Bush turns to Iraq to deflect critics

[lovuian]

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1604660,00.html

Wilson also attacked the Bush administration in a column in the Los Angeles Times published yesterday, saying that the White House had sought to smear him and his wife for trying to tell the truth about the abuse of intelligence on Saddam Hussein's nuclear ambitions in the run- up to the invasion of Iraq.

'The attacks on Valerie and me were upsetting, disruptive and vicious,' he said. 'They amounted to character assassination. Senior administration officials used the power of the White House to make our lives hell.'

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I think Wilson is kinda saying it all!!!

[regnaD kciN]

1. Isn't that kind of like...

...Bush turning to whisky to avoid falling off the wagon by drinking beer?

:eyes:

[merwin]

2. Somehow I don't think that will help...

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. You know you're desperate when

you think talking about the mess you've made in Iraq is going to make you look better.

[lebkuchen]

4. US military deaths in Afghanistan increased 100% in the last 1, 2, 3 years

so don't go there to deflect attention!

[rodeodance]

5. Jr. links terror with Iraq/SH--terror is his trump card--so it is logical

his mind to turn to terror.

[0007]

6. junior & his troubles....

Libby's lawyers seem to be preparing a defence based around Libby having a faulty memory of events and conversations rather than being involved in a deliberate conspiracy. 'We recognise that a person's recollection and memory of events will not always match those of other people, particularly when they are asked to testify months after the events occurred,' said his attorney, Joseph Tate.

Bush has spent this weekend at his Camp David retreat mulling a possible choice to fill the vacancy in the Supreme Court. A strongly conservative anti-abortion candidate would go a long way to healing the rift with Bush's right-wing base and provide a vital fillip during the darkest times of Bush's five years in the White House.

However, that might not be easy. Reports have said that only last-minute talks and fresh evidence from Rove's legal team stopped Fitzgerald from indicting the president's most powerful adviser. Rove has also been identified as the mysterious 'Official A' in Libby's indictment who talked about Plame to conservative columnist Robert Novak. Rove's lawyer has also issued a statement saying that, while he has not been told he will be indicted in the future, neither has he been told he will not be.

More here

[gizmo1979]

7. If that is the best he can hope

for he's in bigger trouble then he thought.Surprised he didn't raise the terror alert to red.