In February 2003, Undersecretary of State “Josh Bolton assured Israeli officials that after invading Iraq, the United States would take care of Iran, Syria, and North Korea.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Craig Unger, The Fall of the House of Bush, Page 290 […]
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2/15/2003
A February 2003 Army War College report explained the difficulties that existed in occupying Iraq. ” ‘The possibility of the United States winning the war and losing the peace is real and serious,’ the study warned. ‘Thinking about the war now and the occupation later is not an acceptable solution.’ “ [The 15th of the […]
2/15/2003
“The first public exposition of what the USA was planning for a post-Saddam Iraq came in a series of hearings held by the Foreign Relations Committee of the US Senate in February 2003. Under Secretary of State Marc Grossman and Under Secretary of Defense Douglas Feith testified as to arrangements being considered for a post-war […]
2/14/2003
“At 8:55 am on Friday, February 14 [2003], the president [Bush] went down to the Situation Room for a briefing on how they would respond if there were a coup in Iraq…The president and the NSC [National Security Council] discussed a formal ‘Coup Scenario’ paper and agreed that if there were a coup, the US […]
2/14/2003
“In a speech at FBI headquarters [on February 14, 2003], President Bush said, ‘We’re trying to protect you. We’re doing everything in our power to make sure the homeland is secure.’ ” – Peter Lance, 1000 Years For Revenge, Page 438 […]
2/14/2003
” ‘Force should always be a last resort; I have preached this for most of my professional life as a soldier and as a diplomat; but it must be a resort,’ [Secretary of State] Mr. [Colin] Powell told the United Nations Security Council on Feb. 14, 2003. ‘We cannot allow this process to be endlessly […]
2/14/2003
“In a [February 14, 2003] speech at FBI headquarters, President Bush said, ‘We’re trying to protect you. We’re doing everything in our power to make sure the homeland is secure.’ Intelligence officials quoted at the time said they had identified six hundred to one thousand potential al Qaeda terrorists in cells around the United States. […]
2/14/2003
According to a February 14, 2003, report to the UN by chief weapons inspector Hans Blix, in regards to weapons inspections: “Iraq was still cooperating on process but not on substance…citing a document indicating that Iraq had one thousand tons of a chemical agent that inspectors could not actually find. ‘One must not jump to […]
2/14/2003
“On February 14, 2003, [chief UN weapons inspector Hans] Blix told the [UN] Security Council that, of the chemical and biological samples the team had collected so far, three-fourths had been analyzed. All of the results had been consistent with Iraqi declarations.” – Deepak Tripathi, Overcoming the Bush Legacy in Iraq and Afghanistan, Page 63 […]
2/14/2003
“By February 14 [2003], after having combed through more than three hundred sites in Iraq unimpeded for eleven weeks, U.N. inspectors had still found nothing, which only proved, said the neocons, that they were dupes. ‘U.N. weapons inspectors are being seriously deceived,’ declared [Defense Policy Board Adviser] Richard Perle. ‘It reminds me of the way […]