P. Fritz wrote:
"*JimH*" wrote in message
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What is the purpose of this thread Kevin? What does it have to do with
boats?



It's All About 9/11
The president links Iraq and al Qaeda - and the usual suspects moan.


"The president should know he hit the sweet spot during his Fort Bragg
speech because all the right people are angry. The New York Times, with
predictable disingenuousness, is railing this morning that the 9/11
references in the speech are out of bounds because Iraq had "nothing
whatsoever to do with the terrorist attacks." Senate Minority Leader Harry
Reid and the tedious David Gergen, among others, are in Gergen's words
"offended" about use of the 9/11 "trump card."

If the president is guilty of anything, it's not that he's dwelling on 9/11
enough. It's that the administration has not done a good enough job of
probing and underscoring the nexus between the Saddam regime and al Qaeda.
It is absolutely appropriate, it is vital, for him to stress that
connection. This is still the war on terror, and Iraq, where the terrorists
are still arrayed against us, remains a big part of that equation.

(snip)


No Proof Connects Iraq to 9/11, Bush Says
By Greg Miller *
Los Angeles Times
September 18, 2003

President Bush said Wednesday that there was no proof tying Saddam
Hussein to the Sept. 11 attacks, amid mounting criticism that senior
administration officials have helped lead Americans to believe that
Iraq was behind the plot.

Bush's statement was the latest in a flurry of remarks this week by top
administration officials after Vice President Dick Cheney resurrected a
number of contentious allegations about Iraqi ties to Al Qaeda in an
appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday. "We've had no evidence
that Saddam Hussein was involved with the September 11th," Bush said in
an impromptu session with reporters. He contended, however, that
"there's no question that Saddam Hussein had Al Qaeda ties."