Giuliani blames the troops and says it's not the president's fault

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Rudy Giuliani just said on the Today Show that the troops are to blame, and not the president, for the fact that 380 tons of explosives are missing from the munitions dump at Al Qa Qaa, Iraq. Bush and Cheney are playing defense on the campaign trail by accusing Kerry of denigrating the troops over the matter, even though Kerry and Edwards have been assiduously avoiding blaming anyone but the Bush administration.

Responding to Today Show host Matt Lauer, Giuliani said, "It's not the fault of the president, it's the fault of the troops who were there. Did they search thoroughly enough?" I may not have the quote exactly verbatim (he said it moments ago, so there's no transcript available yet), but it's darn close, and he most definitely said that it's the fault of the troops and not the president. Unbelievable.

(UPDATE: Thanks to Atrios for catching the precise quote: "The actual responsibility for it really would be for the troops that were there. Did they search carefully enough? Didn't they search carefully enough?")