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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRachel just suggested Condi Rice made 'first' suggestion
to go to Iraq, first weeks of W's admin. More thursday. I'm surprised at this, as I think it came from rumsfeld + cheney + PNAC.
Awknid
(381 posts)elleng
(130,974 posts)She was treated badly by W's boys.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)But here's the wiki on it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century
Cleita
(75,480 posts)before the Iraq invasion.
Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)The Administration was made up of PNAC supporters who spent years pushing for war with Iraq. I certainly believe that Condoleeza Rice was a very active participant in pushing for war, but I have a really hard time believing she was the first to suggest it. Too many PNAC people are tied to the administration, Iraq was no doubt on their minds from day one.
elleng
(130,974 posts)Were going to take out 7 countries in 5 years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan & Iran..
'I knew why, because I had been through the Pentagon right after 9/11. About ten days after 9/11, I went through the Pentagon and I saw Secretary Rumsfeld and Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz. I went downstairs just to say hello to some of the people on the Joint Staff who used to work for me, and one of the generals called me in. He said, Sir, youve got to come in and talk to me a second. I said, Well, youre too busy. He said, No, no. He says, Weve made the decision were going to war with Iraq. This was on or about the 20th of September. I said, Were going to war with Iraq? Why? He said, I dont know. He said, I guess they dont know what else to do. So I said, Well, did they find some information connecting Saddam to al-Qaeda? He said, No, no. He says, Theres nothing new that way. They just made the decision to go to war with Iraq. He said, I guess its like we dont know what to do about terrorists, but weve got a good military and we can take down governments. And he said, I guess if the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem has to look like a nail.
So I came back to see him a few weeks later, and by that time we were bombing in Afghanistan. I said, Are we still going to war with Iraq? And he said, Oh, its worse than that. He reached over on his desk. He picked up a piece of paper. And he said, I just got this down from upstairs meaning the Secretary of Defenses office today. And he said, This is a memo that describes how were going to take out seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran. I said, Is it classified? He said, Yes, sir. I said, Well, dont show it to me. And I saw him a year or so ago, and I said, You remember that? He said, Sir, I didnt show you that memo! I didnt show it to you!'
http://www.globalresearch.ca/we-re-going-to-take-out-7-countries-in-5-years-iraq-syria-lebanon-libya-somalia-sudan-iran/5166