I can't see this Iraq stuff being the big story to come out of O'Neill's book to anyone with a memory and an understanding that we have contingency plans for a lot of things.......unless this flap brings out some intelligence related to Iraq's involvement in 9/11 that has been kept quiet.
I think the bigger story would be the tax cut stuff. Most people won't know or care that O'Neill wasn't on board with tax policy when he was in the Administration.
It's those "quotes" from Bush that will get the attention. It's like he's being manipulated by others, he was convinced to cut taxes for the "rich" against his better judgement.
Didn't we see stories like this with Reagan?
It's only big stuff since there has been so much shifting of reasons about the real reasons why we decided to go forward. The "yellow cake" the WMD's, the immenient threat and other issues have proven to be soft if not incorrect. Did all of it come directly from the adm? Maybe indirectly would be the more likely source. Friendly folks in the media, certainly. Talking points, likely. Any of that shot down, no. Sometimes you let stories grow legs because they support what you want, not because they are based on fact.
I supported Iraq initially beacause I thought there was a direct connection between Osama and Sadam. I supported the WMD claims until Blix was told by us, yes by our government that he was looking in the wrong places. He called our bluff and said, "well if you know where they are, point me to them". We blinked and then said we couldn't because of security interests. Oh? I found that answer fishy and began to question if they did in fact WMDS were still existing at this time (yes, I know they once did as Sadam used them, I'm not in denial about that).