Bush Flip-Flops Again

Spinner David Brooks says those who criticize Bush on both 9/11 and Iraq are hypocrites. Oh, really?

Bush on Iraq, Jan. 28, 2003:
Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent. Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intentions, politely putting us on notice before they strike?

Bush on 9/11, yesterday:
There was nothing in there that said, you know, there's an imminent attack. There was nothing in this report to me that said, oh, by the way, we've got intelligence that says something is about to happen in America.

(O'Franken Factor played partial audio of these quotes, so credit for breaking this flip-flop should go to them.)

Is it hypocritical of Brooks and Bush to espouse such contradictory perspectives? I don't know. The more importance questions are: When Bush received the Aug. 6 PDB, did he do anything to thwart Bin Laden, who was "determined to strike in [the] U.S."? (We're not asking him to "move mountains" here.) Did we attack Iraq without enough evidence to justify such an attack and without planning for how to win the war?

Presumably, Bush will answer these questions tonight. When will Brooks?