DeLaWho? DeLaWhat? DeLaWhere?

We obviously don't learn from the past and apply those lessons to the present and the future. This is evident in the fact that Bush issued this press release today:

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 21, 2004

July 21, 2004
Presidential Determination
No. 2004-40

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

SUBJECT: Eligibility of Iraq to Receive Defense Articles

and Services Under the Foreign Assistance Act of

1961, as Amended, and the Arms Export Control Act,

as Amended

Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including section 503(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and section 3(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended, I hereby find that the furnishing of defense articles and services to Iraq will strengthen the security of the United States and promote world peace.

You are authorized and directed to report this finding to the Congress and to publish it in the Federal Register.

GEORGE W. BUSH

courtesy of WhiteHouse.gov via Drudge Report