” ‘If we don’t use [the 9/11 attacks] as the moment to replace Saddam after we replace the Taliban, we are setting the stage for disaster,’ Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House and a member of the group [Defense Policy Board], said in an interview.” – Elaine Sciolino and Patrick E. Tyler, “Some […]
10/12/2001
According to the plans to invade Iraq set forth by the ‘Wolfowitz cabal,’ “American troops would also seize the oil fields around Basra, in southeastern Iraq, and sell the oil to finance the Iraqi opposition in the south and the Kurds in the north, one senior [Bush Administration] official said. ‘The takeover would not be […]
10/12/2001
“A tight-knit group of Pentagon officials and defense experts outside government is working to mobilize support for a military operation to oust President Saddam Hussein of Iraq as the next phase of the war against terrorism, senior [Bush] administration officials and defense experts said. The group, which some in the State Department and on Capitol […]
10/12/2001
A New York Times article on October 12, 2001, quoted Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. “Since the 9/11 attacks, leading members of the Bush administration have spoken of the attacks as…(in Donald Rumsfeld’s words) ‘the kind of opportunities that World War II offered, to refashion the world.’ ” – Peter Dale Scott, The Road to […]
10/11/2001
President George W. Bush calls for action in a Cabinet Meeting: “And I urge the Senate to listen to the will of the senators and move a bill — move a bill that will help Americans find work and also make it easier for all of us around this table to protect the security of the country. […]
10/11/2001
When questioned if there was any intention of widening the war to include Iraq, Syria, etc., President George W. Bush’s reply was: “You mentioned Iraq. There’s no question that the leader of Iraq is an evil man. After all, he gassed his own people. We know he’s been developing weapons of mass destruction. And I think […]
10/11/2001
On October 11, 2001, President “Bush told the press that ‘it would be a useful function for the United Nations to take over the so-called ‘nation building’–I would call it the stabilization of a future government–after our military mission is complete [in Afghanistan].’ ” – Ahmed Rashid, Descent Into Chaos, Page 75 […]
10/11/2001
On October 11, 2001, “Four days after the American campaign against the Taliban had begun…[Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas] Feith wrote his boss [Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld] that ‘nation building is not our key strategic goal.’ ” – Peter Bergen, The Longest War, Page 179 […]
10/11/2001
” ‘Our focus is on Afghanistan and the terrorist network hiding in Afghanistan right now,’ [President] Bush said tonight [October 11, 2001] at his news conference. But he called Hussein ‘an evil man.’ ‘After all, he gassed his own people,’ Mr. Bush added. ‘We know he’s been developing weapons of mass destruction.’ He said the […]
10/11/2001
As of October 11, 2001, “In the 30 days after 9/11, the U.S. consulate in Jeddah [Saudi Arabia] interviewed only 2 out of 104 [visa] applicants. No one was rejected.” – Craig Unger, House of Bush, House of Saud, Page 261 […]