” ‘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 […]
8/5/2002
“On August 5 [2002], [Central Command leader General Tommy] Franks came to the White House to present his latest plans to the president [Bush] at a National Security Council meeting, where [National Security Advisor Condoleezza] Rice and the others listened to what was then dubbed the Hybrid Plan [to invade Iraq]. …the Hybrid was a […]
8/5/2002
In a meeting with President Bush on August 5, 2002, Secretary of State Colin Powell cautioned against invading Iraq. “Powell said the president had to consider what a military operation against Iraq would do in the Arab world. …The entire region could be destabilized–friendly regimes in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan could be put in […]
8/5/2002
“On the evening of August 5 [2002], [Secretary of State Colin] Powell had a long dinner with [President] Bush and [National Security Advisor] Condoleezza Rice at the White House residence. Powell told the president that he had been receiving briefings about the [Iraq] war plan, but had not heard enough on what the aftermath might […]
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 […]
8/5/2002
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 […]
8/4/2002
While discussing the threat of Saddam and Iraq in an August 4, 2002, appearance on Meet the Press, Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) said: ” ‘We have no choice but to eliminate the threat… This is a guy who is an extreme danger to the world.’ ” – Donald Rumsfeld, Known and Unknown, Page 436 […]
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 […]
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, 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 […]