Bush's plea of ignorance By Derrick Z. Jackson, 4/14

Boston Globe Editorial

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/04/14/bushs_plea_of_ignorance/

Here's a taste of what's inside:

Bush says he needed a time and a place of an imminent attack before acting against Al Qaeda.

This is the same Bush who spit at needing a time and place of an imminent attack before invading Iraq. In his January 2003 State of the Union address, Bush said: "Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent. Since when have the terrorists and tyrants announced their intentions, politely putting us on notice before they strike?"

Since when has an American president been so nakedly two-faced?

laden with facts. It seems that the media is very slowly but surely starting to question this administration boldly. Still a long way to go.

Kerry needs to hammer Bush on this.

"The demonizing of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein never stopped. On Aug. 17, 2001, a week and a half after the Aug. 6 memo, the Defense Department put out a press release titled "From Hitler to Hussein: The Need for Ballistic Missile Defense." On Aug. 29, Bush gave a speech before veterans in which he said, "We are committed to defending America and our allies against ballistic missile attacks, against weapons of mass destruction held by rogue leaders in rogue nations that hate America." Saddam was obviously on Bush's mind. There was no hint that the Aug. 6 memo was.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld fueled the Hussein/Hitler analogy even though Tenet had testified in February 2001 that despite serious concerns about the Iraqi dictator, "there are still important constraints on Saddam's power: The UN controls his oil revenues, his economic infrastructure is in long-term decline, and his ability to project power outside of Iraq's borders is severely limited. . . . His military is roughly half the size it was during the Gulf War."
Bush clearly did not stretch himself on the Aug. 6 memo. No evidence has yet been offered that he interrupted his summer vacation or called any meetings to consider its implications. The same Bush stretched Saddam's false threat to the point where seven out of 10 Americans believed Saddam played a role in 9/11." Great piece! Thanks for sharing!

was at work and happened to come upon it online when I got home)! I thought it definitely kicked!!