 Don't Blame Me  By Dan Froomkin Special to washingtonpost.com
Thursday, March 30, 2006; 12:36 PM  With his vision of Iraq
belied not only by an insurgency that he didn't anticipate, but
also by sectarian rivalries that he disregarded before the
invasion, President Bush has come up with a new rhetorical line
of attack: It's not my fault, it's Saddam's.  Agence France
Presse reports: "President George W. Bush said former Iraqi
dictator Saddam Hussein's brutal divisive legacy, rather than
the US-led invasion, was to blame for Iraq's current sectarian
violence."  Bush made the comments in a speech before a small
audience at Freedom House, an organization that tracks and
promotes liberty around the world.  "Today, some Americans ask
whether removing Saddam caused the divisions and instability
we're now seeing. In fact, much of the animosity and violence we
now see is the legacy of Saddam Hussein. He is a tyrant who
exacerbated sectarian divisions to keep himself in power," Bush
said.  "The argument that Iraq was