Report: Bush Planned Iraqi Invasion Before 9/11

[Rationalist]

Bush Planned Iraqi Invasion Before Sept. 11-Report
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill charges in a new book that President Bush (news - web sites) entered office in January 2001 intent on invading Iraq (news - web sites) and was in search of a way to go about it.


O'Neill, who was fired in December 2002 as part of a shake-up of Bush's economic team, has become the first major Bush administration insider to launch an attack on the president.

Complete text at http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=564&e=2&u=/nm/20040110/ts_nm/people_oneill_dc_6

[epepke]

Originally posted by Rationalist
Bush Planned Iraqi Invasion Before Sept. 11-Report
Sat Jan 10, 4:41 PM ET Add Top Stories - Reuters to My Yahoo!



NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill charges in a new book that President Bush (news - web sites) entered office in January 2001 intent on invading Iraq (news - web sites) and was in search of a way to go about it.


O'Neill, who was fired in December 2002 as part of a shake-up of Bush's economic team, has become the first major Bush administration insider to launch an attack on the president.

Complete text at http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=564&e=2&u=/nm/20040110/ts_nm/people_oneill_dc_6

I clearly remember Bush as having said during his 2000 campaign that he wanted to get rid of Saddam Hussein, although I don't remember his saying whether this would be by CIA assassination or an invasion or whatever. So why should this be a surprise to anybody?