Clinton is spokes person for the democrats. Therefore what he says, no matter
where he says it, counts.  Love of Bush is clouding your thinking.

   -----Original Message-----
  From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 12:38 PM
  To: CF-Community
  Subject: Re: CBC News: Bush rushed into Iraq invasion: Clinton

  As I said how can it be a function of the so-called democratic attack
  machine when it happended in a foreign country. Get real.

  On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 11:32:55 -0500, Andy Ousterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
  > Oops,  I didn't realize that it wasn't an attack if you spoke from
certain,
  > pre-designated locations.  Perhaps you could publish a list of those
  > pre-approved, non-attack locations and whether they are available to both
  > parties or are party specific.  And the article never mentioned that he
was in
  > an attack-free zone.
  >
  > The bottom line is that any comments about Kerry are an attack, while any
on
  > Bush are about his record.  Turn-about is a fair play.
  >
  > Andy
  >  -----Original Message-----
  >  From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  >  Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 11:26 AM
  >  To: CF-Community
  >  Subject: Re: CBC News: Bush rushed into Iraq invasion: Clinton
  >
  >  Excuse me how do you work that one out? Look at the location of where
  >  he was speaking - Toronto Ontario CANADA. Look who was reporting on
  >  the event - THE CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION.
  >
  >  Democratic attack machine indeed. You really need to read the article
  >  first and frothing at the mouth before responding.
  >
  >  larry
  >
  >  On Fri, 6 Aug 2004 11:18:54 -0500, Andy Ousterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
  > wrote:
  >  > Democratic attack machine at work.  And this is not a surprise, since
he
  > would
  >  > be to busy getting head to use his head.
  >  >  -----Original Message-----
  >  >  From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  >  >  Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 10:25 AM
  >  >  To: CF-Community
  >  >  Subject: CBC News: Bush rushed into Iraq invasion: Clinton
  >  >
  >  >  http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/08/05/clinton_iraq040805
  >  >
  >  >  Bush rushed into Iraq invasion: Clinton
  >  >  Last Updated Fri, 06 Aug 2004 10:11:24
  >  >
  >  >  TORONTO - Former U.S. president Bill Clinton said Thursday he would
  >  >  have taken the word of United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix over
  >  >  U.S. intelligence reports about evidence of Iraq's weapons of mass
  >  >  destruction.
  >  >
  >  >  "It's not a question of believing [Blix] over the intelligence
  >  >  agencies, but the intelligence was ambiguous on the point," Clinton
  >  >  said in an interview with CBC's The National.
  >  >
  >  >  Blix led the UN weapons inspections in the months leading up to the
  >  >  U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
  >  >
  >  >  His teams found little to support the pre-war assertions by the United
  >  >  States that Saddam Hussein's regime was actively developing and
  >  >  stockpiling chemical, biological or nuclear weapons.
  >  >
  >  >  "I certainly would have believed it enough to put [the war] off and
  >  >  try to build more support," said Clinton, referring to building a
  >  >  consensus among the international community before invading Iraq.
  >  >
  >  >  "I mean, what was the hurry?" asked Clinton, who was in Toronto to
  >  >  sign copies of his best-selling memoir My Life.
  >  >
  >  >  Recently, a U.S. Senate committee report criticized pre-war
  >  >  intelligence reports claiming Iraq possessed weapons of mass
  >  >  destruction for being wrong and overstated.
  >  >
  >  >  Clinton criticized the Bush administration for rushing into war with
  >  >  Iraq, saying the country posed a lesser threat to the U.S. compared
  >  >  with four other international hotspots.
  >  >
  >  >  He accused the Bush administration of putting too much focus on Iraq,
  >  >  saying it diverted resources from the top threat to the U.S.: al-Qaeda
  >  >  and its leader Osama bin Laden.
  >  >
  >  >  As an example, he spoke about the recent terror alert indicating a
  >  >  possible threat, based in part on four-year-old intelligence, to five
  >  >  financial institutions in the U.S.
  >  >
  >  >  "Who's the threat from? Iraq? Saddam Hussein? No, from bin Laden and
  >  >  al-Qaeda," he said, adding that the U.S. only learned of the threat
  >  >  from Pakistani intelligence.
  >  >
  >  >  "Why did we put our number 1 security threat in the hands of the
  >  >  Pakistanis with us playing a supporting role, and put all of our
  >  >  military resources in Iraq, which I think at best was our number 5
  >  >  security threat?
  >  >
  >  >  "How did we get to the point where we got 130,000 troops in Iraq and
  >  >  15,000 in Afghanistan?"
  >  >
  >  >  Clinton said the absence of a peace process in the Middle East, the
  >  >  conflict between India and Pakistan and their ties to the Taliban, and
  >  >  North Korea and its nuclear program all posed greater threats than
  >  >  Iraq.
  >  >
  >  >  Written by CBC News Online staff
  >  >
  >  >  Copyright � 2004 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - All Rights
Reserved
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