Former Powell chief of staff ‘damn sure the Bush administration cooked the books’ on Iraq

[deminks]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/19/former-powell-chief-of-staff-damn-sure-the-bush-administration-cooked-the-books-on-iraq/


Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, said Monday on MSNBC that he’s “damn sure the Bush administration cooked the books” when it came to pushing for the invasion of Iraq.

Wilkerson was speaking to host Ed Schultz about the Republican filibuster of Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel, but transitioned into a plug for MSNBC’s new documentary “Hubris: Selling the Iraq War,” which aired Monday night.

The documentary featured never-before-seen memos by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, composed in November, 2001, clearly showing he and aides workshopping ideas for selling the invasion of Iraq. “US discovers Saddam connection to Sept. 11 attack or to anthrax attacks?” one possibility reads. “Dispute over WMD inspections? Start now thinking about inspection demands.”

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“Do you believe the Bush administration cooked the books to sell the war in Iraq?” Schultz asked him.

“I didn’t know it at the time, and I fault myself for that,” he said. “I’ll go to my grave with that mass failing on my part. But yes, in retrospect, having done all the research and work that my students have done, plus myself, I’m damn sure that the Bush administration cooked the books.”

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[dixiegrrrrl]

1. He never wondered why Iraq was a target instead of Bin Laden?????

Within 20 minutes of 9-11 am, tv news was obediently reporting Bin Laden was responsible.
Then Bush announced Iraq was the problem.
And this guy, in Powell's office, never wondered why????

[AZ Progressive]

2. Shock and Awe

on how cunning and gutsy these SOBs are to use a terrorist attack to get into a war with Iraq.