Drip, drip, drip

Leaky ship:

President Bush ordered the Pentagon to explore the
possibility of a ground invasion of Iraq well before the United States
was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, an official told ABCNEWS, confirming
the account former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill gives in his new
book.
The official, who asked not to be identified, was present in the same
National Security Council meetings as O'Neill immediately after Bush's
inauguration in January and February of 2001. "The president told his
Pentagon officials to explore the military options, including use of
ground forces," the official told ABCNEWS. "That went beyond the
Clinton administration's halfhearted attempts to overthrow Hussein
without force."

Posted by flow Frazao on January 14, 2004 at 07:30 AM | Permalink