Bush's CIA "just guessing" about Iraq is the Mother-of-ALL-FlipFlops

[npincus]

The CIA was "just guessing" regardings its bleak assessment of Iraq's future???

Didn't Bush invade a soverieign country and cause thousands of deaths based on the CIA's assessment that Saddam had WMD stockpiles- or was the CIA "just guessing" there too? Didn't Bush tell us how credible the CIA's analysis was? So, are Americans supposed to accept Lord Bush can pick and choose when to declare his governemnt is "guessing" and when they are not or is he just a lying, sociopathic imbecile? After touting the CIA and starting a pre-emptive disastrous, bloody war based on their "credible" assessments, now to delcare their assessments are "guessing" is the BIGGEST f*cking FLIP-FLOP of ALL TIME.

Kerry, you MUST take the video of Bush's incoherent, absurd mumblings at yesterday's press conference and put it in an ad. NOW! His incoherence speaks for itself- but point out that HE is tthe FLIP-FLOPPER (and remember to use this example to trump him in the debates- he is SURE to harangue you as the flip-flopper on Iraq, but his remark is in a league by itself).


http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-bush22sep22,1,6469992.story?coll=la-headlines-world

Excerpt:

On Tuesday, though, Bush said the CIA was "just guessing" when it said in the report that Iraq was in danger of slipping into civil war.

"The CIA laid out several scenarios. It said that life could be lousy, life could be OK, life could be better," the president said during a photo session with Allawi. "And they were just guessing as to what the conditions might be like."

At a raucous rally in Orlando, Fla., on Tuesday night, Bush's Democratic opponent expressed incredulity at the president's statement that the CIA was "guessing" when it laid out scenarios for success in Iraq.

"Ladies and gentleman, does that make you feel safer?" Kerry asked an indoor stadium crowd estimated at 11,000.

"No!" the audience shouted.

"Does that give you confidence that this president knows what he's talking about?" the candidate asked.

"No!" the crowd responded.

"The CIA was just guessing?" Kerry continued. " … The CIA and the nation deserve a better assessment than that by the president of the United States of America."

[donco6]

1. It was shown on TODAY show this a.m., too.

Very striking in it's portrayal of typical Bush stupidity.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. Then why don't we cancel the CIA and save the money for

something else? bush didn't pay any attention to them prior to the Iraq war either. If bush knows best, there isn't any need for them.

[BootinUp]

3. Its the politicization of Intel for all to see.

BLAST BUSH over this, it is outrageous!! :mad:

[A_Possum]

4. *Bush* is just guessing

It's so comforting to know the Bush Doctrine: "I'm the president. I don't need to explain myself! I just take a guess and go!"