Refusing to moderate a position, especially an extreme position; uncompromising.
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Washington Post article describes Kerry’s characterization of Bush after yet another report concludes that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction:
“He said the administration had “aggrandized and fictionalized” the threat posed by Hussein in the run-up to the war, was unprepared for the war’s aftermath and remained intransigent now that prewar intelligence has been undermined by a series of inspection reports.