Can George W. Bush get any more arrogant?

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Bush: Iraq War right despite wrong WMD claims

WASHINGTON - President Bush acknowledged on Thursday that prewar US claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction were wrong but insisted he had been right to invade Iraq.

Faced with a new report that undermined their main rationale for going to war in 2003, Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney treated the finding that Baghdad did not possess illicit arms as old news.

Bush, delivering a surprise statement on the White House lawn before hitting the campaign trail, said the report by weapons inspector Charles Duelfer confirmed earlier conclusions that the weapons were absent.

But he said the report offered "new information" showing former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was manipulating for his own gain the sanctions imposed on him.

"He was doing so with the intent of restarting his weapons program, once the world looked away," Bush said. "He retained the knowledge, the materials, the means, and the intent to produce weapons of mass destruction."

"In a world after Sept. 11, he was a threat we had to confront," the president added.

In the final weeks of a neck-and-neck presidential race, the Duelfer report ratcheted up the pressure on Bush over Iraq. More than 1,000 Americans and up to 15,000 Iraqi civilians have died in the war and violence in Iraq has worsened, including a rocket attack on a major Baghdad hotel on Thursday.

David Kay, Duelfer's predecessor as US inspector, disagreed with Bush's assertion that Saddam had posed a danger.

"He had a lot of intent," Kay said in a television interview. "He didn't have capabilities. Intent without capabilities is not an imminent threat."

Bush's Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry, speaking in Englewood, Colorado, said, "The president of the United States and the vice president may well be the last two people on the planet who won't face the truth about Iraq."

Bush and Kerry will meet in a televised debate on Friday in St. Louis, Missouri. Their first debate last Thursday was dominated by the war in Iraq and polls showed it allowed Kerry to cut back on a Bush's previous lead.

Kerry has accused Bush of making a "colossal error" in his handling of the war.

Cheney, speaking at a campaign rally in Miami, played down the Duelfer report, saying the absence of illicit weapons was something "we already knew."

He echoed Bush's claim that a threat existed and it was right to invade. "Delay, defer, wait wasn't an option. The president did exactly the right thing in taking down Saddam Hussein," Cheney said.

Bush said America and the world were safer because of the invasion, while Democrats say the country is more vulnerable because it swelled the ranks of violent Islamic militants. <<<

This is exactly the same attitude of contempt that Colin showed in Africa in The Amazing Race 5. Since when did unprovoked aggression (he admitted himself that Saddam indeed did not have WMDs!) become justified in the contemporary community of nations? It surprises me that a majority of Americans haven't yet hung up their heads in shame at Bush...

Here's to Kerry's victory in the US elections in November.

[kimpOy]

marv, kailangan niyang sabihin yan kung hindi one termer din siya tulad ng tatay niya.

[pajerokid]

That's what you call justifying an error.

[stinkaboy]

i heard kerry made BIG points after the debate between him and BUSH.

[pajerokid]

Yeah, but Bush is leading Kerry in surveys.

[silver_corolla]

kahit pa pitpitin b*^&g nyan ni Bush... paninindigan nya na prinsipyo at mga sinabi nya..... Mas ikakasira nya kasi kung mag-aapologize pa sya sa buong mundo na mali ang ginawa nyang invasion sa Iraq. hehe.....

:usa:

[mazdamazda]

at least saddam was ousted and a major pain-in-the-ass and potential troublemaker was eliminated.

next... north korea? hehe.

[theveed]

I doubt gagalawin nyo N.Korea, walang natural resource na importante dun eh...

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kimpoy,

exactly...! he should see for himself already that with the errors he made during his first term, he doesn't DESERVE to even run for a second term anymore.

mazdamazda,

i'd like to see Bush ousted and a major pain-in-the-ass and proven (not potential) troublemaker eliminated hehehe. yeah, i know we've always disagreed on this point pareng john, just voicing out my opinion again hehehe ;)

[mbt]

I doubt gagalawin nyo N.Korea, walang natural resource na importante dun eh...

tumpak! so who still doubts Bush's motives in Iraq? hehe.

[pink_cadillac]

There is no Iraq-Al Qaeda link, there is no WMD, but there's oil.

There is no price you can place on innocent civilian lives and those military personnel who are as mentally innocent about their role in an unjust war.

Shame on Bush and Cheney.

[stinkaboy]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...d=694&ncid=716

this site is from yahoo news, kerry is taking a slim lead over bush.

[pajerokid]

hehe. Just watch Fahrenheit 911

[silver_corolla]

ang nakikita kong isang epekto sa ating mga tsikoteers nyang bangayan ng US at Iraq at iba pang gumagawa (allegedly) ng WMD eh ang pagtaas ng langis. Bakit kamo? Kapag kasi nanalo ulit yan si Bush sa eleksyon, ipagpapatuloy nya ang pagpupulis nyan sa mundo. He will continue the things na nasimulan nyang gawin.... ang panggegera sa mga kaaway nya. Syempre ang demand ng Amerika sa gasolina (na gagamitin ng Amerika sa gera) ay tataas. Syempre kapag nagtaas ang bilihan ng gasolina apektado World Market at kasama tayo don.

[kimpOy]

yup lamang na si Kerry 50% vs 46% to bush,
the reason?
Bush, Cheney Concede Iraq Had No WMDs

Bush Said:
He's (Kerry) claiming I misled America about weapons when he, himself, cited the very same intelligence about Saddam weapons programs as the reason he voted to go to war," Bush said. Citing a lengthy Kerry quote from two years ago on the menace Saddam could pose, Bush said: "Just who's the one trying to mislead the American people?"

in effect para na rin niyang inamin na minisled niya ang american people.

parang si erap inamin siya si eddie velarde.

[FrankDrebin]

Well, saan ba nag-work si Bush before his politcal stint? Personal future-interest?

[Bogeyman]

Natural, sasabihin ni pareng George na nagkamali sila tungkol sa WMDs. Malapit na eleksyon e. Syempre kelangan makakuha ng suporta mula sa kanyang disgruntled constituents.

Pustahan tayo, pag siya nanalo ulit, mabilis pa sa alas kwatro ang pagbawi ni kolokoy.

[Altis6453]

You know, very early in the term of GW Bush, a long-time Republican Congressman resgined from the Republican party in protest of Bush's policies. The effect? Bush (for a short time) and the Republicans lost majority and control of the House of Representatives.

This congressman allegedly told Dubya that there is no doubt in his mind that he'll only be a one-term President with the kind of leadership he's been exhibiting.