Kerry Says Bush `Failed' by Not Telling Truth on Iraq (* In Fantasy World)

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Kerry Says Bush `Failed' by Not Telling Truth on Iraq (Update3)
Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry told a National Guard convention that President George W. Bush ``failed the fundamental test of leadership'' by not telling the truth ``that the mission in Iraq is in serious trouble.''

``Two days ago, the president stood right where I'm standing, and did not even acknowledge that more than 1,000 men and women have lost their lives in Iraq,'' Kerry said. ``He did not tell you that with each passing day, we're seeing more chaos, more violence, more indiscriminate killings.''

Kerry cited a report in the New York Times this morning that Bush received a National Intelligence Estimate in July predicting that a worsening situation in Iraq could push the country into civil war by the end of next year.

``You deserve a president who will not play politics with national security, who will not ignore his own intelligence, while living in a fantasy world of spin, and who will give the American people the truth about the challenge our brave men and women face on the front lines,'' Kerry said.

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