Dean steps up criticism over justification of the war in Iraq

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Quad City Times

--- “If we went there under false pretenses, then American soldiers died because we weren’t given the right information,” Dean said. ---

“There is a fundamental difference of opinion here,” Dean said. “It is not the right thing to do to mislead people to get them to do something.” ---

“We need to know who else at the White House was involved in the decision to include the discredited Niger uranium evidence in your speech,” Dean said. ---

The American public deserves answers to all of these questions,” Dean said. He said if Bush isn’t forthcoming, an independent investigation should be launched. Dean rejected suggestions that polls show the public favoring the attack. “You can’t do this guided by polls,” he said.