"Give me one example where George W Bush, Dick Cheney, or any member of the Administration ever stated that Saddam Hussein or the Iraqi Government had anything to do with 911. If you can't, then place the blame for all those people jumping to the wrong conclusion at the correct doorstep - the media - they were the one's who reported the interviews and speeches in the way they did."

Very slimy.

The administration manipulated the media and, as a result, the public to believe that Saddam was responsible for 911. In fact, Bush also attempted to manipulate his staff into finding links that did not exist. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz were all instrumental in using 911 as an excuse for invading Iraq. The Bush administration was far more concerned about defense contracts and oil than the threat of bin Laden and terrorists in Afghanistan.

Google Tenet and Clarke.

btw teribus - Why is it so important to you to justify the actions of the current U.S. administration and absolve them from any blame in starting a war that has no benefit to anyone other than the neo-cons?

Here's a question for you. Who has benefitted from the invasion of Iraq?