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Bush Believed That There Were WMDs in Iraq Through 2006

It’s been said before: “Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt,” but this might be a whole new low for delusional thinking.

bushter.jpg  ThinkProgress:

In Oct. 2004, President Bush finally admitted that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction: “Iraq did not have the weapons that our intelligence believed were there.”

Yet according to former White House chief of staff Andy Card, this statement was just rhetoric. In his new book on Bush, Robert Draper writes that the President continued to privately insist through April 2006 that Saddam had possessed weapons of mass destruction:

Bush, for his part, was not disposed to second-guessing. Througout 2006, he read historical texts relating to Lincoln, Churchill, and Truman - three wartime leaders, the latter two of whom left office to something less than public acclaim. History would acquit him, too. Bush was confident of that, and of something else as well. Though it was not the sort of thing one could say publicly anymore, the president still believed that Saddam had possessed weapons of mass destruction. He repeated this conviction to Andy Card all the way up until Card’s departure in April 2006, almost exactly three years after the Coalition had begun its fruitless search for WMDs. [p. 388]

 Oh, help me.  Is he trying to lay a case for utter incompetency?  He certainly has me convinced.




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miss_kitty Says:

:P

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14All Says:

Great screen shot.

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kasinca Says:

Dubya is a stupid SOB! What else can you say about a man who is this delusional? He is either on drugs and alcohol or the most stupid SOB to ever walk this earth.

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Bollox Ref Says:

I’m wracking the old brain for a more incompetent leader, but few come to mind. Perhaps Ethelred the Unready? Even Caligula and Nero had a talent for gratuitous excess. This guy’s in bed by ten.

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Archae Says:

kasinca @ 3:

Dubya is a stupid SOB! What else can you say about a man who is this delusional? He is either on drugs and alcohol or the most stupid SOB to ever walk this earth.

All of the above.

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enigma4ever Says:

No he is bed earlier than that…and he does not read or watch the news…have any of you ever thought maybe he really is Incompetent…I mean it…this is not just delusional thinking…

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I. Conoplastic Says:

All arguments that saying he’s an idiot are mere partisan immaturity are demolished now.

Bush has nothing in the way of credibility. Nothing in the way of humility or Christianity.

Bush has been brought up to think he is “Special”. I think it was the football helmet and going to school on the short bus that convinced him, that or the family billions and …..shudder ……mother dearest, Barbara “the poor are better off at the Astro Doom” Bush.

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Sam Says:

Bush is responsible for putting the ‘Duh’ in ‘W’.

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SonOfLiberty Says:

The guy is and always has been a puppet. I’m not excusing him, he should rightly know that he has a hand up is ass if he’s going to pretend to lead this nation. He’s not the one pulling the strings, though. No president since JFK has tried to cut them.

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mudshark Says:

Yep! OH YEAH!The planet idiot.

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kablooie Says:

Captain Ahab still searches for the white whale.

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motorfingaz Says:

He believed it because he is dumb, does not read or do research. The only goal of Bush and the people around him is to fill coffers and change the political landscape in America.

What better way to do this than through having a wartime hero right wing President.

What do you think staged production was all about?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AIcmucXJrgs

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CFijzDyJnVE

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General Jack D. Ripper Says:

Bush “read historical texts”???? I don’t think so.

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Lord of Karma Says:

Well actually there were WMD’s in Iraq. Unfortunately a girl’s pet goat happened to eat all the WMD’s, so there wasn’t any proof. Bush vowed to get rid of the goat, but the goat became a hero when he head butted a terrorist into submission…

At least that what Bush remembered reading in some important security documents during 9/11.

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Carmikl Says:

He also believes in the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy.

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spiritcatcher Says:

Iraq HAD WMDs ! His poppa sold ‘em to them and Rummy had the recipes to prove it. D’uh.

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Carmikl Says:

General Jack D. Ripper @ 14:

Bush “read historical texts”???? I don’t think so.

If he read a few historical texts before he invaded Iraq, he wouldn’t have to worry about how history would view him after he invaded Iraq.

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moniker Says:

Maybe Saddam hid those wmds on that B-52 in Minot.

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Jason Wolfe Says:

You know, uh, he is actually in charge of protecting us and stuff. He is asleep at the wheel, for real. He believes his own bullshit. Conspiracy theories about him secretly planning all this crap to win elections and pay off the industrial military complex are comforting, cause we can tell ourselves “at least he is good at something” but holy shit this man is a moron. He is supposed to be tricking the rubes in this country into voting against their interest, not actually tricking himself. What happens when we have a real crisis? Like, “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US” and “The levees broke” and … I gotta stop. I am getting depressed.

