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April 19, 2007: Bush holds an especially incoherent press conference Oct. 26, 2006: Bush insists US is "winning in Iraq" Oct. 1, 2006: Bush calls for war "across the world" July 19, 2006: At international summit, July 13, 2006: Bush jokes, slices boar's ribs as Middle East explodes April 6, 2006: Bush administration plans to build March 17, 2006: Bush reaffirms policy of US "pre-emptive strikes" March 7, 2006: Bush weaves rug story into many an occasion March 3, 2006: Bush's deal with India would proliferate WMDs June 27, 2005: Bush administration plans production of March 26, 2005: Bush OKs fighter sale to Pakistan, promises to sell to India too Oct. 17, 2004: Bush’s “cognitive functioning” worries observers July 20, 2004: Bush wants to be “the peace president” July 16, 2004: "I trust God speaks through me" June 26, 2004: White House complains to Irish embassy about reporter's "disrespectful" interview June 14, 2004: Psychoanalyst describes Bush as "paranoid megalomaniac," "untreated alcoholic" March 26, 2004: Bush jokes about his false Iraqi March 11, 2004: "The president's feet are not to touch the dirt" Jan. 11, 2004: "No President has ever done more Dec. 11, 2003: Bush presses for more, more, more nuclear weapons Excerpt: "This is really very distressing," said physicist and public policy professor Frank von Hippel, co-director of Princeton's Program on Science and Global Security. "They're saying, 'Go after it, guys. We're back in the fifties. Come up with all the crazy ideas you can — if there are any crazy ideas left out there.' This is fossil Cold War mentality surfacing again."Oct. 28, 2003: Bush brags of making the world "more peaceful" [Reality check included] Oct. 9, 2003: Bush says Iraq invasion protected U.S. from 'madman' Excerpt: "I acted because I was not about to leave the security of the American people in the hands of a madman. I was not about to stand by and wait and trust in the sanity and restraint of Saddam Hussein," Bush said.Sept. 2, 2003: Noted psychologist observes Bush's behavior Says there's plenty to be worried about Aug. 12, 2003: Apocalypse preacher says Bush July 2, 2003: Bush vows more pre-emptive attacks against more enemies Excerpt: "The enemies of America plot against us."July 2, 2003: Bush to Iraqi resistance: 'Bring them on' Excerpt: "I am shaking my head in disbelief. When I served in the army in Europe during World War II, I never heard any military commander — let alone the Commander-in-Chief — invite enemies to attack U.S. troops."June 27, 2003: "God told me to strike at al Qaeda and I struck them" May 31, 2003: Bush says "We found the weapons of mass destruction" March 29, 2003: Bush "perversely increasing the risk" Excerpt: A Bush administration program to add at least three bioweapons labs is troubling many scientists and arms control experts, who say it can't be good to train more microbiologists in the black art of bioterror.March 20, 2003: Bush pumps fist, “feels good” as attack on Iraq begins March 17, 2003: President Bush: Attack on Iraq is imminent Excerpt: "Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised. This regime has already used weapons of mass destruction against Iraq's neighbors and against Iraq's people."March 6, 2003: Bush says he won't leave US at Saddam's mercy Excerpt: Bush said that while Saddam was allowing U.N. inspectors to destroy some missiles, the Iraqi president had ordered the production of new missiles. Bush also accused Iraqi operatives of moving biological and chemical agents around once or twice a day and even hiding them inside cars parked in residential neighborhoods to avoid detection.March 5, 2003: Bush considers God a key political ally March 4, 2003: Bush threatens war with North Korea Excerpt: While Bush has previously said that "all options" were on the table in dealing with the North Korean threat, yesterday marked the first time he specifically mentioned military action.Feb. 7, 2003: Bush says 'game is over' with Hussein Excerpt: Declaring "the game is over," President Bush on Thursday said the United States would take "whatever action is necessary" to disarm Iraq now that the world has seen Washington's evidence that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has lied about possessing weapons of mass destruction. [Reality check included]Dec. 11, 2002: US prepared to use nukes, White House says Excerpt: In a top-secret appendix, The Washington Post reports, the strategy names Iran, Syria, North Korea and Libya among the countries that are the central focus of the new U.S. approach.Aug. 7, 2002: "There's no telling how many wars it will take to secure freedom in the homeland."
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1 : mentally disordered : exhibiting insanity 2 : used by, typical of, or intended for insane persons (an insane asylum) 3 : ABSURD (an insane scheme for making money) in·san·i·ty n. 1 a : a deranged state of the mind usually occurring as a specific disorder (as schizophrenia) and usually excluding such states as mental retardation, psychoneurosis, and various character disorders b : a mental disorder 2 : such unsoundness of mind or lack of understanding as prevents one from having the mental capacity required by law to enter into a particular relationship, status, or transaction or as removes one from criminal or civil responsibility 3 a : extreme folly or unreasonableness b : something utterly foolish or unreasonable
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