Dickey--

As good Bushite, it seems you can't read either. No surprise there.

If you ever learn to read, you will see that I never alleged that Bush said Saddam had a connection to 9-11. But when you do learn to read, you may want to visit your local library--and learn about propaganda. Just the use of 9-11 and Saddam in the same sentence was enough, in the minds of a fearful US public, to raise the connection--which was exactly what Bush wanted to do. And he did more than once in the same speech--as I have pointed out.

Or perhaps you weren't comatose in the period after 9-11--and have no idea of the palpable atmosphere of fear--and search for scapegoats--which characterized that time.

And what do you think Bush meant by "19 hijackers... this time armed by Saddam Hussein"?   As I said before, he's not saying Saddam caused 9-11. But he is clearly saying, that with Saddam possessing the WMD we were assured he had, the next 19 hijackers may well be armed with what Saddam has---WMD. And the clear implication is that we had best do something soon to counter that.

2 months later came his answer to stop Saddam from arming the next hijackers---the Iraq invasion.



Now the question is: will you have the guts to keep your handle--or will Joe have to delete your postings again since you have no intention of keeping one name?