I knew this would come back to haunt those who deserve it.
Bush said:
We will continue to bring people like Mr. Zarqawi to Justice... then shows his pearly whites in a gleeful smile. Considering the fact that Zarqawi didn't fire a single shot at ANYONE until after Bush invaded Iraq - maybe we should bring Bush to Justice for starting it all. But that's not the issue here. There is another account I would like to deal with, and it can only be seen in a certain way.
No offense to General Casey because he wasn't there, but the statement he released claims that Iraqi forces were first to arrive on the scene and U.S. forces didn't arrive until twenty or so minutes AFTER the first bomb dropped.
Is that so!? Well, folks... then what about this record?
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"But almost as soon as they took up position, the commandos feared they were about to lose him. A special-operations source tells TIME that the surveillance team was worried that there wasn't enough time to assemble a ground assault force to raid the house and capture al-Zarqawi; the commandos at the site lacked sufficient manpower and weaponry to attack on their own. As dusk neared, the team fretted al-Zarqawi might slip away if they waited too long. A knowledgeable Pentagon official says the Delta team "saw one group come into the house and one group exit." Al-Zarqawi was not in the departing group, but the commandos were afraid he might be in the next one. The recon unit's leader radioed his superiors to request an air strike. Two Air Force F-16s on another mission miles away were given the assignment. At 6:12 p.m., the first of two precision-guided 500-lb. bombs fell on the farmhouse. For anyone still inside, there was nowhere left to hide."
Source:
http://gopsecretary.house.gov/mornin.../6.12.06.shtml
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Excuse me, but doesn't this put U.S. ground forces at the scene
prior to the arrival of any other troops?
Zarqawi's exact words:
President Bush, why don't you tell the truth?
Ninth Scribe