Sixteen Truthful Words
The statement at the center of the accusation that "Bush lied to us" was just the plain old truth. By WILLIAM SAFIRE/ The New York Times July 19, 2004
The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."-George W. Bush, State of the Union address, Jan. 28, 2003WASHINGTON - Those were "the 16 words" in a momentous message to a joint session of Congress that were pounced on by the wrong-war left to become the simple centerpiece of its angry accusation that "Bush lied to us" - or, as John Kerry more delicately puts it - "misled" us into thinking that Saddam's Iraq posed a danger to the U.S.
The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."-George W. Bush, State of the Union address, Jan. 28, 2003WASHINGTON - Those were "the 16 words" in a momentous message to a joint session of Congress that were pounced on by the wrong-war left to become the simple centerpiece of its angry accusation that "Bush lied to us" - or, as John Kerry more delicately puts it - "misled" us into thinking that Saddam's Iraq posed a danger to the U.S.
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