Bush accepts no blame. YET, GOP blamed Clinton himself for aspirin factory

[Zinfandel]

bombing, after receiving intelligence reports from the CIA & other US government security agencies.

Clinton didn't worry about innocent civilians when he bombed an aspirin factory and killed the night watchman. No even after the fact. Free Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/995781/posts

It is laughable that the report offers its most scorching criticism of the C.I.A. when the C.I.A. was simply doing what the White House and Pentagon wanted. Isn't that why Mr. Tenet was given the Medal of Freedom? (Freedom from facts.)

The hawks don't want to learn any lessons here. If they had to do it again, they'd do it the same way. The imaginary weapons and Osama link were just a marketing tool and shiny distraction, something to keep the public from crying while they went to war for reasons unrelated to any nuclear threat. NY TIMES Maureen Dowd http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/31/opinion/31dowd.html?hp&oref=login

"The central conclusion is one which I share. America's intelligence community needs fundamental change," Bush said after receiving the unsparing critique.

"I don't think you can blame any one person, although the buck does stop at the top of every one of these agencies," Skelton said. "But quite honestly, the fault is spread out across all the agencies."

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The president then strode from the room, leaving the two men behind to field questions on the report that criticized past performance — but didn't stop there.

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The report said "The daily intelligence briefings given to you (Bush) before the Iraq war were flawed. Through attention-grabbing headlines and repetition of questionable data, these briefings overstated the case that Iraq was rebuilding its WMD programs."

"I believe it is essential that we hold both the intelligence agencies and senior policy-makers accountable for their actions," said, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. Associated Press Writer http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/03/31/national/w050428S00.DTL

[RobertSeattle]

1. The buck stops nowhere

Recall during the 90's when RWers would bring up "Blackhawk down" at the drop of the dime to villify Bill Clinton as if he had something directly to do with what went down that day. (And the Secy' of Defense resigned over it).

The might blame-thrower brigade is mighty quiet.

[Canuckistanian]

2. Bush the Smarter sent those Blackhawks in

Somalia wasn't Clinton's idea.

[sandnsea]

3. Neither was Waco

That was an operation that started under Bush's watch too.

[RobertSeattle]

9. The incident happened while Clinton was President

But yes, Bush the Smarter did send in the troops when he was a lame duck.

http://www.ranger.org/somaliaHistoryUSARA.html

[smoogatz]

4. "Aspirin factory" my ass.

Soil samples taken on site by actual human spies contained chem weapons traces. It was a multi-use facility.

[zbdent]

5. And don't forget that Clinton missed hitting OBL by mere hours

and they roasted him for that, too.

But, Bush invades a country on "evidence" that's 10 years out of date, or wrong, and he's a "liberator" . . .

[Sparkle]

6. The Repukes spew the talking points like good little sheep.

[Zenlitened]

7. This just in: Republicans are liars.

It's that simple. And thanks, but no, I don't feel inclined to distinguish between "good" republicans and "bad" republicans. Anyone who is a republican is a part of the problem. This is a political party that absolutely CANNOT present an unbiased fact. Any and every bit of information they have is subjected to spin, distortion and flat-out fabrication. They are the enemies of truth.

[Maestro]

8. Crap this is frustrating

They called Bill Clinton, Slick Willie or Teflon Bill, but nothing seems to stick to this asshole. Boy I'd hate to be in his inner circle. One day my day might come to be a fall-guy for this dumbass.