"It is true that much of the intelligence turned out to be wrong," Bush said during his fourth and final speech before Thursday's vote for Iraq's parliament. "As president I am responsible for the decision to go into Iraq."
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[The president no longer mentions weapons of mass destruction--the only reason he gave before launching the 2003 unprovoked attack on Iraq. Now, 2,150 U.S. deaths and more than $200 billion later, he speaks in grand terms of spilling more U.S. blood and treasure to bring "democracy" to Iraq at the barrel of a gun.]
Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania -- a usually hawkish Democrat who has called for a quick withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq -- criticized Bush's policy again after the address.
"We've got nation building by the U.S. military, and that's not a mission for the U.S. military," Murtha said. "I've said this over and over again: They're not good at nation building. You've given them a mission which they cannot carry out. They do they best they can, but they can't do it."
