Bush fighting for his life on Iraq credibility

--R.J. Matson, New York Observer, via Cagle.

Well, methinks this is highly unusual.

President Bush is fighting for his life on the issue of his credibility on the Iraq war.

After he went on the offensive in a Veterans Day speech,the Washington Post responded with an article knocking down his arguments.

Now the White House has issued a response aimed directly at the Post.

Can't wait for the White House response to today's New York Times editorial, which begins like this:

Decoding Mr. Bush's Denials

To avoid having to account for his administration's misleading statements before the war with Iraq, President Bush has tried denial, saying he did not skew the intelligence. He's tried to share the blame, claiming that Congress had the same intelligence he had, as well as President Bill Clinton. He's tried to pass the buck and blame the C.I.A. Lately, he's gone on the attack, accusing Democrats in Congress of aiding the terrorists.

Yesterday in Alaska, Mr. Bush trotted out the same tedious deflection on Iraq that he usually attempts when his back is against the wall: he claims that questioning his actions three years ago is a betrayal of the troops in battle today.

It all amounts to one energetic effort at avoidance. But like the W.M.D. reports that started the whole thing, the only problem is that none of it has been true.