Finally a reason(s)

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From today's press conference

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QUESTION: I'd like to ask you, Mr. President -- your decision to invade Iraq has caused the deaths of thousands of Americans and Iraqis, wounds of Americans and Iraqis for a lifetime.

Every reason given, publicly at least, has turned out not to be true. My question is: Why did you really want to go to war? From the moment you stepped into the White House, your Cabinet officers, former Cabinet officers, intelligence people and so forth -- but what's your real reason? You have said it wasn't oil, the quest for oil. It hasn't been Israel or anything else. What was it?

BUSH: I think your premise, in all due respect to your question and to you as a lifelong journalist -- that I didn't want war. To assume I wanted war is just flat wrong, Helen, in all due respect.

QUESTION: And...

BUSH: Hold on for a second, please. Excuse me. Excuse me.

No president wants war. Everything you may have heard is that, but it's just simply not true.

My attitude about the defense of this country changed on September the 11th. When we got attacked, I vowed then and there to use every asset at my disposal to protect the American people.

Our foreign policy changed on that day. You know, we used to think we were secure because of oceans and previous diplomacy. But we realized on September the 11th, 2001, that killers could destroy innocent life.

And I'm never going to forget it. And I'm never going to forget the vow I made to the American people, that we will do everything in our power to protect our people.

Part of that meant to make sure that we didn't allow people to provide safe haven to an enemy, and that's why I went into Iraq.

Afghanistan provided safe haven for Al Qaida. That's where they trained, that's where they plotted, that's where they planned the attacks that killed thousands of innocent Americans.

I also saw a threat in Iraq. I was hoping to solve this problem diplomatically. That's why I went to the Security Council. That's why it was important to pass 1441, which was unanimously passed.

And the world said, "Disarm, disclose or face serious consequences." And therefore, we worked with the world. We worked to make sure that Saddam Hussein heard the message of the world.

And when he chose to deny the inspectors, when he chose not to disclose, then I had the difficult decision to make to remove him. And we did. And the world is safer for it.

Did it really take September 11th, 2001 for him to realize that killers could take innocent lives?

Oh well, at least we've finally got our answer(s).

Blues,
Dave

"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
(drink Mountain Dew)

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He never did actually answer Helen's question. But, Bush has lied so much he actually believes himself.

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Part of that meant to make sure that we didn't allow people to provide safe haven to an enemy, and that's why I went into Iraq.

Has he used this excuse before or is this a new one? Hell, he has used so many, not even president asshat knows.

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And when he chose to deny the inspectors, when he chose not to disclose, then I had the difficult decision to make to remove him. And we did. And the world is safer for it.

Exactly what world is he refering to? Certianly not the one we inhabit. Maybe, the one in his head where he has an approval rating of 100%? The world has become a far more dangerous place thanks to president asshat. And all the while Bin Laden and his group is laughing their asses off.

"...And once you're gone, you can't come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black."
Neil Young

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Hell I am just amazed that they are letting him actually speak in front of people who have not been "vetted" from the local SAFE people in the REpublican Party.. oh thts right a lot of them are not happy with him anymore either.. so it must be getting hard to find those supporters marching in lockstep with him and his ultra patriotic draft dodging buddies.

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>And when he chose to deny the inspectors . . .

Unfortunately (for Bush's credibility) he didn't. The last IAEA inspection report claimed that they had good access. From Blix's final report before we invaded:

"While inspection is not built on the premise of confidence but may lead to confidence if it is successful, there must nevertheless be a measure of mutual confidence from the very beginning in running the operation of inspection. Iraq has on the whole cooperated rather well so far with UNMOVIC in this field."

>when he chose not to disclose,

Unfortunately (for Bush's credibility) he did. He kept saying he had no WMD's - a claim which our own weapons inspectors have proven 100% correct.