Posted on 04/14/2006 6:39:35 AM PDT by IrishMike
“The plan has been through the combatant commanders, it has been through the National Security Council process. General Myers and General Pace (chairman and vice-chairman, Joint Chiefs) and others, including this individual, have seen it in a variety of iterations. When asked by the president or by me, the military officers who’ve reviewed it have all said they thought it was an excellent plan. I stand by the plan…I think it’s a brilliant plan.”
Donald Rumsfeld on the plan for Operation Iraq Freedom, March 30, 2003 NewsHour.
....................................... Who said this?
What if Saddam fails to comply (with UN sanctions), or we take some ambiguous third route which gives him yet more time to develop this (WMD) program? He will conclude that the international community has lost its will… [that] he can go right on and do more to rebuild an arsenal of devastating destruction. And some day, I guarantee you, he’ll use this arsenal.
Answer: President Bill Clinton in February 1998.
Okay then, who said this?
The United Nations believes that Saddam Hussein may have produced as much as 200 tons of VX (nerve gas)… we face a clear and present danger… terrorists who bombed the World Trade Center in New York City had in mind the destruction and deaths of 250,000 people….
Answer: Clinton Defense Secretary William Cohen on November 15, 1997.
Who said this?
The world hasn’t seen, except maybe since Hitler, somebody quite as evil as Saddam Hussein. If you don’t stop a horrific dictator before he gets started too far, he can do untold damage….
Answer Clinton Secretary of State Madeline Albright on February 20, 1998.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Thanks. A very good read. Especially General Peter Pace and Tommy Franks near the end.
All these statements conveniently forgotten by the Marxists in the MSM...
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The judas Generals, souls sold for a fist full of dollars.
Not forgotten... just buried deep enough so the sheeple don't ever see them. The distortion, bias and sometimes outright fabrication of news is only half of what the MSM is up to. The CENSORSHIP of selected information is their real forte.
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Rush just mentioned this article. bttt
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