Nearly 70 per cent of Americans thought Saddam Hussein played some part in planning the Sept 11 attacks.
The Bush administration's single greatest accomplishment - from a spin perspective - will probably prove to be the dubious linkage of the two.
So, when the President admits that, hey, it turns out the deposed Iraqi leader had nothing to do with the terrorist events, that should get some serious press, right?
Right?
Wrong.
Particularly considering Vice-President Dick Cheney's attempts to obfuscate the issue - in apparent contradiction of his boss - on last Sunday's Meet The Press .
(Disclaimer - my own paper was equally guilty, not referring to the Bush admission at all in Thursday's editions, even though we did run an op-ed piece that day entitled "Why Europe Must Not Buy Bush's Line").
The Bush administration's single greatest accomplishment - from a spin perspective - will probably prove to be the dubious linkage of the two.
So, when the President admits that, hey, it turns out the deposed Iraqi leader had nothing to do with the terrorist events, that should get some serious press, right?
Right?
Wrong.
Particularly considering Vice-President Dick Cheney's attempts to obfuscate the issue - in apparent contradiction of his boss - on last Sunday's Meet The Press .
(Disclaimer - my own paper was equally guilty, not referring to the Bush admission at all in Thursday's editions, even though we did run an op-ed piece that day entitled "Why Europe Must Not Buy Bush's Line").
posted by Steve at 3:37 PM
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