” ‘You’re going to be the proud owner of 25 million people,’ [Secretary of State Colin] Powell told the president [Bush, in a dinner at the White House on August 5, 2002]. ‘You will own all their hopes, aspirations and problems. You’ll own it all.’ A war with Iraq would tie down most of the […]
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8/5/2002
Secretary of State Colin Powell met with President Bush on August 5, 2002, to discuss the possible invasion of Iraq. “When Bush asked what he would recommend, Powell replied unequivocally, ‘Take it to the U.N.’ ” – Karen DeYoung, Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell, Page 401 […]
8/5/2002
In a National Security Council meeting on August 5, 2002, “The president [Bush] looked at CIA Director [George] Tenet and asked him point-blank what the Iraqi people’s reaction would be to an American military overthrow of Saddam Hussein. Tenet didn’t skip a beat: ‘Most Iraqis will rejoice when Saddam is gone,’ the CIA director responded.” […]
8/5/2002
“On August 5, [2002] General Franks [US] showed the president his detailed day-by-day schedule for the Iraq invasion.” [The 5th of the month for date sorting purpose only] – Andrew Langley, Bush, Blair, and Iraq: Days of Decision, Page 25 […]
8/5/2002
Central Command leader General Tommy Franks presented to President Bush and the National Security Council a new Iraq war plan on August 5, 2002, in the White House Situation Room. It was called Hybrid, and had four phases: “Phase One: Five days to establish the air bridge, which included involuntarily enlisting all necessary U.S. Commercial […]
8/5/2002
Journalist “Bob Woodward relates in his book Plan of Attack how [Secretary of State Colin] Powell sat down with [President] Bush on the evening of August 5 [2002], first over dinner and then in the president’s office in his residence. ‘You are going to be the proud owner of twenty-five million people,’ Powell said, according […]
8/4/2002
Brent “Scowcroft, national security adviser to the first president Bush, staked out the realist position on CBS’s Face the Nation [on August 4, 2002], where he warned that a U.S. invasion of Iraq ‘could turn the whole region into a cauldron, and thus destroy the war on terrorism.’ ” – Thomas E. Ricks, Fiasco, Page […]
8/4/2002
“Brent Scowcroft, the mild-mannered national security adviser to [President] Bush’s father during the Gulf War, had declared on a Sunday morning talk show on August 4 [2002] that an attack on Iraq could turn the Middle East into a ‘cauldron and thus destroy the war on terrorism.’ ” – Bob Woodward, Bush at War, Page […]
8/4/2002
“The Palestinian-Israel conflict and the global war on terror were far higher national security priorities than Iraq, [former National Security Advisor Brent] Scowcroft cautioned [on Face the Nation on August 4, 2002], and both would be jeopardized by an invasion. ‘The president [Bush] has announced that terrorism is our number one focus. Now, Saddam’s a […]
8/4/2002
Brent Scowcroft, National Security Advisor to President George H.W. Bush, appeared on CBS’s Face the Nation on August 4, 2002: “…he warned that a unilateral invasion of Iraq could destabilize the Middle East and undermine efforts to defeat international anti-American militant groups. ‘It’s a matter of setting your priorities,’ he said. ‘There’s no question that […]