Ex-Advisor Says Bush Eyed Bombing of Iraq on 9/11

[TomSeaverr]

Richard Clarke, who headed a cybersecurity board that gleaned intelligence from the Internet, told CBS "60 Minutes" in an interview to be aired on Sunday he was surprised administration officials turned immediately toward Iraq instead of al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden (news - web sites).


"They were talking about Iraq on 9/11. They were talking about it on 9/12," Clarke says.


Clarke said he was briefing President Bush (news - web sites) and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld among other top officials in the aftermath of the devastating attacks.


"Rumsfeld was saying we needed to bomb Iraq. ... We all said, 'but no, no. Al Qaeda is in Afghanistan (news - web sites)," recounts Clarke, "and Rumsfeld said, 'There aren't any good targets in Afghanistan and there are lots of good targets in Iraq."'

"I think they wanted to believe that there was a connection" between Iraq and al Qaeda, Clarke tells "60 Minutes."


"But the CIA (news - web sites) was sitting there, the FBI (news - web sites) was sitting there, I was sitting there, saying, 'We've looked at this issue for years. For years we've looked and there's just no connection,"' says Clarke.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040320/wl_nm/iraq_retaliation_dc_1

The Dems have to jump on this

[Maccagirl]

1. We weren't even in the room...

and we've been saying this from the get-go. Who says DUers don't seek the truth and find it early and often! It really proves how pitiful the Dem "leadership" is.

[AntiCoup2K4]

2. This reinforces my belief that NEITHER Iraq or Afghanistan were ever about

the so called "War on Terrorism" :grr:

The whole thing has been a setup all along and those fucking bastards did it. It's time to shed the denial, take off the blinders and prepare for the revolution that is now looking inevitable.

[Maccagirl]

3. AC-if the American people cared

the "revolution" would have started a long time ago. We know they lied to us-the media know they lied (and served as propagandists). Where's the outrage? I don't see it. Sad isn't it?

[Leilani]

5. Afghanistan is where the terrorists were

& that's what Clark told them.

Iraq was not!

[Toby109]

4. I doubt if Bush had a coherent thought

on 9/11 except maybe where he could find a change of underwear.

[TomSeaverr]

6. I'm convinced our Party is

never going to be tough enough. They won't call Bush out on this. Just like they fail to remind the country that Bush was the President when 9/11 happened in the first place. yet we are suppose to believe he is strong on defense??????? Puh Please. Speak up and stop being so scared