7/31/2002

“Appearing on CNN on July 31, 2002, she [author Laurie Mylroie] told anchor Aaron Brown that [President] Bush had already decided to get rid of Saddam…war was the only option. Fortunately, she noted, there already was a group ready and capable to lead Iraq to democracy following a military invasion: Ahmed Chalabi’s Iraqi National Congress.”

 – Michael Isikoff and David Corn, Hubris, Page 83