Liar, liar, liar. The administration has been happy to leave Americans with the misconception that Saddam was involved, and as for this "relationship," that's utter BS. Rummy had a "relationship" with Saddam, and Reagan had a "relationship" with Soviet communists like Gorbachev. So what exactly is Bush's point, if he has one?
Reuters:
President Bush on Thursday insisted Saddam Hussein had a relationship with al-Qaeda but said his administration never asserted that the former Iraqi president had a role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
'The reason I keep insisting that there was a relationship between Iraq and Saddam and al-Qaeda is because there was a relationship between Iraq and al-Qaeda,' Bush told reporters after a meeting with his Cabinet.
'This administration never said that the 9/11 attacks were orchestrated between Saddam and al-Qaeda. We did say there were numerous contacts between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda,' the Republican president said.
