Tuesday, June 15, 2004
I can barely figure out what George Bush actually did say and when he said it, so thick is the ooze of skepticism, cynicism and spin that this CNN report is coated in. No wonder The President has trouble getting his message out, the press overlays their own agenda so heavily onto everything they report that only twice in this item are even two of President Bush's own sentences placed in succession.
CNN.com - Bush stands by al Qaeda, Saddam link - Jun 15, 2004
"Zarqawi's the best evidence of a connection to al Qaeda affiliates and al Qaeda," Bush told reporters at the White House. "He's the person who's still killing."
U.S. intelligence officials have said al Qaeda had some links to Iraq dating back to the early 1990s, but the nature and extent of those contacts is a matter of dispute.
Critics have accused the president and other administration officials of falsely inflating the links between Iraq and al Qaeda in the months before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
Vice President Dick Cheney, in a speech Monday in Florida, raised eyebrows by reasserting claims that Saddam "had long-established ties with al Qaeda."...
