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Bush Admits Iraq Had ‘Nothing’ to Do With 9/11

From ThinkProgress

Although Bush acknowledged that Iraq played no role in the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, he reaffirmed his decision to invade Iraq because “the best way to defeat resentment is through hope, and the best way to do hope is through a form of government.” Got it?

At his press conference today, the president came refreshingly (although just a tad belatedly) clean about the fact that Iraq played no part whatsoever in the Sept. 11 attacks. Watch it.
A howler from Bush: “Nobodys ever suggested in this administration that Saddam Hussein ordered the attack.” OK, maybe not in those words, but how ’bout in these?

Crooks and Liars:

Karl Rove and Dick Cheney are not happy campers today thats for sure. He admits he was wrong about WMDs in Iraq and now this.

QUESTION: A lot of the consequences you mentioned for pulling out seem like maybe they never would have been there if we hadnt gone in. How do you square all of that?

BUSH: I square it because imagine a world in which you had Saddam Hussein, who had the capacity to make a weapon of mass destruction, who was paying suiciders to kill innocent life, who had relations with Zarqawi.

You know, Ive heard this theory about, you know, everything was just fine until we arrived [in Iraq] and you know, the stir-up-the-hornets-nest theory. It just doesnt hold water, as far as Im concerned.

The terrorists attacked us and killed 3,000 of our citizens before we started the freedom agenda in the Middle East. They were

QUESTION: What did Iraqi have to do with that?

BUSH: What did Iraq have to do with what?

QUESTION: The attacks upon the World Trade Center.

BUSH: Nothing. . . . .Except for its part of and nobodys ever suggested in this administration that Saddam Hussein ordered the attack. Iraq was a Iraq the lesson of September the 11th is: Take threats before they fully materialize…

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By Stephan, August 22, 2006 at 1:32 pm #
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regarding this video tape of our president suggesting at long last iraq had nothing to do with 9/11: please take note of 1:56 into the tape. who is our illustrious president mumbling to and what is he saying? very curious

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By Milan Muralidharan, August 22, 2006 at 11:22 am #
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Jeez,

Bush went on War,
driving a surplus American Economy to a long term continuing deficit,
jeopardizing the lifes of thousands of american soldiers life,
mocking the opinion of the majority of the people Home and abroad, belittling the democracy,
against the advice of UN and other World Organizations .....

.......Ultimately for a bigtime Speculation....

May be this is how a Nazi Hitler could function in a democratic framework. Hail Geb!

Milan

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By Christie, August 22, 2006 at 11:13 am #
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In the excerpt above , Bush says, “ the lesson of September the 11th is: Take threats before they fully materialize ...”

Lebanon, anyone ? Iran and Syria ? Is this the beginning of a build-up to applying Cheney’s 1 % doctrine to these countries--
“if there is a one % chance, start a pre=emptive war” ?

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By Richard, August 22, 2006 at 10:02 am #
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Wow! Forgive the biblical reference, but what a revelation ... admitting to something almost all of us knew back in ‘03.
Now all he has to do is lie about having consensual sex with an adult intern and we can impeach him.

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By C Quil, August 22, 2006 at 9:27 am #
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Someone better come and staple my hands to the desk so I don’t start tearing my hair out by the handfuls.

He doesn’t even remember his lies anymore, or the lies he told to cover them up.

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By TEX, August 22, 2006 at 9:22 am #
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I can’t believe that with all the billions of dollars his oil tycoon friends are making, that someone hasn’t bought this man a new brain....

Side stepping the issues about the reasons to go to war with Iraq, again....Humm, it appears they are trying to win back the people, just before the Nov. elections......

What next, another homegrown terror plot stopped, just before Nov. maybe lets say, in October...These guys (Bush Administration) are just sooo full of it, and I can’t believe that some American’s hasn’t seen through their twisted evil minds yet....WORST PRESIDENT EVER

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By jeff noise, August 21, 2006 at 10:24 pm #
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Bush probably doesn’t know where 80 something percent of US troops in Iraq in a Zogby poll got the idea that they are there fighting “because of what happened on 9-11...”

Disgusting.

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By Jon B, August 21, 2006 at 9:14 pm #
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Ok, Bush come clean on this one - Iraq has nothing to do with 9/11.

What about god talked to Bush about “George, go to Iraq..” STUFF?

Come clean George, come clean.

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By R. A. Earl, August 21, 2006 at 8:50 pm #
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Jeez this guy is embarrassing. Isn’t there some way to keep him away from cameras and microphones for the next couple of years? Quick, someone hand him a pretzel!

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By jurl willot, August 21, 2006 at 5:29 pm #
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I think he means be afraid befor you have all the information.

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By Manny, August 21, 2006 at 4:57 pm #
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More of the same bull shit we have at ever press
conference. If American lives were not getting killed in Iraq and if this guy didn’t have his finger on the red button, he would be irrelvant.

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By rachelle, August 21, 2006 at 4:22 pm #
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“Sorry, but the requested link cannot be found.”

What’s up doc?

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By Frank Delgado, August 21, 2006 at 3:46 pm #
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Sounds like a Israel policy. A victimization psychosis that justified genocide, and plunder.

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By Peo, August 21, 2006 at 3:26 pm #
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Wow, Bush never ends to amaze me with his foolishness. Why is he president?

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By Scott, August 21, 2006 at 2:48 pm #
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Who cares about the connection between Iraq and 9/11.

I want to know more about a Jon Benet connection. If there isn’t one I want someone to make one for me to speculate about anyway.

And I want it, I NEED it, right now.

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