According to information in an article in Time on March 22, 2003, in March 2002: “the president [Bush] poked his head into [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice’s office as she met with senators and heard them discussing the possibilities of dealing with Iraq through the United Nations or a coalition of U.S. allies in the Middle East. Bush declared to the startled senators, ‘Fuck Saddam. We’re taking him out.’ “ [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Jeffrey Record, Wanting War, Page 48