[JRandomFreeper]

The formulation of a detailed plan to go into Afghanistan and wage war suggests that the Bush administration knew that the oncoming attack would be severe

Meadow muffins. There are all kinds of plans produced regularly by the government. Why was IPBM included in Mil-12-C?

/john

[NCDoc]

The formulation of a detailed plan to go into Afghanistan and wage war suggests that the Bush administration knew that the oncoming attack would be severe.

I'll be more specific. The formulation and signing of a National Security Presidential Directive of the type given to Bush is a preparation for war. Bush must have known in advance that something would happen serious enough galvanize the Amreican public enough to support or even require a war.