Vigilant - please tell me I'm wrong. Reporter Perlstein says that the 9/11 Commission found no links between Iraq and Al Qaeda? What has he been drinking? The cool aid?
It's late but just a few things you may wish to explore a little to further your career perlstein, unless you like being thought of as a DNC stenographer.
#1. The 9/11 Commission found that Iraq provided AQ with training, bomb making, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear training.
#2. The 9/11 Commission found there wre direct meetings between senior Iraqi military officers and top AQ operatives up to 2003.
#3. The 9/11 Commission has over 60 pages of Iraq's connections and support for terrorists, specifically AQ.
#4. Even the Clinton Justice Department said there was a link between Iraq and AQ when they obtained a federal indictment against OBL. Didn't you get the memo?
#5. Saddam may not have contributed directly to 9/11, but Saddam certainly knew that it was coming.
On July 21, 2001, the state run Iraqi newspaper Al Nasiriya carried an article titled "America, an Obsession called Osama Bin Laden." Baath party writer Naeem Abd Muhalhal predicted that OBL would attack the US and "he will try to bomb the Pentagon after he destroys the Whie House." The article said that OBL "will strike America on the arm that is already hurting," and that the US "will curse the memory of Frank Sinatra every time he hears his songs", a reference to New York, New York.
Now maybe, Perlstein, you believe that Osama was just gossiping over the backyard fence when he told Saddam what was going to happen in America. I'm not personally that naive, but perhaps you are.
Next time you choose to write regarding a subject matter about what you know so little, may I respectfully suggest that you do a little research. Truly, my 11 year old niece who is here visiting could present a more coherent set of facts than you have been able to do thus far.
I missed that one. This has been a rather confusing thread. I wound up learning nothing from it.