Bush Rant

When Helen Thomas asked George Bush about his justification for wanting war, he responded by saying, "No president wants war." Mr. Bush appeared genuine. It is hard for me to believe that Mr. Bush cares so little for human life around the world that he wanted war. So I do believe that much.

We now know that every justification given for the war in Iraq has been proven and admitted to be false. It has been obvious that the administration has shifted those justifications when they no longer are relevant.

People of my ilk have called for an honest debate about issues concerning the war in Iraq, but we must be ready to engage appropriately when the time comes. The fact that the administration was wrong in their reasons for the war, such as wmd intelligence is very different from claiming that Mr. Bush attempted to manipulate that intelligence to justify war.

The intelligence about Iraq's weapons and intent was wrong. The way the intelligence was used was wrong. The lack of a public debate before sending this nation to war in Iraq was wrong. Congress's vote to give the president the power to go to war, no matter what the intelligence said, was wrong. These are all important things that need to be addressed. Only then can we move to the extremely serious charge of the president manipulating intelligence to go to war.