It's amazing to me that the story of Bush's press conference is that a reporter actually asked Bubble Boy a real question. Rather than Bush's incoherent answer.
There were at least 9 distinct problems with Bush's answer to Helen's question. I'll bold and number them, then respond below.
Here's Helen Thomas' Question:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...text,1,7865839.story?page=4&coll=chi-news-hed
1. We've heard that claim from many former administration members including Paul O'Neil, Richard Clarke and Colin Powell
2. Our oceans protected us? I sincerely hope our administration isn't that stupid. Haven't you ever heard of planes? Or ICBMs?
3. I think we have known that killers destroy innocent life since the beginning of time. Hint: that's why we call them killers.
4. One day after saying he never linked Sadaam and 9/11 here Bush is again confusing the two. At least I hope he's confused. Safe haven to the enemy? That's Afghanistan, you know, where Bin Laden is.
5. 1441 didn't give us the authority to attack Iraq. Iraq accepted 1441 and allowed the weapon inspectors to return.
Later, in fact the UN said no to an unprovoked, pre-emptive strike. Kofi Annan called the invasion illegal. (An impeachable offense under current US law)
6. Iraq did disarm. We didn't find WMD. Internal Iraqi tapes were released this week that further verify that.
7. Saddam didn't deny the inspectors. We,the US, kicked them out.
8. Saddam did disclose.
9. That statement can't possibly be proven. Look at the 9/11 Commission's report card on the country's ability to be prepared for another attack. Lot's of D's and F's. Look at the Federal Government's continues lack of response to the Katrina disaster if you think we're prepared. Katrina just as easily could have been a loose nuke at a port or a chemical weapon.