Reviews are in: Bush falls flat

No surprize there.
But at least they didnt pelt him with vegetables, or clap handcuffs on him, so I guess he came out pretty well, considering.
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Bush isolated as speech to UN falls flat
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1048521,00.html

They don't serve "freedom fries" in the UN cafeteria.
http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/newyork/columnists/nyc-henn0924,0,463732.column?coll=ny-ny-columnists

Bush’s U.N. fiasco
http://www.msnbc.com/news/970681.asp?0cv=OB10

Bush's U.N. Speech Gets Scathing Reviews on Capitol Hill
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/23/politics/23CND-COST.html?ex=1064980800&en=a2a6755b68e65b4d&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE

Bush losing the public opinion war
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/23/1064082997441.html

Bush’s full remarks to U.N.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/970663.asp

Voices: Analysts react to Bush's U.N. speech
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/09/23/voices.bush.reacts.reut/index.html

Some elements were curiously missing in Bush's speech.

1. Iraq's WMD program.
2. Iraq's 45-minute ability to send biological warheads to other countries.
3. Iraq's links with Al-Qaeda.
4. How Saddam plotted 9/11.
5. How irrelevant UN is.
6. How Old Europe harbors terrorists.
7. How ineffectual the UN weapons inspectors were.
8. Iraq's missile launchpads.
9. Iraq's laboratories for biological weapons production.
10. Iraq's WMD's


I mean, these were his main arguments for his war against Iraq. One would have expected that Bush would say something about how he now thinks about these issues.

quote:
Tuesday September 23, 2003
The Guardian

Defence secretary Geoff Hoon yesterday admitted he did nothing to correct newspaper reports that Iraq could launch its weapons of mass destruction over long distances against British troops, though he knew the stories were wrong.
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He admitted that at the time of publication of the dossier he knew that the claim that Iraq could launch the weapons within 45 minutes of an order referred only to "battlefield munitions" such as shells."