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Rachel just suggested Condi Rice made 'first' suggestion (Original Post) elleng Mar 2014 OP
Of course it was PNAC! Awknid Mar 2014 #1
Yes, but what's with Rice? elleng Mar 2014 #2
It seems the website has finally been taken down. Cleita Mar 2014 #4
We all knew about it here. The whole PNAC website was constantly cut, pasted and linked Cleita Mar 2014 #3
I think it was probably suggested before he even stole the Presidency Bjorn Against Mar 2014 #5
Wes Clark said it EARLY: elleng Mar 2014 #6
It's Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeney Duckhunter935 Mar 2014 #7
Yes, and rummy +++. elleng Mar 2014 #8

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
3. We all knew about it here. The whole PNAC website was constantly cut, pasted and linked
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 11:22 PM
Mar 2014

before the Iraq invasion.

Bjorn Against

(12,041 posts)
5. I think it was probably suggested before he even stole the Presidency
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 11:26 PM
Mar 2014

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)
6. Wes Clark said it EARLY:
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 11:32 PM
Mar 2014

“We’re 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, you’ve got to come in and talk to me a second.” I said, “Well, you’re too busy.” He said, “No, no.” He says, “We’ve made the decision we’re going to war with Iraq.” This was on or about the 20th of September. I said, “We’re going to war with Iraq? Why?” He said, “I don’t know.” He said, “I guess they don’t 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, “There’s nothing new that way. They just made the decision to go to war with Iraq.” He said, “I guess it’s like we don’t know what to do about terrorists, but we’ve 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, it’s 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 Defense’s office — “today.” And he said, “This is a memo that describes how we’re 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, don’t show it to me.” And I saw him a year or so ago, and I said, “You remember that?” He said, “Sir, I didn’t show you that memo! I didn’t 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

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