After all, WTF does he know about " intelligence " ????
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Bush optimistic about Iraq despite intelligence report
'Freedom is on the march'
Thursday, September 16, 2004 Posted: 2138 GMT (0538 HKT)
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President Bush speaks to the National Guard convention.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- While a new intelligence estimate offers a gloomy assessment of Iraq's future, President Bush talks instead about brighter days ahead under a new prime minister and the promise of free elections. "Freedom is on the march," he told a campaign rally Thursday.
Iraq is a daily theme of Bush's campaign speeches, often a springboard for attacking Democratic rival John Kerry. But Bush does not speak about the more than 1,000 U.S. deaths, the highly publicized kidnappings, executions and beheadings, or the dark scenarios outlined in the highly classified National Intelligence Estimate that was presented to him in late July.
The new report offers a sobering picture of Iraq's future in terms of political, economic and security conditions.
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President Bush speaks at a rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Thursday, as two security agents stand watch.