http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-gore19.htmlWASHINGTON -- Al Gore on Monday accused President Bush of intentionally deceiving the public about the reasons for invading Iraq and said he is so ideologically driven that he refuses to admit -- or even learn from -- his mistakes.
''It is beyond incompetence -- it is recklessness that risks the safety and security of the American people,'' the former vice president said in a speech at Georgetown University.
Gore, the Democratic presidential nominee in 2000 and loser of that bitterly contested election, complained that Bush's refusal to budge from ''a rigid, right-wing ideology'' has led him to forbid any dissent and ignore warnings that may conflict with his assumptions about Iraq, tax cuts and other policy issues.
''He is arrogantly out of touch with reality,'' Gore said. ''He refuses to ever admit mistakes. Which means that so long as he is our president, we are doomed to repeat them.''
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