AP: Bush Escalates Bitter Iraq War Debate

Escalates? He gives a second speech that defends his integrity and he is escalating the stir? I think it was already escalated and he has let the Dems have the podium for far too long.

But:

The good old AP is at it again.

ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska (AP) -- President Bush escalated the bitter debate over the Iraq war on Monday, hurling back at Democratic critics the worries they once expressed that Saddam Hussein was a grave threat to the world.

"They spoke the truth then and they're speaking politics now," Bush charged.

Bush went on the attack after Democrats accused the president of manipulating and withholding some pre-war intelligence and misleading Americans about the rationale for war.

"Some Democrats who voted to authorize the use of force are now rewriting the past," Bush said. "They're playing politics with this issue and they are sending mixed signals to our troops and the enemy. That is irresponsible."

If this is what he has to do, then he has to do it. But the Dems need to understand that the American people are going to see more and more that the ones that are of low integrity and are of the highest hypocritical order, are the ones that voted yea and now, want to change their vote.

Here are what some of the noisemakers said before the war:

-"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons." - Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va.

-"The war against terrorism will not be finished as long as (Saddam Hussein) is in power." - Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich.

-"Saddam Hussein, in effect, has thumbed his nose at the world community. And I think that the president's approaching this in the right fashion." - Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D- Nev., then the Democratic whip.

The sad thing is there are hundreds of quotes from people, just like these. But they do not want to talk about it. They sidestep and minimize this as something trivial. They are not being held accountable, they are hypocrites.

We have three branches of government. Congress was consulted, Congress agreed by a vote. To put this all on the shoulders of the executive branch now, after the fact, is ridiculous.

I swear, I have never in my life witnessed a more cowardly bunch legislators, in my entire life. They are an embarassment to this nation and to themselves. They will not now, nor will they ever solve a damned thing, with this approach.

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