Bush is the one who chose politics over security
Senator Christopher Bond talks about choosing national security over politics but, conveniently, forgets that George Bush chose to report that weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq even though CIA reports had found no such findings. Bush was so hell bent on going to war that he chose to find a reason even though it meant lying. He chose his personal politics over national security. Eric Mink got his caption correct and it was no cheap shot but the simple truth. Now we are being told a recently released report concludes WMD were, in fact, “substantiated by intelligence.” It seems to me one should substantiate facts for going to war before actually going to war – not over five years later. Does Senator Bond, Vice Chairman, Senate Intelligence Committee, forget that Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson called Bush’s bluff? He had personally, at the behest of the CIA, gone to Niger, Africa, and investigated a prewar claim that Saddam Hussein was seeking yellowcake uranium and found them to be bogus. In the process, “every trick in the book” was used to discredit Wilson and out his wife, CIA covert operative Valerie Plame. I find it highly offensive that our intelligence community gets the blame for reporting properly in the first place, and I am tired of this administration who manipulate every situation to suite their own needs.
Debbie Suarez
Fenton





You’re a liar, Ms. Suarez.
Your contentions have been rebutted six ways from Sunday with well-researched articles, and yet the P-D continues to print your type of letter in an attempt to keep tempers (and web traffic) high on their blogs.
It’s tiresome and boring.