In the debates Bush said he'd attack Iraq, do u remember?
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He did not say that at all.
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yes\n\nDuring a prime time press conference on April 13, President Bush was asked to name a mistake that he has made since taking office and what he has learned from it. Bush, who was unable to answer the question, admitted "maybe I'm not as quick on my feet as I should be in coming up with [a mistake]." But weeks later, Bush still hasn't answered the question. In the interest of assisting the President with this surprisingly difficult task we've compiled this list of 100 mistakes he has made since taking office:\n\nIraq\n\n1. Failing to build a real international coalition prior to the Iraq invasion, forcing the US to shoulder the full cost and consequences of the war.\n\n2. Approving the demobilization of the Iraqi Army in May, 2003 – bypassing the Joint Chiefs of Staff and reversing an earlier position, the President left hundreds of thousands of armed Iraqis disgruntled and unemployed, contributing significantly to the massive security problems American troops have faced during occupation.\n\n3. Not equipping troops in Iraq with adequate body armor or armored HUMVEES.\n\n4. Ignoring the advice Gen. Eric Shinseki regarding the need for more troops in Iraq – now Bush is belatedly adding troops, having allowed the security situation to deteriorate in exactly the way Shinseki said it would if there were not enough troops.\n\n5. Ignoring plans drawn up by the Army War College and other war-planning agencies, which predicted most of the worst security and infrastructure problems America faced in the early days of the Iraq occupation.\n\n6. Making a case for war which ignored intelligence that there were no Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq.\n\n7. Deriding "nation-building" during the 2000 debates, then engaging American troops in one of the most explicit instances of nation building in American history.\n\n8. Predicting along with others in his administration that US troops would be greeted as liberators in Iraq.\n\n9. Predicting Iraq would pay for its own reconstruction.\n\n10. Wildly underestimating the cost of the war.\n\n11. Trusting Ahmed Chalabi, who has dismissed faulty intelligence he provided the President as necessary for getting the Americans to topple Saddam.\n\n12. Disbanding the Sunni Baathist managers responsible for Iraq's water, electricity, sewer system and all the other critical parts of that country's infrastructure.\n\n13. Failing to give UN weapons inspectors enough time to certify if weapons existed in Iraq.\n\n14. Including discredited intelligence concerning Nigerian Yellow Cake in his 2003 State of the Union.\n\n15. Announcing that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended" aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003, below a "Mission Accomplished" banner – more U.S. soldiers have died in combat since Bush's announcement than before it.\n\n16. Awarding a multi-billion dollar contract to Halliburton in Iraq, which then repeatedly overcharged the government and served troops dirty food.\n\n17. Refusing to cede any control of Post-invasion Iraq to the international community, meaning reconstruction has received limited aid from European allies or the U.N.\n\n18. Failing to convince NATO allies why invading Iraq was important.\n\n19. Having no real plan for the occupation of Iraq.\n\n20. Limiting bidding on Iraq construction projects to "coalition partners," unnecessarily alienating important allies France, Germany and Russia.\n\n21. Diverting $700 million into Iraq invasion planning without informing Congress.\n\n22. Shutting down an Iraqi newspaper for "inciting violence" – the move, which led in short order to street fighting in Fallujah, incited more violence than the newspaper ever had.\n\n23. Telling Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan about plans to go to war with Iraq before Secretary of State Colin Powell.\n\nCounterterrorism\n\n24. Allowing several members of the Bin Laden family to leave the country just
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I would have demanded a recount on the election of 2000, for every one period, I am sure that Bush would have lost, Florida was complaining that it would cost to much of tax payers money to redo it, How much is this war costing us now, and all the innocence people there loosing their homes and families, and the children loosing their mother and father, Remember Bush had a hard time finding Nations to back him up!! Yes the world trade center would probably still been attacked, but remember NOT ONE IRAQI was on those planes!!!!!!!!!
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Bush lied to the American public by saying Hussein was a threat to humanity. He decieved congress by showing false facts. He lied to the world by saying Iraq had WMD, which they dont. \n\nBush wanted to win popularity in America and make a new ally in the Middle East. he failed in both areas.
