White House Ducks Prewar Intel Questions

By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The White House sought to deflect politically charged questions Wednesday about President Bush's use of prewar intelligence in
Iraq, saying Democrats, too, had concluded Saddam Hussein was a threat.

"If Democrats want to talk about the threat that Saddam Hussein posed and the intelligence, they might want to start with looking at the previous administration and their own statements that they've made," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said.

He said the Clinton administration and fellow Democrats "used the intelligence to come to the same conclusion that Saddam Hussein and his regime were a threat."

Funny though, I don't remember any evidence from the Clinton Administration saying that Hussein was an immediate threat. They did say that terrorism, specifically Osama bin Laden, was a threat. This, Bush ignored, and still Osama runs free because Bush moved the bulk of our troops from the chase in Afghanistan over to Iraq.

$300 billion and counting. Your tax dollars disappearing into the Bush Black Hole.