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Thursday, September 30, 2004

Almost forgot!

My single favorite moment of the debate:

LEHRER:  New question, Mr. President, two minutes.  You have said there was a, quote, ‚Äúmiscalculation,‚Äù of what the conditions would be in post-war Iraq.  What was the miscalculation, and how did it happen?

BUSH:  No, what I said was that, because we achieved such a rapid victory, more of the Saddam loyalists were around.  I mean, we thought we’d whip more of them going in. 

But because Tommy Franks did such a great job in planning the operation, we moved rapidly, and a lot of the Baathists and Saddam loyalists laid down their arms and disappeared.  I thought they would stay and fight, but they didn’t. 

And now we’re fighting them now.

I thought they would stay and fight, but they didn’t, and now we’re fighting them now. I think that pretty much sums up Bush’s Iraq policy.

Posted by Michael on 09/30 at 06:26 PM
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