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Excerpts From Interview With President Bush
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| Trancer-X |
I forgot all about this interview. Sure, Diane repeatedly asks THE question - and it repeatedly goes unanswered.
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WMD Intelligence
DIANE SAWYER: Fifty percent of the American people have said that they think the administration exaggerated the evidence going into the war with Iraq, weapons of mass destruction, connection to terrorism. Are the American people wrong? Misguided?
PRESIDENT BUSH: The intelligence I operated one was good sound intelligence, the same intelligence that my predecessor operated on. The — there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein was a threat. The — otherwise the United Nations might — wouldn't a passed, you know, resolution after resolution after resolution, demanding that he disarm. ... I first went to the United Nations, September the 12th, 2002, and said you've given this man resolution after resolution after resolution. He's ignoring them. You step up and see that he honor those resolutions. Otherwise you become a feckless debating society. ... And so for the sake of peace and for the sake of freedom of the Iraqi people, for the sake of security of the country, and for the sake of the credibility of institu — in — international institutions, a group of us moved, and the world is better for it.
DIANE SAWYER: But let me try to ask — this could be a long question. ... ... When you take a look back, Vice President Cheney said there is no doubt, Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction, not programs, not intent. There is no doubt he has weapons of mass destruction. Secretary Powell said 100 to 500 tons of chemical weapons and now the inspectors say that there's no evidence of these weapons existing right now. The yellow cake in Niger, in Niger. George Tenet has said that shouldn't have been in your speech. Secretary Powell talked about mobile labs. Again, the intelligence — the inspectors have said they can't confirm this, they can't corroborate.
PRESIDENT BUSH: Yet.
DIANE SAWYER: — an active —
PRESIDENT BUSH: Yet.
DIANE SAWYER: Is it yet?
PRESIDENT BUSH: But what David Kay did discover was they had a weapons program, and had that, that — let me finish for a second. Now it's more extensive than, than missiles. Had that knowledge been examined by the United Nations or had David Kay's report been placed in front of the United Nations, he, he, Saddam Hussein, would have been in material breach of 1441, which meant it was a causis belli. And look, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein was a dangerous person, and there's no doubt we had a body of evidence proving that, and there is no doubt that the president must act, after 9/11, to make America a more secure country.
DIANE SAWYER: Again, I'm just trying to ask, these are supporters, people who believed in the war who have asked the question.
PRESIDENT BUSH: Well, you can keep asking the question and my answer's gonna be the same. Saddam was a danger and the world is better off cause we got rid of him.
DIANE SAWYER: But stated as a hard fact, that there were weapons of mass destruction as opposed to the possibility that he could move to acquire those weapons still —
PRESIDENT BUSH: So what's the difference?
DIANE SAWYER: Well —
PRESIDENT BUSH: The possibility that he could acquire weapons. If he were to acquire weapons, he would be the danger. That's, that's what I'm trying to explain to you. A gathering threat, after 9/11, is a threat that needed to be de — dealt with, and it was done after 12 long years of the world saying the man's a danger. And so we got rid of him and there's no doubt the world is a safer, freer place as a result of Saddam being gone.
DIANE SAWYER: But, but, again, some, some of the critics have said this combined with the failure to establish proof of, of elaborate terrorism contacts, has indicated that there's just not precision, at best, and misleading, at worst.
PRESIDENT BUSH: Yeah. Look — what — what we based our evidence on was a very sound National Intelligence Estimate. ...
DIANE SAWYER: Nothing should have been more precise?
PRESIDENT BUSH: What — I, I — I made my decision based upon enough intelligence to tell me that this country was threatened with Saddam Hussein in power.
DIANE SAWYER: What would it take to convince you he didn't have weapons of mass destruction?
PRESIDENT BUSH: Saddam Hussein was a threat and the fact that he is gone means America is a safer country.
DIANE SAWYER: And if he doesn't have weapons of mass destruction [inaudible] —
PRESIDENT BUSH: Diane, you can keep asking the question. I'm telling you — I made the right decision for America —
DIANE SAWYER: But-
PRESIDENT BUSH: — because Saddam Hussein used weapons of mass destruction, invaded Kuwait. ... But the fact that he is not there is, means America's a more secure country.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/prim...s_1_031216.html
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| josh4 |
I hate Bush interviews. I always cringe at how dumb he sounds and say 'this is the man running our country?!'  |
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| Ondrayce |
I hope Kerry has the balls to go after him in the debates. Bush is an incoherant child when it comes to actually speaking about issues. If Kerry goes on and on about war records, like Gore went on and on about lock-boxes, he's gonna lose to this idiot too.
Diane Sawyer for President!!! |
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| eternity |
| yeah! lets post more stories from the web. like you don't have a mind of your own :p no wonder you support Kerry. |
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| Trancer-X |
| quote: | Originally posted by eternity
yeah! lets post more stories from the web. like you don't have a mind of your own :p no wonder you support Kerry. |
Awfully presuming aren't we? Like you know anything about my mind? Like you really know anything about Bush's mind. I would put good money on the fact that my cognition and discernment far exceeds our C- student of a president.
It's only to help you broaden your narrow mind. :)
I'm sorry for messing with your blinders. ;)
It's amazing how noone is ever really able to justify any of Bush's actions... his followers just continue to (blindly) follow. |
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| Trancer-X |
| quote: | Originally posted by eternity
yeah! lets post more stories from the web. like you don't have a mind of your own :p no wonder you support Kerry. |
BTW - I'm just getting started :p |
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| che |
Ummmm, errrrrrrrrr, Diane, errrrrr, quit asking me this question..
Hahahaha....what a dumb |
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| NYCTrancefan |
| More like "Interview with a Moron" and amazingly this numbskull stands a chance of being elected as president again, makes me wonder. Like typically arrogant leaders he has no choice but to continue to repeat his facetious terms whenever asked questions about WMDs, I would have also asked him why is there no security in Iraq, why is there no stablity, what is your exit strategy for Iraq, why after 18 months U.S. Soldiers are still being blown up and killed. Mark my words George W. Bush has led this nation down a path that I regret we will not realize its damage for many years to come. Way to go America, we bring freedom and democracy to Iraq:rolleyes: Who the hell are we to think that it is our sole task Mr. George W. Bush, pure utter arrogance indeed. |
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| LiquidX |
| quote: | Originally posted by eternity
yeah! lets post more stories from the web. like you don't have a mind of your own :p no wonder you support Kerry. |
Allright, I had thought I know the most ignorant person in the board, but you definetly won the prize.. ;)
And if you didnt know, Diana Swayer is one of the most respected reporters in the Journalistic circuit and media . |
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| AnotherWay83 |
| its funny how everytime proof of bush's idiocy ie, something like this, gets posted the bush supporters try to dismiss it as internet rumor or sumthing lol... |
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| Trancer-X |
| quote: | Originally posted by LiquidX
Allright, I had thought I know the most ignorant person in the board, but you definetly won the prize.. ;) |
It's okay. ;)
The minions will continue to infer that I have no mind of my own, but if you look at the broader picture you can't help but see the irony in their statements.
I'm the one researching topics from numerous sources - as opposed to taking everything that's fed to me at face value by our duplicitous administration.
| quote: | "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."
- Galileo |
| quote: | "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
- Einstein |
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| Massive84 |
SOMEONE ENLIGHTEN ME
How the can iraq be a danger to the USA, since a scud missle can't even reach spain or france.
Also, even if he wants to shoot, the scud launcher gets bombed in matter of mins.
funny where is policerobot or the ohter bush whores? |
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