Bush denies manipulating prewar intelligence on Iraq - I am not a crook!

[NNN0LHI]

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/12/content_3768895.htm

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (Xinhuanet) -- US President George W. Bush denied on Friday that the administration manipulated intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war.

In a forceful defense of his Iraq war policy, Bush said antiwar critics claimed the administration had manipulated the intelligence on Iraq, but they were aware that a Senate investigation found no evidence of political pressure to change the intelligence community's judgments related to Iraq's weapons programs.

"When I made the decision to remove Saddam Hussein from power, Congress approved it with strong bipartisan support," he said in a speech in Pennsylvania, on the occasion of the Veterans Day. snip

"Its deeply regrettable that the president is using Veterans Day as a campaign-like attempt to rebuild his own credibility by tearing down those who seek the truth about the clear manipulation of intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war," Senator Edward Kennedy said in a statement. Enditem

[Oilwellian]

1. or.....

"I am not a cook." :D

[MaineYooper]

2. In about five hours, I've grown sick of the word "forceful"

Forceful does not mean it's either honest or correct.

I can forcefully claim that I'm six feet tall, but in the end, I'm still five-six, no matter how forcefully I argue.

Sheesh!

[fooj]

3. His credibility is shot. He's finished.

Peace.