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!.) Bush cherry picked WMD evidence\n2.) wrong about a iraq-911 connection\n3.) wrong about a iraq-al-qadea connection\n4.) slow in attacking al-qadea before 911\n5.) al-qadea is now more powerful before 911\n6.) and of course Iraq is a freakin' shitbox
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I would assume we would go after whomever attacked us!\nIt's funny...\nEveryone backed Bush after the attacks.  Now that it's been a long while, everyone wants to point fingers.\nDid we all forget the thousands of people who were crushed, burned, and leapt to their deaths?\nI personally have not...
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I don't think we ever got off of Iraq.  With 105 Americans killed in Iraq last month, how could anyone get off that topic.  Bush assured us we will be talking about Iraq for the next two years, when he announced that Rumsfeld we be there as long as he is president, and he still relies on Cheney for his advice on Iraq.  Sounds like "stay the course" to me.
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What attack?  Which war?
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They obviously didn't teach you grammar.  \n\nNobody likes war but did you ever think that had Clinton paid more attention to world affairs during his stay in the Oval Office Bush Jr. may not have had an excuse to go to war.  Being selective in which party you criticize and taking such extreme stances while doing so will only contribute to this nations political problems, assuming you even voted last time.
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I don't, exactly how long are we suppose to hold the Iraqi goverments hand, tell they can "take care of the problem", nobody can take care of insurgents, they will always be around. I found it disturbing, he couldn't half remember what questions he was asked to keep on topic, and put his foot in his mouth on the "turn of the tides" one.
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I just saw it on TV. Actually, he said (and I paraphrase) "Your not going to ask questions with your shades on are you?" \n\nThen Bush stood there with his foot in his mouth. Looked like a real idiot
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There wasn't one.  Don't let his back-peddling fool you.\nHe said what he said and he was NOT talking about Bush!  He made a direct insult to every single member of the military and to those of us who raised them.  I have 2 of my kids in the military.  And guess what?  They joined because "gasp" they love their country.  My daughter has seen two tours this war and would go back in a heartbeat.  She is an extremely smart, educated and well spoken young woman.  Kerry is an idiot.  He can't even understand that what he said isn't being perceived as a joke.  He needs to be a man and say he is sorry.  But he won't because he said what he meant.  Way to damage your democratic vote for next week, John.
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J.Kerry meant it the way he said it. It was a put down for our troops serving bravely in Iraq.  Kerry is an idiot!  He does remind me of why I voted for G. Bush.
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Yes, I know the difference. Does our president is the question. There was the invasion of Normandy during the second world war, operation Overlord. A valid invasion in the course of a declared war. What our president did when he sent our troops to invade Iraq was an act of war, as it is anytime a country invades another country without declaring war. Saddam wanted Kuwait's oil. Bush can't find Osama, so this was a diversion to placate America after 9/11, and just like Saddam's invasion of Kuwait and George's of Iraq, many innocent people were and continue to be killed.
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He wasn't, but as I said on an earlier question that cost me 10pts.,all Americans are liars so you can say whatever you want and don't have to prove it.The only WMD i know of works at the white house.
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It is a widely held believe that Bush was pushing for the Iraq war well before 9-11. \n\nThe British are all over a story that has not touched down in the US. See link below.  Bush and Blair discussed painting US aircraft to look like UN planes and fly them over Iraq baiting Saddam to fire at them.\n\nBush was prepared to lie about this. Blair committed troops to Bush plans in January 2003 based on cheap stunts like that.\n\nThere are 100 other reasons to believe that Bush has a secret agenda, if you will a conspiracy.\n\nCheck Bush´s pal Scooter who was arrested for his actions to get us to war with Iraq.\n\nBTW, I dont remember a time when any vice-president has played as big a role as this executive of Haliburton.  By the way of the total dollars spent in Iraq how many have gone to Dick´s company?\n\nSorry that I don´t seem to have an opinion on this!!!
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Not much different ... Iraq is a tough call though ...I think that the collection of advisors and administration personnel who were in this Whitehouse in 2002-2003 sent us to war there.  In a Quale administration it would be a safe bet to say that most of those folks would be in his administration as well.  What the outcome would have been is a different story.