Bush takes responsibility for invasion intelligence

W tries to win back a few poll points.

From CNN.com:

President Bush took responsibility Wednesday for "wrong" intelligence that led to the war, but he said removing Saddam Hussein was still necessary.

"It is true that much of the intelligence turned out to be wrong," Bush said during his fourth and final speech before Thursday's vote for Iraq's parliament. "As president I am responsible for the decision to go into Iraq. And I'm also responsible for fixing what went wrong by reforming our intelligence capabilities. And we're doing just that."

"My decision to remove Saddam Hussein was the right decision," the president said. "Saddam was a threat and the American people, and the world is better off because he is no longer in power."

Even though he is taking responsibility for flawed intelligence, it gives a wide diversion around the real issue. There is no way that he could have forgotten that the intelligence was wrong (see previous post French Told CIA of Bogus Intelligence.

He takes responsibility for wrong intelligence. Is he also going to take responsibility for pushing the wrong intelligence as real evidence for invading Iraq? How about for lying to the American people?

This is the third in a series of speeches to boost support for the Iraq war and himself. This current term has been particularly bad for Bush and the GOP in general. With Delay's indictment, lobbies Indictment, Cheny's pro-torture agenda and the axe looming over Rove's head, George W. has had little time to worry about his own problems. He has personally been accused of appointing cronies without proper experience (IEEE FEMA director Michael Brown) and selling a lie to the American people.

Truth is, this does not go far enough to admit what his administration actually did. Which was con the American people

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CNN.com - Bush takes responsibility for invasion intelligence - Dec 14, 2005