Bush ignores the central point of the CIA report on Iraq: "Bush commented on the CIA report on Iraq's weapons capability yesterday, largely ignoring its central point: That Bush's central rationales for going to war in Iraq (the original ones, that is) have been proven to be wrong.
Matea Gold and Maura Reynolds write in the Los Angeles Times: 'The Bush administration cited the existence of the weapons as the central rationale for going to war in March 2003. Responding to the CIA report Thursday morning, Bush did not mention the lack of their existence. Instead, he spoke as though the CIA report contained evidence justifying the war.'
Dan Balz writes in The Washington Post: 'Bush said the report by chief U.S. weapons inspector Charles A. Duelfer, while concluding that Hussein possessed no such weapons at the time of the war, revealed that the former Iraqi leader hoped to manipulate the international community into ending sanctions with the intent of restarting his weapons programs.'
Kerry responded by saying 'the president of the United States and the vice president of the United States may well be the last two people on the planet who won't face the truth about Iraq.' "
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