tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/1/2008
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As if right on cue, Barack Obama's successful national security presser today, in which he declared that the "buck stops with me" and took full responsibility for his presidency's vision, is cast in an even more positive light by the deeply pathetic interview that his predecessor just gave to ...
abcnews.go.com - 12/1/2008
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abcnews.go.com —
Looking back on his eight years in the
White House, President George W. Bush pinpointed incorrect intelligence...
that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction as "biggest regret of all the presidency." "I think I was unprepared ...
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Bush: 'I Did Not Compromise My Principles'
nytimes.com - 11/30/2008
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nytimes.com —
For the first time, there is a chance
that a reasonably stable democratizing government, though no doubt...
corrupt in places, can take root in the Iraqi political space. >
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Op-Ed Columnist: Obama’s Iraq Inheritance
confederateyankee.mu.nu - 11/30/2008
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confederateyankee.mu.nu —
Barack Obama and his Democratic allies have famously
done everything in their power to try to lose...
the Iraqi War while President Bush is in office, but now that everyone with any understanding of the conflict knows that the war...
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NY Times Scurrying To Give Obama Victory Credit For ...
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Bush Goes Out Dodging
Matthew Yglesias —
... WMD activities. And both Blix and ElBarradei were saying that there were no weapons stockpiles and no active WMD programs. There were busy asking the United States to hand over whatever contrary intelligence we had so that they could check it out. But instead of listening, Bush plunged the country into a disastrous war. It wasn’t a decision he made alone, but it was his decision; not something “the intelligence” made him do.
Greg Sargent makes an excellent point about how Bush is able to get away with this whitewash:
Of ...
Bush "Admits" He Had Bad Intel, BUT...
Hoffmania! —
... This really isn't complicated. President Bush was not being "blunt" or showing "candor" when he told ABC News in an interview published yesterday that his biggest regret was the failure of intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq War. ...
'Liberal' Corporate Media Helps Whitewash Bush Legacy on Iraq
The BRAD BLOG —
... This really isn't complicated. President Bush was not being "blunt" or showing "candor" when he told ABC News in an interview published yesterday that his biggest regret was the failure of intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq War. ...
Cheney, Iraq, and 'wrong' intel
Political Animal —
... only refused, they rewrote the intelligence to suit the administration's purposes and then launched a misguided invasion. Cheney, looking to avoid blame for a catastrophe, insisted yesterday that the "original intelligence was wrong." But Cheney has the situation backwards -- there was original intelligence that was right, but Cheney chose to pretend it didn't exist. If you watched "Face the Nation," you know that Bob Schieffer didn't exactly press Cheney on this point. Greg Sargent recently explained why this always seems to happen. One overlooked thing about this is that ...
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Bush calls flawed Iraq intelligence biggest regret
reuters.com 12/2/2008 — WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said the biggest regret of his presidency was flawed intelligence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and told ABC "World News" in an interview airing on Monday that he was unprepared for ...
'So what?'
washingtonmonthly.com 12/15/2008 — 'SO WHAT?'.... I'd like to think those responsible for the war in Iraq would know not to take a lackadaisical attitude towards the consequences of that war. If only that were true. In an interview with ABC News' Martha Raddatz...
Stephen Zunes: Feinstein: Bad Choice for Intelligence
huffingtonpost.com 1/6/2009 — Ignoring the pleas of those calling for a more credible figure, Senate Democrats have instead chosen Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to lead the Senate Committee on Intelligence. Feinstein was among those who falsely claimed in 2002 -- despite the lack of ...
Changes
mudvillegazette.com 1/20/2009 — This week in the history of the Iraq war :
January 13, 1993: With Iraqi missile sites still operational south of the 32d parallel, and Iraqi troops making repeated forays across the newly demarcated border with Kuwait, President Bush orders ...
Meanwhile, Back in Iraq
corner.nationalreview.com 12/22/2008 — The number of daily attacks in Iraq has fallen almost 95% from levels a year ago. Also of note, the murder rate in Iraq in November was 0.9 per 100,000 people. That is lower than the rate from before Saddam was overthrown. For those keeping score, the ...
Victory In Iraq Day
confederateyankee.mu.nu 11/25/2008 — The Iraq Wars are over, and we have won. Let me say that again. WE HAVE WON THE IRAQ WARS. And yes, I do mean to use the plural, as we have, along with our allies, won three intertwined...
Bush Visits Iraq For Final Time
huffingtonpost.com 12/14/2008 — BAGHDAD — President George W. Bush on Sunday made a farewell visit to Iraq, a place that defines his presidency, just 37 days before he hands the war off to a successor who has pledged to end it.
Air Force One, Bush's distinctive powder ...
Bush v. New York Times
realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com 12/13/2008 — The White House responded today to a scathing New York Times Sunday editorial, which described Pres. Bush's comments in an ABC News interview last week as "skin crawling" and a "rewriting of history...
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