For Bush, a Tactical Retreat on Iraq

Without going as far as to admit being wrong, US President George W. Bush has agreed to create an independent review committee to investigate US intelligence failures in Iraq. Last week David Kay, the former US chief weapons inspector in Iraq, said that there was no evidence of weapons of mass destruction before the US attacked Saddam Hussein's government and called for an independent inquiry. Initially rejecting the idea, the White House will announce this week that it is taking Kay's suggestion and establishing a bi-partisan investigative committee. However, says this article in The Washington Post, the White House is not admitting fault, but rather playing politics. "By postponing an acknowledgment – possibly beyond Election Day – the White House is generating a fog of uncertainty around Kay's stark findings, and potentially softening a harsh public judgment." – YaleGlobal

For Bush, a Tactical Retreat on Iraq

Dana Milbank
Monday, February 2, 2004

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