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momofsonofwar Says:

mr. shrub is and always will be a LOSER in my history book.

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Satan Himself Says:

Compare that to this new Sidney Blumenthal piece in Salon:

http://www.salon.com/opinion/b...../bush_wmd/

He was briefed in 2002 about the WMDs, he blew it off, Tenet let him do it.

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Pursang Says:

In the immortal words of Mr. Bugs Bunny, “What a maroon”.

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momofsonofwar Says:

And Tenet silently sat behind Collin Powell and sold it to the American people (as bullshit)

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GonzoD Says:

I know why he thought that Iraq had the WMD, his Daddy, Rummy & Cheney were all in the administration when Reagan gave Saddam those weapons.
If the stupid little SOB had bothered to do any research on those chemical & biological weapons, he would have found that they have an expiery date.
Shrub is very fond of saying that “Saddam gassed his own people”, but never mentions that his Daddy & Reagan gave Saddam that gas.
I never understood how in the run up to the war, the administration said that “Saddam has no proof that he destroyed his WMD!” Just how the hell do you prove a negative? MSM asleep at the switch!!

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cycle3man Says:

He is not a partial but a total as3hole.
It is hard for me to believe he is that stupid!
Guess he inherited the worst traits of his mother anf father!!!

hell, you could probably train him to salivate when he see’s food too–

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cycle3man Says:

Too bad the WMD were not placed under his pillow!

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Patmaniac Says:

If an Honest history is written it will regard this man and his sycophantic administration as the Potemkin Presidency. Nothing but a PR facade of photo ops and delusional assertions repeated endlessly by a lap dog media.
Those that swallowed the bait and believed the baloney will scream the loudest that it was all true if only to keep from admitting that they were played for fools. They’ll surely be given swiftboat megaphones to scream it too, paid for by the few that made fortunes from the robbing of the treasurey.

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isabelita Says:

Horseshit. When was that unforgettable bit where the Shrub joked about WMDs? This lot does nothing but lie to attempt to cover their tracks. Fortunately, the camera doesn’t lie…

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Vanna Says:

Bush knows one thing really well: how to get sympathy as a victim of circumstances and bad information.

In his book Defying Hitler, the author talks about Hitler’s defenders as blaming it all on “little Hitlers” who subverted the Fuehrer’s noble aims with their deceit and incompetence. “If only Adolf knew!” went the lament.

Actually, that quote might come from They Thought They Were Free, by Milton Meyer. Either book is excellent.

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mudshark Says:

GonzoD @ 25:

I know why he thought that Iraq had the WMD, his Daddy, Rummy & Cheney were all in the administration when Reagan gave Saddam those weapons.
If the stupid little SOB had bothered to do any research on those chemical & biological weapons, he would have found that they have an expiery date.
Shrub is very fond of saying that “Saddam gassed his own people”, but never mentions that his Daddy & Reagan gave Saddam that gas.
I never understood how in the run up to the war, the administration said that “Saddam has no proof that he destroyed his WMD!” Just how the hell do you prove a negative? MSM asleep at the switch!!

http://www.informationclearing.....le5257.htm The truth about who gassed the Kurds……read this,it’s worth a few minutes.

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dattexas Says:

when it comes to this man, you can make a plausible argument for every negative trait that can make one a failure as a leader. and this guy was elected twice.

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Mugsy Says:

If Card left in 2006, then for all we know, Bush STILL thinks this is the case.

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lori Says:

Bush has a real talent for looking really stupid and really nasty at the same time.

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mudshark Says:

What you will find in my above posted link is that there was 2 different types of gas(each gas has it’s own chemical signature)1 From Iraq and the other from Iran.Irans gas was designed to breakdown quickly so the Iranian army could go in quickly.Sodamns was designed to stay there so no one could occupy the area…Guess which one was found there?..yep you guessed it…Irans.

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GonzoD Says:
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mudshark Says:

So you see all the hype about Hussein gassing his own people was just a ploy to get more support for the invasion…..more lies.

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GonzoD Says:

mudshark @ 38:

So you see all the hype about Hussein gassing his own people was just a ploy to get more support for the invasion…..more lies.

Thanks for the link!

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flex Says:

that’s more proof Bush is a sick neo- con extremest.

