Hilda L. Solis: “just when you thought the Bush administration had finally faced reality and admitted that Iraq had nothing to do with…”

“just when you thought the Bush administration had finally faced reality and admitted that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, President Bush uses a nationally televised speech on 9/11 to once again blur the lines between the war on terror and the war in Iraq. Last week, a bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee report concluded that the U.S. intelligence analysts were strongly disputing any link between al Qaeda and Iraq, while the Bush administration officials were fabricating links to justify invading Iraq. Over the last month, President Bush and Vice President Cheney have admitted to the American people there was no link between the terrorist attack on September 11 and the Iraq war. Yet, during a nationally televised speech on Monday, the President once again had the audacity to say that the safety of America depends on the outcome of the battle in the streets of Baghdad, once again connecting in many people's minds 9/11 and Iraq. The President can't have it both ways. And on an issue so important as this, national security, the President should level with the American people and admit it is time to make a change and change the course in Iraq. ____________________”