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A Daily Chronicle of Bush Administration Distortion March 18, 2004

     

Bush Ally Admits He Was Misled About Iraq



The Associated Press reports that Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski - a strong White House ally - now says he was "misled" about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction before the war.1 Poland, which has about 2,400 troops in Iraq, has been touted by President Bush for its leadership, and the Administration has repeatedly cited Poland as one of the key allies in Iraq.2

Kwasniewski told a small group of European reporters, "I feel uncomfortable [about Iraq] due to the fact that we were misled with the information on weapons of mass destruction." The remarks come just a few days after the House Government Reform Committee released a comprehensive database of "237 specific misleading statements" before the war about weapons of mass destruction and Iraq.3

Sources:
  1. "Poland 'Misled' on Iraq, President Says", Associated Press, 03/18/2003.
  2. President Bush Welcomes President Kwasniewski to White House, 01/27/2004.
  3. Committee on Government Reform Minority Office.



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