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“Paul O’Neill, George W. Bush’s first secretary of the treasury, reported he was shocked that in the very first National Security Council meeting— ten days after Bush’s January 2001 inauguration— the discussion was about when, not if, the U.S. should invade Iraq.”

Then he was an absolute idiot, ignorant of current events, and had no place in the Cabinet. At the time, Hussein was defying UN Inspectors and engaging US aircraft enforcing the No Fly Zone.

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Damn I wish they had a like/dislike button on FR but I agree 100% with you on this. If Saddam had cooperated with the inspectors instead of screwing them around there would not have been an invasion. He lied and pushed the issues of WMD to the limits and he got his ass kicked then hung.