With President Bush’s approval ratings falling to new lows, the White House has launched a new public relations offensive to defend the invasion of Iraq. On Friday Bush lashed out at critics of the war during a Veteran’s Day speech at an Army depot in Pennsylvania. “While it’s perfectly legitimate to criticize my decision or the conduct of the war, it is deeply irresponsible to rewrite the history of how that war began,” Bush said. “Some Democrats and anti-war critics are now claiming we manipulated the intelligence and misled the American people about why we went to war.” Throughout the weekend, Republican operatives repeatedly attacked Democratic Senators for criticizing the war even though many of them initially backed the invasion. In October, 2002, 29 Democratic Senators voted to authorize President Bush to attack Iraq. Only 21 Democratic Senators voted against the war.