“GEORGE BUSH IS A MALIGNANT NARCISSIST

by Paul Levy
http://www.awakeninthedream.com/bushnarc.html

Psychologically speaking, Mr. George W. Bush is what is called a ‘malignant narcissist.’ A narcissist is someone who has become hypnotized and entranced by their own inflated self-image. They have become so self-absorbed that not only are they not in genuine relation with others, but they relate to others (including the environment) as objects to satisfy their own need for self-aggrandizement. A ‘malignant’ narcissist, however, is a narcissist who reacts sadistically to others who don’t support and enable their narcissism. For example, instead of self-reflecting and taking in critical feedback, the Bush administration reacts with ruthless contempt for anyone who disagrees with them. Like a mean and cruel-spirited malignant narcissist, Bush and Co. deny the accusation and try to destroy the messenger. Ultimately, a malignant narcissist wants to annihilate anyone who in any way threatens their illusory self-image and self-serving agenda.

Malignant narcissists can be very charismatic, and are very adept at charming and manipulating others. They are clever at camouflaging their malevolent agenda, even to themselves, and can appear to be very normal, regular, and seemingly loving people. To quote the great doctor of the soul, psychiatrist C. G. Jung “only a very small fraction of so-called psychopaths land in the asylum. The overwhelming majority of them constitute that part of the population which is alleged to be “normal.”” And, I might add, that many of these so-called seemingly ‘normal’ psychopaths are drawn to positions of power. Malignant narcissists are very skilled at entrancing others, at putting other’s under their spell. They are master hypnotists. They are like ‘black magicians,’ in that they are very talented at hooking others through their fear by using ‘mind-control’ techniques such as lying and propaganda to control them.

The narcissism of a leader such as Bush resonates with the narcissism inherent in his supporters, who identify with Bush’s seeming certainty and lack of doubt (it never occurs to them that, to quote John Kerry “You can be certain and wrong.”). This creates a very dangerous and pathological situation called “group narcissism,” in which a large group of people have dis-connected from their critical faculties and entrusted their power to their narcissistic leader. This is a perversely symbiotic, co-dependent relationship in which all members of the group are colluding with and enabling each other’s narcissism. For example, George Bush, in his utter narcissism thinks that God speaks through him. Instead of being seen as deluded, his supporters reflect back to him that they, too, think that God speaks through him. This, of course, just reinforces Bush’s narcissistic delusion. Seeing Bush as God’s instrument concurrently fulfills in the Bush supporters their adolescent fantasy of having someone who is playing the role of the divine leader to protect them. This mutually interdependent and reciprocally reinforcing delusion is what is called a ‘collective psychosis.’

By playing with people’s fear, Bush is hypnotizing people to give their power away to him. Unfortunately, by doing this he has hypnotized himself as well, which is to say he is deceiving himself in the process of his deceiving of others. Malignant narcissists are pathological liars. They are very adept at both lying and then believing their own lies. The conviction they carry in this act of self-deception can easily ‘entrance’ people. To quote Jung “Nothing has such a convincing effect as a lie one invents and believes oneself, or an evil deed or intention whose righteousness one regards as self-evident.” A malignant narcissist plays with people’s fears so as to gain their trust and control them, which is based on the abuse of power over others that is the signature of a true dictator.”

http://www.apfn.net/Messageboa.....gi.19.html

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sulphurdunn Says:

George’s worst detractors don’t call him Chimpy for nothing.

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veritas Says:

That’s part of Bush’s problem - he believes his own lies!

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veritas Says:

flex @ 40:

that’s more proof Bush is a sick neo- con extremest.

“GEORGE BUSH IS A MALIGNANT NARCISSIST

by Paul Levy
http://www.awakeninthedream.com/bushnarc.html

Psychologically speaking, Mr. George W. Bush is what is called a ‘malignant narcissist.’ A narcissist is someone who has become hypnotized and entranced by their own inflated self-image. They have become so self-absorbed that not only are they not in genuine relation with others, but they relate to others (including the environment) as objects to satisfy their own need for self-aggrandizement. A ‘malignant’ narcissist, however, is a narcissist who reacts sadistically to others who don’t support and enable their narcissism. For example, instead of self-reflecting and taking in critical feedback, the Bush administration reacts with ruthless contempt for anyone who disagrees with them. Like a mean and cruel-spirited malignant narcissist, Bush and Co. deny the accusation and try to destroy the messenger. Ultimately, a malignant narcissist wants to annihilate anyone who in any way threatens their illusory self-image and self-serving agenda.

