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To: Sully- who wrote (123042)1/11/2004 8:37:56 PM
From: Win Smith  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
The "feeling" and "sense" thing is Ms. Blue's artful invention. What O'Neill actually said goes something like this:

And what happened at President Bush's very first National Security Council meeting is one of O'Neill's most startling revelations.

“From the very beginning, there was a conviction, that Saddam Hussein was a bad person and that he needed to go,” says O’Neill, who adds that going after Saddam was topic "A" 10 days after the inauguration - eight months before Sept. 11.

“From the very first instance, it was about Iraq. It was about what we can do to change this regime,” says Suskind. “Day one, these things were laid and sealed.
cbsnews.com

So, Karl Rove's legions of slimeslingers will be on O'Neill like a rug as long as he's getting publicity. Those guys are good at what they do, just ask that notorious flaming liberal John McCain. I just hope O'Neill doesn't have any relatives in the CIA.