Think Progress:Suuuuure. Blame the intelligence community again. We all know Bush wanted war with Iraq and since Perino is asserting the intelligence community supported Bush’s wants – why did Bush say this about the recent intelligence report on Iran in Saudi Arabia last week?
White House: CPI Study “worthless”:
"Because, as you’ll remember, we were part of a broad coalition of countries that deposed the dictator based on a collective understanding of the intelligence." --Dana Perino
Bush Quote Of The Month
“I defended the intelligence community, but I made it clear that they are an independent agency, “They come to conclusions separate from what I may or may not want." -- George W. BushBush admits their conclusions could not be used because they didn't fit his plans. Yet Bush feels he needed to defend the intelligence community which was discovered to be right all along???? That despite their claims of “NO WMD” in Iraq – Bush still ordered an invasion? Only Bush’s team said there were WMD, which was the only conclusion they propagated. Anyone else opposing their view was discredited. Joe Wilson and his wife were clear examples of this. IAEA and UN inspector reports were ignored. Saddam's surrender of supporting documents and evidence in late 2002 was dismissed as a stall tactic. Calling this the quote of the month is actually a disservice to the Bush quote. It should be the epitaph of his presidency.
But lets imagine the intelligence community claimed Iraq DID have WMD and was a threat to the U.S. as Bush suggested during the run-up to war. Why would he now say that their conclusions may be separate from his own?
Once again conclusions from the “independent” intelligence community fails to fit what Bush wants. Why does this come as no surprise?
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