Letters to the Editor: Bush's actions point to integrity

I was extremely disappointed with the lack of correct analysis presented in Anthony Resnick's column concerning President Bush.

Primarily, it is obvious that David Kay's entire address was not heard. Kay claimed to have found no weapons of mass destruction, stating evidence that they were probably destroyed and shipped out of the country before the multilateral invasion. In addition, Kay then stated that the U.S. and the world dramatically underestimated the resolve Saddam had to obtain these weapons. He stated that, if we had known of the amount of programs Hussein desired to create, we would have attacked sooner.

Saddam did possess the weapons, as every intelligence industry claimed. There was no "grievous error" that Bush made in agreeing with all of the best intelligence in the world, and with Saddam himself, that he had weapons. If we underestimated the amount that we would find after the war was over, this is not Bush's fault.

We elect Presidents to make difficult decisions on information obtained by the best sources in the world. If even Chirac agreed that there were weapons in February, and the U.N. overestimated the amount Hussein had, there is no reason to point fingers at Bush as if he were the reason all of this information was obtained.

What is troubling to me is the fact that Kerry and most others in Congress voted to give the President the "go-ahead" when they were presented with the same information that Bush received. Now, Kerry is spinning on his heels because he has no backbone to maintain a position he believed in. Integrity? Look no further: President Bush had every reason to do what he did, and he even has the integrity to defend his past actions.

Stephen LaFata
Trinity '07