What’s true today may be a lie tomorrow. What’s black today may be white tomorrow. You never know from one day to the next the direction this country might take. That’s republican leadership for ya.

“My job is to protect our troops…” -Bush

By sending them into an illegal, immoral war? By leaving them stranded in a (now) civil war? By not outfitting them with the proper safety equipment they need? You’re doing a heckuva job there, Bushie!

Bush backflip on Iran bomb claim

PRESIDENT George W. Bush said yesterday he was certain Iranian agents had supplied Shia militants in Iraq with weapons that had killed American troops, but retreated from earlier claims by the White House and US military commanders that Iran’s highest officials had directed the attacks.

Mr Bush said it was well known that components of improvised bombs, responsible for killing at least 170 US soldiers, had been provided by al-Quds Force, an Iranian paramilitary organisation.

“What we don’t know is whether or not the head leaders of Iran ordered the Quds Force to do what they did. Either they knew or didn’t know. What matters is that (the weapons) are there,” Mr Bush told a White House press conference.

His comments contradict a briefing on Sunday by senior US military officers in Baghdad who said that al-Quds had been operating on instructions “coming from the highest level of the Iranian Government”.
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Mr Bush reacted sharply yesterday to questions implying that his administration was tampering with intelligence material to justify a military strike against Iran.

“The idea that somehow we’re manufacturing the idea that the Iranians are providing IEDs (improvised explosive devices) is preposterous,” he said, emphasising that the claims were “not a pretext for war”.

He said: “My job is to protect our troops. And when we find devices in that country that are hurting our troops, we’re going to do something about it, pure and simple.”

Source: The Australian