United Nations and other international organizations.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea...011022-11.html

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United Nations Security Council members have called on the Bush Administration to allow UN weapons inspectors to return to Iraq to certify whether Baghdad possessed biological and chemical weapons before the war.

But their plea was shrugged off by President George Bush, who vowed to "reveal the truth" about Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/...?oneclick=true
Of course, he then invaded.

And unlike Kerry, there were no riders on the decisions Bush made.

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Originally Posted by Dragonlich

And your point is?

The point is that conservatives should really think about the allegations they lob at Kerry: flip-flopping, questioning his military record, etc. when Bush actually has a much worse record in these matters.

Remember kids, no flaming

bush has flip flopped as much as kerry - the department of homeland security was introduced by joe lieberman and opposed by president bush. now it is his proof that he is fighting terrorism. 18 months ago a intelligance csar was recommended by committees in congress - now president bush say he is moving quickly in response to the 9-11 commission ( something he opposed) on isreal he changed years and years of us policy by backing sharon unilateral plan on the west bank.

and as far as a military record the idea that bush didn't join the national guard to avoid vietnam is ridiculous. in his induxtion class to the national guard there were also 2 senators son and 7 dallas cowboys. do you think they thought they might go to vietnam. less then ahalf percent of all the troops in vietnam were national guard. the plane bush trained on in the air national guard was not even being used in combat anymore. and as for his v.p. cheney he is critizeing kerry for things he did in combat while cheney recieved 5 different defferments to avoid military service.

just some food for thought

Dang, i remember when bush came out strong against nation building. He never actually got into the "Read my lips, ..." territory, but it was close.