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sarai

06/04/03 6:47 PM

#19231 RE: mlsoft #19223

Mlsoft, We will have to wait to see what comes out of the various Iraq investigations. But Bush is Commander in Chief. He had a responsibility to provide credible intel info to the international community and Congress when seeking authorization. Obviously, the info provided to Congress, the American people and the international community was not reliable, or does not seem reliable.

If it was a true non-intentional intel failure, our gov certainly has some explaining to do because "Oops" isn't good enough when the stakes are war. The President must have some reasonable duty to provide info that is truthful, and if this is an "info failure" - it appears to be an "info failure" of epic proportion. If the info was embellished to gain authority for war, or the erroneous info was provided, that's another story. And it presents very serious Constitutional issues.

I know spin plan #2 is Saddam moved and/or destroyed the weapons. But that would seem extremely difficult with UN weapon's inspectors all over Iraq, and US troops surrounding.

As for the impeachment thing, if Bush provided false or misleading info, if he "lied", Nixon's crimes will pale in comparison to the crimes of the current Admin...

We shall see... But Team Bush and the Murdoch Media will NOT be able to spin their way out of this. This is an international issue. Look what happened to Blair today. The English and others will investigate, and this time the truth will be known, eventually...