Ron Davies - 19 Dec 05 - 10:43 PM

"In that case, it should be no problem for you to come up with a quote by the Bush "team"-- during the mid-2002 to March 2003 period--which clearly states that Saddam had nothing to do with 11 Sept 2001."

Provided by myself ages ago down this thread:

"From the September 8, 2002 Meet the Press:
Russert: "One year ago when you were on Meet the Press just five days after September 11, I asked you a specific question about Iraq and Saddam Hussein. Let's watch:

Russert on the September 16, 2001 Meet the Press: "Do we have any evidence linking Saddam Hussein or Iraqis to this operation?"
Cheney: "No."
   
Russert then asked on the 2002 show: "Has anything changed, in your mind?"
   
Cheney: "Well, I want to be very careful about how I say this. I'm not here today to make a specific allegation that Iraq was somehow responsible for 9/11. I can't say that."

Now all that was broadcast on 8th September 2002. It doesn't matter what Dick Cheney says after that sentence - he has answered Russert's question. You can twist and deny all you want but in that transcript of that programme two times the Vice-President clearly states that Saddam and Iraq had nothing to do with 911.

Like Bobert and his supposedly ignored question regarding the "off-ing" of Saddam Hussein ("After all Dan Rather got to within four feet of him") - Bobert's question has been answered on numerous occasions, but Bobert just does not like the answer, so he ignores it, pretends he hasn't been answered - that doesn't alter the fact that he has - Ron you got the example you wanted ages ago, why deny it.

Now Ron give us one quote where any member of the Bush Administration clearly states that Saddam/Iraq had anything to do with the Al-Qaeda attacks of 911 within the period you stipulated and also tell us why this was done after them having clearly and consistantly denied that any such connection existed.

"Ron - About a month after being asked for such a statement, you have yet to come up with even one. It doesn't help your case."