I remember having a discussion after the Iraqi invasion about whether the administration had linked the two. I was under the impression that they had, but looked long and hard without finding a quote where they did. Outside parties linked the two. The White House never contradicted them. A masterful bit of PR that, really.
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > It sure seemed that way from an outside perspective. Wasn't part of the > whole lead up to that about Sadaam harbouring terrorists and being involved > in the 9/11 attacks? It seemed to me at the time that GWB just needed > someone to pay and the best option he had at the time was Sadaam. > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The Afghan was about 9/11. The plans for invading Iraq were on the > > table before 9/11 happened, and when it happened, it because the > > rationale. The Iraq war was about a lot of other things - oil, > > revenge for Saddam threatening Bush Sr., enriching the weapons > > manufacturers etc but it was never about 9/11. > > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > GWB put MORE American lives at risk than Sadaam ever did. > > > The Iraq war was about revenge for 9/11. Plain and simple. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:342931 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
