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Wednesday, December 3, 2008 12:00 AM

The buck stops where?

Our delusional president laments the "intelligence failure" that identified nonexistent WMD in Iraq and admits he was "unprepared" for war.

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  • Wednesday, December 3, 2008 06:53 PM

    "it bothers me when people try to rewrite history to justify their current opinions. It's important to remember what actually happened, not just what we wish actually happened."

    I agree with that, that's why it bothers me when Bush says that we had to invade because Saddam wouldn't let the inspectors back in, when they had actually been there for several months, and were scouring the country looking for the WMDs. If he had let them finish their job, this could have all been averted, and thousands of American servicemen and women, that have been killed in this folly, would be spending the holidays with family and loved ones right now.

    Now this vile man has the nerve to try and rewrite history and tries to pretend that Saddam didn't allow inspectors back in, when he clearly did. I'm astonished that Gibson didn't follow up on that bald faced lie. I also think that if Saddam hadn't allowed the inspectors back in, that would have been reason enough to invade, and our allies probably would have been right along side us, but that's not what happened, even if it's what Bush wishes would have actually happened.

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