Monday, July 12, 2004
Apparently Bush is still defending his decision to invade Iraq.
"Although we have not found stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, we were right to go into Iraq," Bush said after inspecting a display of nuclear weapons parts and equipment, including assembled gas centrifuges for uranium enrichment, from Libya."We removed a declared enemy of America who had the capability of producing weapons of mass murder and could have passed that capability to terrorists bent on acquiring them. In the world after September 11th, that was a risk we could not afford to take," Bush said.
Bush never directly acknowledged that intelligence was flawed when it reported that Iraq had weapons of mass distruction - rather he justified it by focusing on the fact that America saw a threat and went forward to destroy it. "So I had a choice to make (regarding Saddam not allowing inspecitions into his country): either take the word of a madman or defend America. Given that choice I will defend America."
Kerry is using this to his advantage and saying he will change the intelligence system in America and make America a safe place to live. "That's what Americans want — real results, not speeches."
Bush also is using Libya's decision to scrap its nuclear ambitions and long-range missiles as the results of his stand against terrorism and nuclear weapons. Bush said "the world knows that doing so carries serious consequences and that the wise course is to abandon those pursuits."
So, despite accusations that would make any man crumble - Bush, with a silver tongue is using them to his advantage, and pulling recent news from a wide range to support his decisions. In the end appearing to be in control and doing the right thing to most people - something that may be important in the upcoming elections.
"Although we have not found stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, we were right to go into Iraq," Bush said after inspecting a display of nuclear weapons parts and equipment, including assembled gas centrifuges for uranium enrichment, from Libya."We removed a declared enemy of America who had the capability of producing weapons of mass murder and could have passed that capability to terrorists bent on acquiring them. In the world after September 11th, that was a risk we could not afford to take," Bush said.
Bush never directly acknowledged that intelligence was flawed when it reported that Iraq had weapons of mass distruction - rather he justified it by focusing on the fact that America saw a threat and went forward to destroy it. "So I had a choice to make (regarding Saddam not allowing inspecitions into his country): either take the word of a madman or defend America. Given that choice I will defend America."
Kerry is using this to his advantage and saying he will change the intelligence system in America and make America a safe place to live. "That's what Americans want — real results, not speeches."
Bush also is using Libya's decision to scrap its nuclear ambitions and long-range missiles as the results of his stand against terrorism and nuclear weapons. Bush said "the world knows that doing so carries serious consequences and that the wise course is to abandon those pursuits."
So, despite accusations that would make any man crumble - Bush, with a silver tongue is using them to his advantage, and pulling recent news from a wide range to support his decisions. In the end appearing to be in control and doing the right thing to most people - something that may be important in the upcoming elections.