If they knew the plan back then it means 9/11 didn’t have to have occurred for them to go into Afghanistan. Certainly there was evidence that the Bush administration was planning to take out Saddam before 9/11 occurred.

To be generous, perhaps they had hints of it (a big terrorist attack from Al Qaeda) coming and they wanted to be ready.

But, who knows, maybe they even precipitated it when they were discussing the construction of oil & gas lines through Afghanistan. Remember, 9/11 happened just after those talks broke down. “Accept a carpet of gold or a carpet of bombs.” is always a good way to get the conversation going, right?

She had something unsettling done around the time of inaguration 2 that Maureen Dowd really should have called her on, if she’s going to be making $400 haircuts her business.

- maybe it was the airplane with all the Bush Saudi/al Queda buddies on it.

but not such danger in a city that had been bombed by a plane that day they he could not sleep in an uncomfortable bed (and he was sooo tired) because he needed to replenish his comfort power in order to comfort the people who needed his…comformt.

George “Princess and the Pea” Bush

Wittle bitty Georie wikes his own bed…was his wittle bitty teddy bear upstairs?

What an ass. While its arguable that anything happending to him would have had a negative impact on security – wtf is with people not doing the right thing.

Maybe they should have had a night cap and played jarts on the WH lawn… or went hunting with drunk Dick “Shot an old guy in the face” Cheney.

When they hell is D Kucinich gonna impeach some of these jerk offs, maybe after a few million person marches.

Is it just me, or does it seem like George Tenet is getting hit from all sides? (Which is, I think, exactly what he deserves.)

I think this is being orchestrated by the OVP in order to discredit the dirt on Cheney that Tenet digs. I’m no fan of Tenet’s, but if he gets discredited, I don’t want to see that become the shiny object that distracts attention from the Cheney info.

Bob in HI

i can’t believe i (we all) read this condi quote this morning (too early?) and didn’t stop in our tracks:

RICE:” I think that…uh…an imminent threat? Certainly Iraq posed a threat, and the question was, was it going to get worse over time, or was it going to get better?“

is this the first time an official or talking head has let slip in 5 years that iraq might have gotten ‘better’ w/o our bs occupation? truly one to ponder…

b>get better? —- Can’t let THAT happen, right?