"A lot of people put their reputations on the line and said the weapons of mass destruction is a reason to remove Saddam Hussein. It wasn't just people in my administration; a lot of members in Congress, prior to my arrival in Washington DC, during the debate on Iraq, a lot of leaders of nations around the world were all looking at the same intelligence," Bush told ABC. Full Story »
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Everyone deserves the chance to tell his or her side of their story. And that’s what this article does—gives Bush a forum to present his version about what happened, no matter how biased we may think it to be. Based on this criterion, therefore, I rated the article higher than I normally would. After all, Bush considers what he said about his actions to be a fair accounting—informative, contextual, and well-sourced—using himself as a source. He was president, after all.
There are Bush supporters who think this article is bang-on, giving him his chance to rebut all the unfair, unwarranted, prejudiced condemnations of someone who advanced ultra conservatism and kept America safe from terrorism. That Iraq was an invasion for the control of its oil, and the deregulation of Wall Street directly led to the crisis are issues he simply is unable to acknowledge.