Bush Flip-Flopped On Iraq Invasion

We already know that Cheney thought it would be a bad idea to invade and occupy Iraq, but now it seems that his monkey George Jr. had the same sentiments. Back in 1997, George offered the same excuses for his father's decision to leave Iraq quickly as Darth Vader did a few years before. Will the President have a response to this newly-spotlit information (besides saying "9/11"), and do reporters have the strength to ask the question?

From Editor and Publisher:

"There are a lot of Americans (who say), 'Why didn't you go get him?'" Bush told the Express-News back in 1997, according to Christenson. "Well, I'm confident that losing men and women as a result of sniper fire inside of Baghdad would have turned the tide of public opinion very quickly," Bush added.

Bush said efforts to ferret out Saddam from his many Baghdad hideouts would have transformed the battle from a desert conflict to an unpopular "guerrilla war," Chistenson recalled.

He added: "Neither Bush nor his son expressed regret in the 1997 interviews over the failure of U.S. forces to pursue and destroy the Iraqi army's Republican Guard."

I don't care if they regret it or not, I want to hear an explanation, that can be interpreted in the reality-based community. As Christenson's article goes on to say, the Bush Administration's excuse for the turn-around is 9/11, so we can forget about rationality here.