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Senate: **Saddam saw al-Qaida as a big threat By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer.

WASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein regarded al-Qaida as a big threat rather than a possible ally, a Senate report says, contradicting assertions President Bush has used to build support for the war in Iraq. The report also newly faults intelligence gathering in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion.

Released Friday, the report discloses for the first time an October 2005 CIA assessment that prior to the war Saddam's government "did not have a relationship, harbor or turn a blind eye toward" al-Qaida operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi or his associates.

As recently as an Aug. 21 news conference, Bush said people should "imagine a world in which you had Saddam Hussein" with the capacity to make weapons of mass destruction and "who had relations with Zarqawi." This proved to be a lie.

Democrats contended that the administration continues to use faulty intelligence. This proves to be true.

2006-09-08 10:34:59 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government Government

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I hope that anyone who voted for George W. Bush , knows that they have all of the soldiers who have lost their lives blood on their hands!! Not a pretty picture is it? And whoever voted for him is more of an idiot than he is!

2006-09-08 11:51:29 · answer #1 · answered by KK 5 · 1 2

No way. What was the alternative? Gore and then Kerry. Bush isn't perfect (in fact he's far from perfect), but he was the lesser of the evils in each case. The things that make Bush a bad president are his domestic policies; his stance on Amnesty for illegals, his meddling in states rights with the Terry Schiavo case, huge spending that's even higher than the Clinton administration's, focusing on SS reform when his constituents were pushing more for income tax reform. The only spending bill he's vetoed was the stem cell research bill.

There's nothing wrong with his foreign policy. We went into Iraq as a continuation of the first gulf war because Saddam wasn't complying with the terms of the cease-fire. Although, it was know that terror cells existed in Iraq, it was never said by anyone that there was a connection between the 9/11 attacks and Saddam. The constant attempts the left make at trying to tie these issues together is just another example of straw-man arguments from the left.

2006-09-08 17:52:13 · answer #2 · answered by Chris J 6 · 2 1

No, because like 75- 95 % of all Americans, I did not vote for him.
He bought his way into office. At this I am outraged.



George W. Bush is a moran. He should be impeached and executed for high treason of the United States of America.

Hes too stupid to think, he paid his way through elementry, middle, high school. and college, if not he would be stuck in the first grade!

He was never elected either time. He LOST the popular vote TWICE!

2006-09-09 18:50:54 · answer #3 · answered by Jeremy© ® ™ 5 · 0 0

No, what I'm really embarassed about was that the first time I registered to vote, I registered Democrat, since both my parents are Dems I thought I had to be one, too. Like it was a faulty gene or something.

2006-09-08 21:22:15 · answer #4 · answered by sdraterasbil 2 · 1 0

I feel no shame that I voted for Bush. He makes mistakes, but at least I feel he tries and he cares about the country. There is so much we don't know about the things that goes on in upper levels of the government, there must be reasons for some of the things done. Everyone is so quick to throw a stone, but no one wants to offer a solution. Things like one party insisting the other uses "faulty intelligence" seems like mud throwing, and I doubt another party could have done much better given the situation.

2006-09-08 17:46:31 · answer #5 · answered by Abcdefg 3 · 2 3

Shame Shame Shame!! And be ashamed if you didn't get your double mint gum!

Go Double Mint Go! I am now a Green Double Mint party supporter.

Paul K quoted on 9/7/06:
"Double Mint. Both the R and the D seem to attract the "extreme". I believe the answers are usually in the middle and I recognize the need for compromise. I also think it is important to know the person. When I vote, it is usually 1/4 R, 1/4 D, The remaining are Independent or left blank."

2006-09-08 17:37:48 · answer #6 · answered by Egroeg_Rorepme 4 · 0 4

You are such an uplifting person. You make the world a better place.

I don't feel the least bit of shame for voting against Kerry. Not to insult anyone who did vote for him. I respect your right to have done so.

2006-09-08 17:45:54 · answer #7 · answered by L3-knightw1zard 4 · 2 2

i did not vote but after seeing what i saw on the news and in reading the news papers,and watching movies off 9/11,i could not vote for bush...

2006-09-08 17:48:11 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 3 2

i will never be ashamed of my president no matter who he be..nor am i ashamed of voting for him what i am ashamed of is cowardly un americans who dont know squat what they are doing for our enemy by dening our president i was verry saddened about the way our so called friends the british chickened out on their president....if any democrat ever try to recruit me i will say f--- you dam hipocrit go where you belong STRAIGHT TO HELL i think you are achickenshi-your self you cowardly basta--and i dont care if i break any of yahoo rules by telling you this and i will tell you to your face

2006-09-08 17:59:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

I voted for president Bush, and I will again if he has a third election. I am proud to be a republican. I am behind him totally.

2006-09-08 17:43:57 · answer #10 · answered by jane 4 · 3 3

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