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To: stockman_scott who wrote (112725)	8/25/2003 1:49:21 PM
From: Sig	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

As time goes by the depth of the conspiracy (to wage war on Iraq) is found to extend to the remotest corners of the Government and the Press. Gore, Newt, Clinton and his Administration,the Wall Street Journal- all deeply involved But did they ask us, the common citizens whether we wanted the war? Nope: They asked those %^$$ in Congress who were part of the conspiracy for that They dont even know how to run a conspiracy, its supposed to be secret, not to be talked about in speeches and the press Am surprised some people did not wise up sooner, before the War even started. <<<In U. S . government eyes, the continued survival of the Hussein regime was creating problems in the Middle East and tarnishing America's standing as the globe's dominant imperialist superpower. There was talk of the "collapse" of the U.S. Iraq policy and a growing clamor for decisive action-well before September 11. In 1998, former high-ranking officials wrote then-President Clinton an open letter calling for Hussein's ouster: "Current American policy toward Iraq is not succeeding, and that we may soon face a threat in the Middle East more serious than any we have known since the end of the Cold War." Ten signers now hold top posts in the Bush administration, including Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his assistant Paul Wolfowitz. During the 2000 elections George W. Bush and Democratic candidate Al Gore both called for overthrowing Iraq's government. In January 2001, a member of the Bush team spoke to the global, tone-setting considerations of U.S. actions toward Iraq: "Ideally, the first crisis would be something with Iraq. It would be a way to make the point that it's a new world" (New Yorker, 1/22/01). In July 2001, the Wall Street Journal called for the U.S. to "take swift and serious measures to remove Saddam Hussein from power." The Journal also reported, "Senior officials have held almost weekly meetings on the issue to discuss whether to push for the [Hussein] government's ouster. " Then came September 11. U.S. rulers were confronted with both a necessity to lash out and an opportunity to try and realize longstanding ambitions. Barely a week had passed before high-level officials and advisers were meeting behind closed doors.>>> Sig