President Bush has insisted before and as recently as last Friday in a Veterans Day day speech, that Democrats saw the same intelligence on pre war Iraq as he and his administration did. Many of us have wondered if the intelligence shared with the US senate told the whole story or if the Bush adminstration chose to present only those data which would strengthen its argument for going to war. It appears (as some suspected) that it was the latter case. The 2004 Democratic candidate for vice president, John Edwards says this in an article in Washington Post.
" I was wrong... The intelligence was deeply flawed and, in some cases, manipulated to fit a political agenda.
It was a mistake to vote for this war in 2002. I take responsibility for that mistake. It has been hard to say these words because those who didn't make a mistake -- the men and women of our armed forces and their families -- have performed heroically and paid a dear price."
Update: Read E. J. Dionne's article here about renewed efforts to muffle enquiry.
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