I really should stop being shocked. The following is from Britain and the Netherlands' great ally, George Bush:
"First, just if I may correct a misperception. I don't think we ever said -- at least I know I didn't say -- that there was a direct connection between Sept. 11 and Saddam Hussein."
The rest at the excellent
Making Light.
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In September 2001, a US-based poll (for which I have no precise citations, alas, although I can probably dig them out) indicated that 3% of respondants believed that the Iraqi regime had anything to do with September the 11th.
By January 2003, a similar poll indicated that 44% of respondants thought there was a link.
To the best of my knowledge, Bush never did say that Iraq was responsible for 11/9/2001. What he did say was things like:
" We've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with the September 11th. What the Vice President said was, is that he has been involved with al Qaeda. And al Zarqawi, al Qaeda operative, was in Baghdad. He's the guy that ordered the killing of a U.S. diplomat. He's a man who is still running loose, involved with the poisons network, involved with Ansar al-Islam. There's no question that Saddam Hussein had al Qaeda ties."
(17/9/2003 ( ... )
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