The evolving story of a legacy


Bill Clinton changes his story to take advantage of an opening
From Bill Clinton on Bush uranium line: 'Everybody makes mistakes' , CNN, July 23, 2003

Clinton also said Tuesday night that at the end of his term, there was "a substantial amount of biological and chemical material unaccounted for " in Iraq.

"So I thought it was prudent for the president to go to the U.N. and for the U.N. to say, 'You got to let these inspectors in, and this time if you don't cooperate the penalty could be regime change, not just continued sanctions.'"

Clinton told King: "People can quarrel with whether we should have more troops in Afghanistan or internationalize Iraq or whatever, but it is incontestable that on the day I left office, there were unaccounted for stocks of biological and chemical weapons."

From Clinton launches withering attack on Bush on Iraq, Katrina, Budget , Yahoo News, September 18, 2005

Breaking with tradition under which US presidents mute criticisms of their successors, Clinton said the Bush administration had decided to invade Iraq "virtually alone and before UN inspections were completed, with no real urgency, no evidence that there were weapons of mass destruction."

Granted, President Bush has made more than his fair share of mistakes. But why change the story now?

It's politics, pure and simple. Mr. Clinton saw an opening and took it.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Mon - September 19, 2005 at 04:49 AM  Tag


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