What have we got here in the Guardian (UK) newspaper? A headline that say's "Blogger bares Rumsfeld's post 9/11 orders." That blogger would be Thad Anderson, and he has posted the notes at outragedmoderates.org.
So, within hours of the 9/11 attack Rumsfeld was issuing orders to look for evidence of Iraqi involvement. "...things related and not."
A Pentagon report on the subject says that "the secretary said his instinct was to hit Saddam Hussein at the same time, not only Bin Laden." Mr. Rumsfeld later explained that he had been considering each, or perhaps someone else as the responsible person.
The actual notes suggest something else. "Best info fast. Judge whether good enough [to] hit SH at same time - not only UBL. "Tasks Jim Haynes [Pentagon lawyer] to talk with PW [presumably Paul Wolfowitz] for additional support...connection with UBL."
Wolfowitz, as you will remember, had advocated taking down Saddam pre-2001. But that plan was put behind the immediate task of toppling the Taliban.
However, from the notes, it is obvious that Iraq was targeted from the instant the hijackers attacked.
There is no need to belabor the point that Iraq was doomed to fall come what may. But, it is of great interest to see the excuse to make it happen jump immediately [9/11] to the front of the pack and be given equal weight to getting UBL.
Rumsfeld and Cheney are a murderous pair. And, handed a sock puppet to give them a national face, and a Congress to march lock step at their command, they have wrought a horrible time on this country. We can only hope that the time will come, and soon, that those two are dealt with in as harsh a manner as they have perpetrated on the rest of mankind.
Bush: the Lyin King
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