Malignant narcissists can be very charismatic, and are very adept at charming and manipulating others. They are clever at camouflaging their malevolent agenda, even to themselves, and can appear to be very normal, regular, and seemingly loving people. To quote the great doctor of the soul, psychiatrist C. G. Jung “only a very small fraction of so-called psychopaths land in the asylum. The overwhelming majority of them constitute that part of the population which is alleged to be “normal.”” And, I might add, that many of these so-called seemingly ‘normal’ psychopaths are drawn to positions of power. Malignant narcissists are very skilled at entrancing others, at putting other’s under their spell. They are master hypnotists. They are like ‘black magicians,’ in that they are very talented at hooking others through their fear by using ‘mind-control’ techniques such as lying and propaganda to control them.

The narcissism of a leader such as Bush resonates with the narcissism inherent in his supporters, who identify with Bush’s seeming certainty and lack of doubt (it never occurs to them that, to quote John Kerry “You can be certain and wrong.”). This creates a very dangerous and pathological situation called “group narcissism,” in which a large group of people have dis-connected from their critical faculties and entrusted their power to their narcissistic leader. This is a perversely symbiotic, co-dependent relationship in which all members of the group are colluding with and enabling each other’s narcissism. For example, George Bush, in his utter narcissism thinks that God speaks through him. Instead of being seen as deluded, his supporters reflect back to him that they, too, think that God speaks through him. This, of course, just reinforces Bush’s narcissistic delusion. Seeing Bush as God’s instrument concurrently fulfills in the Bush supporters their adolescent fantasy of having someone who is playing the role of the divine leader to protect them. This mutually interdependent and reciprocally reinforcing delusion is what is called a ‘collective psychosis.’

By playing with people’s fear, Bush is hypnotizing people to give their power away to him. Unfortunately, by doing this he has hypnotized himself as well, which is to say he is deceiving himself in the process of his deceiving of others. Malignant narcissists are pathological liars. They are very adept at both lying and then believing their own lies. The conviction they carry in this act of self-deception can easily ‘entrance’ people. To quote Jung “Nothing has such a convincing effect as a lie one invents and believes oneself, or an evil deed or intention whose righteousness one regards as self-evident.” A malignant narcissist plays with people’s fears so as to gain their trust and control them, which is based on the abuse of power over others that is the signature of a true dictator.”

http://www.apfn.net/Messageboa.....gi.19.html

Well said! Malignant narcissist is one dx; another would be bipolar disorder with psychosis.

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Drama King Says:

[Deleted. Banned-Sitemonitor]

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flex Says:

“In Oct. 2004, President Bush finally admitted that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction: “Iraq did not have the weapons that our intelligence believed were there.”

The Big Lie, for the millionth time our intelligence believed there was NO WMD, Bush Lied. heres the proof again…

“CBS) When no weapons of mass destruction surfaced in Iraq, President Bush insisted that all those WMD claims before the war were the result of faulty intelligence. But a former top CIA official, Tyler Drumheller — a 26-year veteran of the agency — has decided to do something CIA officials at his level almost never do: Speak out.

He tells correspondent Ed Bradley the real failure was not in the intelligence community but in the White House. He says he saw how the Bush administration, time and again, welcomed intelligence that fit the president’s determination to go to war and turned a blind eye to intelligence that did not.

“It just sticks in my craw every time I hear them say it’s an intelligence failure. It’s an intelligence failure. This was a policy failure,” Drumheller tells Bradley.

Drumheller was the CIA’s top man in Europe, the head of covert operations there, until he retired a year ago. He says he saw firsthand how the White House promoted intelligence it liked and ignored intelligence it didn’t: “

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories.....7749.shtml

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GonzoD Says:

flex @ 44:

“In Oct. 2004, President Bush finally admitted that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction: “Iraq did not have the weapons that our intelligence believed were there.”

The Big Lie, for the millionth time our intelligence believed there was NO WMD, Bush Lied. heres the proof again…

“CBS) When no weapons of mass destruction surfaced in Iraq, President Bush insisted that all those WMD claims before the war were the result of faulty intelligence. But a former top CIA official, Tyler Drumheller — a 26-year veteran of the agency — has decided to do something CIA officials at his level almost never do: Speak out.

He tells correspondent Ed Bradley the real failure was not in the intelligence community but in the White House. He says he saw how the Bush administration, time and again, welcomed intelligence that fit the president’s determination to go to war and turned a blind eye to