In his latest White House Press Conference, the President slammed into Helen Thomas, who asked in every way possible why George W. Bush loves to Kill Americans. From el Rushbo:THE PRESIDENT: Helen, after that brilliant performance at the Gridiron, I am (laughs).
THOMAS: You're going to be sorry.
PRESS CORPS: (Laughter.)
THE PRESIDENT: Well, then, let me take it back.
THOMAS: I'd like to ask you, Mr. President your -- your decision to invade Iraq has caused the deaths of thousands of Americans and Iraqis, wounds of Americans and Iraqis for a lifetime. Every reason given, publicly at least, has turned out not to be true. My question is: Why did you really want to go to war --
THE PRESIDENT: Mmm-hmm.
THOMAS: -- from the moment you stepped into the White House?
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah.
THOMAS: from -- your Cabinet officers, former Cabinet officers, intelligent people and so forth --
THE PRESIDENT: Mmm-hmm.
THOMAS: What was your real reason? You have said it wasn't oil, lust for oil. It hasn't been Israel or anything else. What was it?
THE PRESIDENT: Yeah. I think your premise, in all due respect to your question and to you as a lifelong journalist -- is that I didn't want war. To assume I wanted war is just flat wrong, Helen, in all due respect.
THOMAS: And ...
THE PRESIDENT: Hold on for a second, please. Excuse me. Excuse me. No president wants war. Everything you may have heard is that, but it's just simply not true. My attitude about the defense of this country changed on September the 11th. When we got attacked, I vowed then and there to use every asset at my disposal to protect the American people. Our foreign policy changed on that day, Helen. You know, we used to think we were secure because of oceans and previous diplomacy. But we realized on September the 11th, 2001, that killers could destroy innocent life, and I'm never going to forget it, and I'm never going to forget the vow I made to the American people, that we will do everything in our power to protect our people.
THE PRESIDENT: Part of that meant to make sure that we didn't allow people to provide safe haven to an enemy, and that's why I went into Iraq.
THOMAS: (Interrupting)
THE PRESIDENT: Hold on for a second. Excuse me for a second, please. Excuse me for a second. They did. The Taliban provided safe haven for Al-Qaeda. That's where Al-Qaeda trained and --
THOMAS: (Interrupting)
THE PRESIDENT: Helen, excuse me.
THE PRESIDENT: Afghanistan provided safe haven for Al-Qaeda. That's where they trained; that's where they plotted. That's where they planned the attacks that killed thousands of innocent Americans. I also saw a threat in Iraq. I was hoping to solve this problem diplomatically. That's why I went to the Security Council. That's why it was important to pass 1441, which was unanimously passed. And the world said, "Disarm, disclose or face serious consequences."
THOMAS: Why did you go to Iraq?
THE PRESIDENT: And therefore, we worked with the world. We worked to make sure that Saddam Hussein heard the message of the world, and when he chose to deny the inspectors, when he chose not to disclose, then I had the difficult decision to make to remove him, and we did, and the world is safer for it.
Notice, the President did not say, as a former President and his wannabe Prez First Lady, that the press is out to get them, that it is all part of some conspiracy. He just dealt with it and fought innuendo and hate with fact. Helen looked like the senile, old, delusional, crusty moonbat sludge she is.
