[Monti Cello]

in the first three months of 2001, the administration was looking at military options for removing Saddam Hussein from power and planning for the aftermath of Saddam's downfall, including post-war contingencies like peacekeeping troops, war crimes tribunals and the future of Iraq's oil

Wait a second, the left told me for months that there was no post-Iraq plan.

This is simply more indication that Bush's plans on Iraq were practically a seamless continuation of Clinton's policy and the near-unanimous opinion on Saddam held in Washington.

[joesbucks]

that Bush's plans on Iraq were practically a seamless continuation of Clinton's policy

Why suddenly is the Clinton administrations plans so dead on when they were so wrong while he was in office?

[mrsmith]

"the administration was looking at military options for removing Saddam Hussein from power and planning for the aftermath of Saddam's downfall, including post-war contingencies like peacekeeping troops, war crimes tribunals and the future of Iraq's oil"

Wait a second, the left told me for months that there was no post-Iraq plan.

Isn't that something?

I wonder how the press determines when to quit pushing one leftist claim and start pushing a contradictory leftist claim?
They probably just trust the DNC to know.