Ari Fleischer: "President Bush disagreed with Richard Perle"

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,269397,00.html

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COLMES: George Tenet is saying he just got the date wrong. But let me show you what Richard Perle said on September 20th, just a week or so after September 11th. He said, "Even if evidence does not link Iraq directly to the attack" — we'll put it up on the screen — "any strategy at the eradication of terrorism and its sponsors must include a determined effort to remove Saddam Hussein from power."

So even if he got the date wrong, that's what Richard Perle was saying right after September 11th.

FLEISCHER: Whatever Richard Perle said, Richard Perle said. My point is, President Bush disagreed with Richard Perle. President Bush made the decision we're going to focus on Afghanistan. He was with others who were encouraging him to go after Iraq. He rejected that.

[underpants]

1. Yeah Ari good thing too imagine if he had listened to them

boy oh boy would THAT have been a mistake huh?

:eyes:

[peacetalksforall]

5. Now, just how did Ari get on the program just in time to say that?

You don't think that Rove or Ari arranged for Ari to do that, do you? If you do, do you think Ari did it for free?

[The Count]

2. Woppty-frigging- doo! Or else we'd be in some dusaster war in Iraq...Oh, wait...

:shrug:

[tinymontgomery]

3. So if he rejected that

What are we doing in IRAQ.

[The Rogue]

4. Lying sack of ....

these guys are past pathetic.

[Poiuyt]

6. That kind of contradicts what Richard Clark said

Clark said that Bush came up to him, jabbing his finger in Clark's chest, and said (in effect) "What about Iraq? Get me something on Iraq."