Reply #7: Bush's Top Ten National Security Flip Flops (Debate Prep)

[DrFunkenstein]

1. Bush said we were winning the war on terror; then he flip-flopped and said we couldn't win the war on terror; then, a day later, he flip-flopped again and said we were and could win the war on terror.

2. Bush repeatedly refused to admit he made mistakes with the Iraq war; then he flip-flopped and said he "miscalculated" and; then, flip-flopped again with the mother of all oxymorons and said the war was a "catastrophic success."

3. Bush said catching Osama bin Laden was his "#1 priority" and "we will not rest until we have found him."; then, a year later, he flip-flopped and said he didn't know where Osama was, didn't care, and that catching Osama was not a priority.

4. Bush opposed creation of the Dept. of Homeland Security; then he flip-flopped and supported it.

5. Bush opposed creation of the 9/11 commission; then he flip-flopped and supported it.

6. Bush opposed giving the 9/11 commission more time to complete its work; then he flip-flopped and supported giving it more time.

7. Bush said he'd cooperate with the 9/11 Commission; then flip-flopped and withheld documents from the Commission.

8. Bush opposed having Condoleeza Rice publicly testify before the 9/11 commission; then he flip-flopped and let her publicly testify.

9. Bush opposed creation of a panel to investigate Iraq's failure to have weapons of mass destruction; then he flip-flopped and supported it.

10. Bush vowed to never reward North Korea's nuclear blackmail; then he flip-flopped and offered them aid in exchange for a promise not to build nuclear weapons. Bush is also rewarding North Korea by pulling out thousands of U.S. troops from South Korea. magazine, 8/23/04]

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