Bush signed "Order" for War in Feb 2002 (Guardian) MUST READ!

[UpInArms]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1154473,00.html

Bush 'wanted war in 2002'

Julian Borger in Washington
Tuesday February 24, 2004
The Guardian

George Bush set the US on the path to war in Iraq with a formal order signed in February 2002, more than a year before the invasion, according to a book published yesterday.

The revelation casts doubt on the public insistence by US and British officials throughout 2002 that no decision had been taken to go to war, pending negotiations at the United Nations.

Rumsfeld's War is by Rowan Scarborough, the Pentagon correspondent for the conservative Washington Times newspaper, which is known for its contacts in the defence department's civilian leadership.

"On February 16 2002, Bush signed a secret national security council directive establishing the goals and objectives for going to war with Iraq, according to classified documents I obtained," Mr Scarborough wrote, in an account of the "global war on terrorism" as seen from the office of Donald Rumsfeld, the defence secretary.

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I am posting this here in Editorials and Other Articles - unfortunately it is dated yesterday and cannot go in LBN - but it is a "must read".

[molly]

1. Why don't you stick it over in GD?

[opihimoimoi]

2. Yup, should go to GD

the report hits Bushie HARD.

[mac2]

3. It is old news to us that knew we would be go after Iraq....

before Bush came to power. It was the father's plan.

[historian]

4. sad sad sad

Sadly enough the only way this tid bit of bush slime will get to the public's ear is via cnn or fox and we all know that wont happen.

[jbfam4]

5. Where's our main stream press on this?

Most likely, Hannity or O'Reilly will have this on tonight. right!

[boobooday]

6. Watch for another exploding titty

I'm sure something salacious or sensational will happen right when those intrepid reporters are about to jump on this one!

Then they'll all have to run off to Neverland. Which is where they'll leave this important story.

http://www.wgoeshome.com

[JPZenger]

7. J. F. Kennedy Quote: The U.S. will never start a war

Here's a quote from John F. Kennedy's commencement address at American University in 1963:

"The United States, as the world knows, will never start a war. We do not want a war. We do not now expect a war. This generation of Americans has already had enough--more than enough--of war and hate and oppression."

[rfkrocks]

8. do you think it matters?

I cannot see how anyone could not believe the war was always what * wanted from the begining. It does amaze me that the people of our country went to war with a nonagressor country-we undid our whole history with that. No debate of any lenght no moral discussion just agreement. I can only think it is post traumatic stress syndrome on a national level after 9/11. The question is does it now matter to the american people? I don't know..