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Democratic Party Platform Says Bush Exaggerated Iraqi Threat; Describes Security Concerns
The Democratic Party platform accuses the Bush administration of exaggerating connections between al-Qaeda and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the evidence that he possessed weapons of mass destruction, the Washington Post reported yesterday (see GSN, July 6). However, the platform does not say whether the party believes the Iraq war was a mistake, instead stating that “people of good will disagree about whether America should have gone to war.” The platform names terrorists with weapons of mass destruction as the single greatest security threat to the United States. It also vows to place greater emphasis on ending North Korea’s nuclear weapons drive through direct talks with the communist nation, and pledges to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. The effort to secure nuclear weapons and material left over from the former Soviet Union is also emphasized (Washington Post, July 25).
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