Bush to show direct link of Iraq, al Qaeda
The Shrub Administration has finally realized that the President saying "trust me" isn't going to convince Americans to commit their sons and daughters to a war against Iraq.
Later this week, the Administration will finally provide evidence to prove their assertions that Iraq is evading weapons inspectors and supporting international terror.
The Bush administration will present new evidence directly linking Saddam Hussein with the al Qaeda terrorist group to bolster the White House position that the United Nations should get "one last chance" to enforce its resolutions on Iraq, a senior official said yesterday.
U.N. inspectors yesterday declared they needed months to comb Iraq for weapons of mass destruction, but a slew of Bush officials countered with the message: Time is running out.
"This will not go on much longer," the senior administration official said. "This process is coming to a close."
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said, "What we can't do is just keep kicking the can down the road." Declaring that the administration has evidence of an al Qaeda-Iraq connection, Mr. Powell said, "The information that we can divulge in greater detail, we will be divulging in the days ahead."
The senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Mr. Powell will deliver fresh, "convincing" evidence of a connection between Saddam and the terrorist group after Friday's Camp David meeting between President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
It will be interesting to see what passes for evidence. Nonetheless, I am willing to keep an open mind. Who knows? I might be surprised and persuaded by what is presented to the public. Regardless, it WILL be nice to finally be shown why we have been led down the path to war for these many months. For the sake of the administration, I just hope that their disclosure is full and complete. I am not at all optimistic about that.
