President Recants, Then Doesn't

everyone's abuzz at President Bush's explicit statement that there is no evidence of a link between Saddam Hussein and the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. This was in response to a statement over the weekend by Vice President Dick Cheney, where _he_ said: bq. we will have struck a major blow right at the heart of the base, if you will, the geographic base of the terrorists who had us under assault now for many years, but most especially on 9/11. It's a rather pathetic admission by the President, since anyone who follows the news carefully already knew there was no connection. (Unfortunately the Washington Post found last month that nearly "70% of Americans don't read carefully enough":http://www.nonviolence.org/articles/000138.php to figure this out) But don't worry that the President might finally be getting a conscience and undergoing a bout of uncharacteristic integrity. He followed the statement by saying that "there's no question that Saddam Hussein had Al-Qaida ties." Yes, Mister President, there is a question. It's an important one, one you used to rev up the country to war. You have never provided evidence and now even while you admit to having no evidence you continue to dupe the public. What do you mean by there being "ties"? Al-Qaida has well-documented "ties" to both the United States and Saudi Arabia. Stop playing fey little word games, stop being an asanine preppy who can't come clean. If there is no evidence of active support, then stop the misleading lies. Arab News has an interesting take. They note all the confusion and askWhy now, two years on — after the invasion of Iraq that so benefited from the US public believing that Saddam Hussein was involved — has Bush come clean?