Don’t let Dubya dupe you

US President George W Bush’s recent spate of high-profile press conferences leading up to the mid-term elections have attempted to justify his administration’s presence in Iraq as part and parcel of the ‘war on terror’.

With the greatest respect to Mr Bush, the 2003 Iraq invasion has not only caused the countless casualties of war but also served to spawn a new generation of radicalised Muslims who have created the ideal training ground for al-Qaida — the streets of Baghdad.

Let us not forget, and let the press reinforce to the American public, that at the time of 9/11, Iraq posed no credible threat to the US and has absolutely no proven links to al-Qaida, a group which Saddam Hussein always traditionally opposed.