Bush anti-terror record defended
Found on BBC on Monday, 22 March 2004
The White House has dismissed charges by a former top US security aide who claims President George W Bush did a "terrible job" in tackling terrorism.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan denied the claims, accusing Mr Clarke of political opportunism ahead of November's presidential poll.
"See if Saddam did this. See if he's linked in any way," Mr Clarke quoted Mr Bush as saying.
"The entire conversation left me in absolutely no doubt that George Bush wanted me to come back with a report that said Iraq did this," he added.
Mr Clarke also told CBS that the day after the 11 September attacks, Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld called for retaliatory strikes on Iraq, even though al-Qaeda was based in Afghanistan.
Blame Dubya after the election, and nothing will happen; the only way to get attention and results is to provide people with information before the elections start. Plus, everbody knows his father was obsessed with Iraq, so it's not that suprising if his little boy was looking for a chance to get Saddam (and he finally did get one with his lies about WMDs). Let's see how Dubya fakes this election.