Bush Admits No Evidence Saddam was part of 9 11

Above: Looted Iraqi Ministry of Intelligence - apparently no one bothered to look at the documents, except this kid. Why?

Finally, after getting us into quicksand up to our necks in Iraq, Bush finally got honest and said there wasn't any evidence of Saddam being involved with 9 11.  Finally.

The trick worked. By substituting "Saddam" for "Osama" the American public assumed they were one and the same. It's the only thing that has propped up support for this mess we've fallen into--70% of Americans polled thought Saddam was involved in 9 11.  I wonder how Americans feel now? If you don't feel tricked then I'd like to sell you a bridge in Brooklyn. 

Now it's "Saddam was involved with Al Qaeda." They omit the fact that the Al Qaeda camps they refer to were in the far north part of Iraq controlled by the KURDS -- over which Saddam has no control --not since the 91 Gulf War and we set up a northern 'no fly' zone). It has been the Kurds giving Al Qaeda an Iraq base--yep, the same folks Saddam gassed in the 80's, the same folks the administration was shedding tears over before the war are the same ones giving Al Qaeda an Iraq base. We could some more honesty here, Mr. President.

Now terrorists are pouring into Iraq like water into a breached ship. Bush said "bring em on" and they are -- to the detriment of our military. Our military men and women are paying the price for thinking they were in Iraq to avenge 9 11 when it wasn't true. They too had been tricked by a bait-and-switch. We couldn't get Osama, the 9 11 killer, so we switched the fight to toothless Saddam -- in time to win the 2002 elections.

Then it turns out no one planned what to do when we won! It's led to a series of fiascos. We piss off the world we were too arrogant to listen to -- and now we can't understand why they won't rush in and pay for our mess.   I met a Defense official promoting the war, before the war, who didn't even know the U.S. backed Saddam in the 80's when he was fighting Iran!  Between father and son, the Bush's have now had 8 years. The Clintons have had 8 years. That's enough. We don't need family monarchies. For America's sake, it's time to pick a new team in 2004...one with global expertise and some common sense.