Suma: "Administration's next move in the war on terror would be against Iraq, whether or not Iraq proved to be involved in the 9/11 hijackings, was under active discussion."
wstera_02: "The 9/11 Commission proved that to be a lie."
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No, you are quite wrong there. Since you enjoy the "lie" word so much, lets use it on you...
You are LIEing. There, how does that work for you?
1. First off, the administration's fixation on using 9/11 as an excuse to attack Iraq dates back to the first hours after the attack itself:
Page 335, 9/11 Commission report: "The secretary [Rumsfeld] said his instinct was to hit Saddam Hussein at the same time--not only Bin Ladin."
Page 335, 9/11 Commission report: "[At Camp David retreat] Secretary Powell recalled that Wolfowitz--not Rumsfeld--argued that Iraq was ultimately the source of the terrorist problem and should therefore be attacked."
And goes on to state: "Wolfowitz continuing to press the case to attack Iraq" (sept 17 2001, Sept 18 2001 and probably his every waking day since conception)
2. Secondly, the Commission found NO ties between Al Qaeda and Iraq and NO culpability of Iraq in the 9/11 attack:
Page 66, 9/11 Commission report: "to date we have seen no evidence that these or the earlier contacts ever developed into a collaborative operational relationship. Nor have we seen evidence indicating that Iraq cooperated with al Qaeda in developing or carrying out any attacks against the United States."
And note: the CIA report on Iraq mentions Bin Laden and Al Qaeda exactly... ZERO times. |
