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To: stockman_scott who wrote (126654)	3/20/2004 7:51:34 AM
From: Elsewhere	Respond to of 281500

All for nothing. Not for absolutely nothing - Saddam and his henchmen are gone, and that's great.

To: stockman_scott who wrote (126654)	3/20/2004 8:12:51 AM
From: NightOwl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hoo! Hoo! Sheesh... That's the Pits all right. I can say this because "I told you so" is a well known voterese expression meaning variously: 1. "I am too gullible;" 2. "Tell me anything because I will hear what I want;" or 3. "No I don't have a clue what you should do now, but whatever you do, I guarantee you I will be saying 'I told you so' at this same time next year... and five or six times in the interim." Hmmmm... I think I will go watch *Sword of Doom*. ...It sounds somehow appropriate to the occasion. <vbg> 0\|0

To: stockman_scott who wrote (126654)	3/20/2004 1:48:09 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Aide: Rumsfeld Urged Iraq Attack Sooner By TED BRIDIS, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld almost immediately urged President Bush (news - web sites) to consider bombing Iraq (news - web sites) after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on New York and Washington, says a former senior administration counterterrorism aide. Richard A. Clarke, the White House counterterrorism coordinator at the time, recounts in a forthcoming book details of a meeting the day after the terrorist attacks during which top officials considered the U.S. response. Even then, he said, they were certain that al-Qaida was to blame and there was no hint of Iraqi involvement. "Rumsfeld was saying we needed to bomb Iraq," Clarke said. "We all said, 'But no, no, al-Qaida is in Afghanistan (news - web sites)." Clarke, who is expected to testify Tuesday before a federal panel reviewing the attacks, said Rumsfeld complained in the meeting that "there aren't any good targets in Afghanistan and there are lots of good targets in Iraq." story.news.yahoo.com