Dan Balz, Washington Post, 6/29/05:
His critics long have accused Bush of falsely drawing a connection between Iraq and Sept. 11 as a way to justify the original decision to launch the war in Iraq. That was not the point Bush made last night.
George W. Bush, 6/28/05:
After September 11, I made a commitment to the American people: This Nation will not wait to be attacked again. We will take the fight to the enemy. We will defend our freedom…Iraq is the latest battlefield in this war.
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So actually, “justifying the original decision to launch the war in Iraq” by “ drawing a connection between Iraq and Sept. 11” was what Bush did last night.