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Thursday, January 8, 2009 12:00 AM

W. and the damage done

President Bush inherited a peaceful, prosperous America. As he exits, Salon consults experts in seven fields to try to assess the devastation.

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  • Thursday, January 8, 2009 08:47 AM

    @NoDiva

    "Fictionalizing an excuse for an illegal war."

    Again:

    "The intelligence from Bush 1 to Clinton to Bush 2 was consistent."

    - Hillary Clinton, September 24, 2003

    "The consensus was the same, from the Clinton administration to the Bush administration. It was the same intelligence belief that our allies and friends around the world shared." - Hillary Clinton, April 21, 2004

    "Because what happened was the information that we got on the intelligence committee was, was relatively consistent with what I was getting from former Clinton administration officials." - John Ed-wards, February 4, 2007

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