On Sunday John posted a lengthy excerpt from Senator Jay Rockefeller's meltdown with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday. Many readers wrote to point out the following exchange:
WALLACE: Now, the President never said that Saddam Hussein was an imminent threat. As you saw, you did say that. If anyone hyped the intelligence, isn't it Jay Rockefeller?
SEN. ROCKEFELLER: No. The — I mean, this question is asked a thousand times and I'll be happy to answer it a thousand times. I took a trip by myself in January of 2002 to Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria, and I told each of the heads of state that it was my view that George Bush had already made up his mind to go to war against Iraq — that that was a predetermined set course which had taken shape shortly after 9/11.
This admitted trip to Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria by Rockefeller in January 2002 still bothers me greatly. Do you have an opinion on why JR made this trip? What? Four months after 911 and his view that George Bush had already made up his mind to go to war against Iraq — that that was a predetermined set course which had taken shape shortly after 9/11.
What did JR know and when did he know it?
What was Jr's purpose in giving a heads-up to these friends of Saddam a year before the start of the war?
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