Wolfowitz said Chimp decided to Invade Iraq the weekend after 9/11

[Mike L]

Yesterday, George Bush said, "a political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts is not a person you want as your commander in chief".

OOPS! Here's what Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz said in an interview with Vanity Fair on May 9, 2003:

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"Q: So now there is the much-reported, I just want to make sure I get it right, famous meeting at --

It's been reported in a couple of different ways, and I'd like to get it in your words if I can, the famous meetings that first weekend in Camp David where the question of Iraq came up. I believe the President heard you discussing Iraq and asked you to elaborate on it or speak more about it. Can you give us a little sense of what that was like?

Wolfowitz: Yeah. There was a long discussion during the day about what place if any Iraq should have in a counterterrorist strategy. On the surface of the debate it at least appeared to be about not whether but when. There seemed to be a kind of agreement that yes it should be, but the disagreement was whether it should be in the immediate response or whether you should concentrate simply on Afghanistan first.

There was a sort of undertow in that discussion I think that was, the real issue was whether Iraq should be part of the strategy at all and whether we should have this large strategic objective which is getting governments out of the business of supporting terrorism, or whether we should simply go after bin Laden and al Qaeda.

To the extent it was a debate about tactics and timing, the President clearly came down on the side of Afghanistan first. To the extent it was a debate about strategy and what the larger goal was, it is at least clear with 20/20 hindsight that the President came down on the side of the larger goal."

http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20030509-depsecdef0223.html

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Bush's decision on invading Iraq the weekend after 9/11: ..."not whether but when"..."yes it should be, but the disagreement was whether it should be in the immediate response or whether you should concentrate simply on Afghanistan first"..."the President clearly came down on the side of Afghanistan first."

Talk about jumping to conclusions! This clearly disqualifies Bush from being Commander-in-Chief.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

1. The invasion of Iraq was in the works well before the 2000 election.

[Mike L]

4. Yes, I know. PNAC (Rummy, Wolfo, etc) sent a letter to Clinton on 1-26-98

calling for the military to invade Iraq:

http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm

Cheney and Jeb Bush were also members of PNAC then, although they didn't sign the letter.

[demokatgurrl]

2. He lies. Surprise surprise. n/t

[aden_nak]

3. WOLFOWITZ said that? Holy crap.

Is he considering abandoning the PNACers as well now? I know Rummy seems to be slowly tip-toe-ing away from them. Especially as they continue to deflect blame onto him. Maybe Wolfie is smart enough to know to abandon ship before it sinks.

I mean, we all know it was planned from 1997 on forward, but even admitting that it went as far back as 2001 is a step towards the truth. I would have expected pure stonewalling from him.

[Mike L]

5. I think Wolfo was just euphoric over the initial invasion success and was

running his mouth without thinking (not hard for him to do anyway). He thought the occupation would be a cakewalk. I'm sure he's come down from that high now.