Promises To Keep

Iraq - Funding
Feb 2004: "We do not anticipate requesting supplemental funding for '04"
May 2004: "I am requesting that Congress establish a $25 billion contingency reserve fund for the coming fiscal year to meet all commitments to our troops."

Iraq - Rationale
2002: Invasion needed to remove weapons of mass destruction.
2003: Invasion needed to support democracy in the Middle East.

Iraq - Terrorism/9-11
Sept 2002: "You can't distinguish between al Qaeda and Saddam when you talk about the war on terror."
Sept 2003: "We've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved in Sept. 11."

Iraq - UN Vote
6 Mar 2003: "...yes, we'll call for a vote." Question: "No matter what?" Bush: "No matter what the whip count is, we're calling for the vote. We want to see people stand up and say what their opinion is about Saddam Hussein and the utility of the United Nations Security Council. And so, you bet. It's time for people to show their cards, let the world know where they stand when it comes to Saddam. [News Conference, 3/6/03]
18 Mar 2003: "Bush "failed to win explicit [security] council approval for the use of force" in Iraq. Two days before bombs began to fall in Iraq, the Bush administration withdrew its resolution from the UN Security Council that would have authorized military force. Bush abandoned his call for a vote after it became clear that the US could muster only four votes in support of force." [LA Times]

Iraq - WMD
May 2003: "We found the weapons of mass destruction. We found biological laboratories...for those who say we haven't found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they're wrong, we found them."
Feb 2004: "David Kay has found the capacity to produce weapons. And when David Kay goes in and says we haven't found stockpiles yet, and there's theories as to where the weapons went. They could have been destroyed during the war. Saddam and his henchmen could have destroyed them as we entered into Iraq. They could be hidden. They could have been transported to another country, and we'll find out."

Jobs
Feb 2004: "...the President's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is forecasting about 320,000 new jobs will be created every month this year..." [Bush CEA Report]
Sept 2004: Most people think of private sector jobs when they think of or hear about job growth; this is because private sector job growth is sustainable and a key to economic recovery. However, private sector jobs have grown only a seasonally-adjusted average of 155,375 per month this year. There are fewer private sector jobs in Sept 2004 (109,910,000) than in January 2001 (111,560,000). Average seasonally-adjusted non-farm job growth for 2004 is 376,500 which is ahead of the forecast because of public sector job growth. There are slightly more "non-farm jobs" in Sept 2004 (131,202,000) than there was in January 2001 (130,433,000). See Aug Job Numbers

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