Last week it went around on Memestreams that Bush never used the phrase "45 minutes" when talking about Iraqs ability to launch WMD. However he did. This is more than nitpicking. He didn't use vague terms but used a specific time period that simply was not true to push Americans to support a war. ] President George W Bush twice said Iraq could launch a ] chemical or biological attack within 45 minutes even ] though the CIA had not verified the claim, it emerged ] yesterday. ] ] George W Bush: facing a political backlash ] ] Although Mr Bush attributed the claim to the British ] government, a White House release issued at the same time ] stated it as fact and did not say where it had come from. ] ] "According to the British government, the Iraqi regime ] could launch a biological or chemical attack in as little ] as 45 minutes after the order were given," Mr Bush said ] in the Rose Garden on Sept 26. |