The Republican, 7 April 2005

A very disturbing article "Iraq weapons assessments 'dead wrong,'" was published in the April 1, 2005, edition of the USA Today. (page 7A).
In addition, some very important questions were left unanswered.

A presidential commission wrote that "President Bush received 'flawed' and 'overstated' intelligence briefings on Iraq's supposed weapons of mass destruction."
It was further reported that "the commission found that the [intelligence] briefs given to Bush consisted of short articles with attention-grabbing headlines that left out doubts, nuances, and alternative views."

The big question never answered is why were the doubts, nuances, and alternative views left out?

Was this an honest omission of facts or a deliberate act orchestrated by the president in an effort to shift blame for starting what Pope John Paul II called an immoral war?

The next big question: Why did the (intelligence) briefs given to Bush consist of short articles with attention-grabbing headlines?
Does the president have attention deficit disorder (ADD)?
Or, is he just plain stupid?
I would hope that it is the latter rather than the former.

All of the above does not exonerate the president from starting this illegal war that has cost the lives of over 1,500 service men and women in Iraq.
After all, before the war started, there were many (most notably Hans Blix, the United Nations weapons inspector) informing the president that Iraq was no threat to the United States, had no ties to al Qaeda, had nothing to do with 9-11, and had no weapons of mass destruction.

Nikola (Nick) Drobac
Aliquippa, Pa.

http://www.therepublicannews.com/article.asp?type=letters

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©Beaver County Times Allegheny Times 2005, 07 April 2005, page 6A

A very disturbing article ("Iraq weapons assessments 'dead wrong'") was published in USA Today on Friday.

In addition, some very important questions were left unanswered.

A presidential commission wrote that "President Bush received 'flawed' and 'overstated' intelligence briefings on Iraq's supposed weapons of mass destruction."

It was further reported that the "commission found that the (intelligence) briefs given to Bush consisted of short articles with attention-grabbing headlines that left out doubts, nuances and alternative views."

The big question never answered, why were the doubts, nuances and alternative views left out?
Was this an honest omission of facts or a deliberate act orchestrated by the president in an effort to shift blame for starting what Pope John Paul II called an immoral war?

The next big question: Why did the intelligence briefs given to Bush consist of short articles with attention-grabbing headlines?
Does the president have attention deficit disorder?
Or, is he just plain stupid?
I would hope that it is the latter rather than the former.
All of the above does not exonerate the president from starting this illegal war that has cost the lives of more than 1,500 service men and women in Iraq.

After all, before the war started, there were many (most notably Hans Blix, the United Nations weapons inspector) informing the president that Iraq was no threat to the United States, had no ties to al Qaeda, had nothing to do with Sept. 11, 2001, and had no weapons of mass destruction.

Nikola (Nick) Drobac
Aliquippa

http://www.timesonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14300567&BRD=2305&PAG=461&dept_id=478566&rfi=6

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