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Monday, July 14, 2003 SPIN! We've all heard all of the ruckus from liberals and from the "I-watch-too-much-TV" crowd about the uranium claims against the Ba'athists in Iraq. What most of us haven't done is take a look at how the information is being mismanaged. From the Washington Post: Bush Aides Seek to Put Out Credibility Firestorm Top aides to President Bush insisted on Sunday he did not hype Iraq's suspected weapons of mass destruction as they sought to put out a political firestorm ignited by a disputed statement he made in his case for war. But questions about Bush's credibility persisted, threatening to further erode public support for the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq and create more difficulty at home for U.S. ally British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Firestorm? Persisting questions? Eroding public support?! Egad!!! Compare this to the relatively calm report (which was notably missing the Post's editorial commentary) from Fox News: Administration: Bush Statement Was Accurate The Bush administration continued Sunday to defend remarks made by the president to the American people regarding Iraq's alleged attempts to obtain uranium from Africa. "The statement that he made was indeed accurate," Bush's national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice (search), said on Fox News Sunday. "Not only was the statement accurate, there were statements of this kind in the National Intelligence Estimate (search)," a classified document compiled by U.S. agencies, she said. Kinda makes you wonder who exactly is creating the "firestorm" of "persistent questions" designed to "erode public support". And yes, I had the BS detector on this morning. . . posted by Shaun Kenney \| 7/14/2003 07:37:00 AM \| 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment Home
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