I got called in by an officer on the Joint Staff who told me that he said you
Joint Staff who told me that he said you
Joint Staff who told me that he said you know we’re gonna invade Iraq I said but
know we’re gonna invade Iraq I said but
know we’re gonna invade Iraq I said but why and he said I don’t know he said I
why and he said I don’t know he said I
why and he said I don’t know he said I guess because we don’t know what else to
guess because we don’t know what else to
guess because we don’t know what else to do but in fact the why of it went back a
do but in fact the why of it went back a
do but in fact the why of it went back a decade to the spring of 1991 it went
decade to the spring of 1991 it went
decade to the spring of 1991 it went back to the argument inside the
back to the argument inside the
back to the argument inside the Republican Party about whether or not
Republican Party about whether or not
Republican Party about whether or not the Gulf War should have ended with the
the Gulf War should have ended with the
the Gulf War should have ended with the capture of Baghdad in the overthrow of
capture of Baghdad in the overthrow of
capture of Baghdad in the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and in 1991 when I talked
Saddam Hussein and in 1991 when I talked
Saddam Hussein and in 1991 when I talked to secretary Wolfowitz you know he said
to secretary Wolfowitz you know he said
to secretary Wolfowitz you know he said we didn’t get rid of Saddam Hussein and
we didn’t get rid of Saddam Hussein and
we didn’t get rid of Saddam Hussein and and we should have he said we’ve only
and we should have he said we’ve only
and we should have he said we’ve only got five or 10 years to clean up the
got five or 10 years to clean up the
got five or 10 years to clean up the Middle East these old Soviet surrogate
Middle East these old Soviet surrogate
Middle East these old Soviet surrogate regimes like Syria and Iraq get rid of
regimes like Syria and Iraq get rid of
regimes like Syria and Iraq get rid of them before the next superpower comes
them before the next superpower comes
them before the next superpower comes along the challenges we didn’t foresee
along the challenges we didn’t foresee
along the challenges we didn’t foresee that we’d actually be using force
that we’d actually be using force
that we’d actually be using force aggressively to change regimes and it
aggressively to change regimes and it
aggressively to change regimes and it appeared full-blown after 9/11 and
appeared full-blown after 9/11 and
appeared full-blown after 9/11 and somehow in the minds of the American
somehow in the minds of the American
somehow in the minds of the American people the attack run by Osama bin Laden
people the attack run by Osama bin Laden
people the attack run by Osama bin Laden based out of Afghanistan became part of
based out of Afghanistan became part of
based out of Afghanistan became part of Saddam Hussein and to retaliate and make
Saddam Hussein and to retaliate and make
Saddam Hussein and to retaliate and make sure that and it was phrased in many
sure that and it was phrased in many
sure that and it was phrased in many different ways there was effort in the
different ways there was effort in the
different ways there was effort in the intelligence community to prove that
intelligence community to prove that
intelligence community to prove that Saddam Hussein had somehow been
Saddam Hussein had somehow been
Saddam Hussein had somehow been connected to the strikes in New York and
connected to the strikes in New York and
connected to the strikes in New York and against the Pentagon and then there was
against the Pentagon and then there was
against the Pentagon and then there was the idea that well but he might have
the idea that well but he might have
the idea that well but he might have some weapons of mass destruction
some weapons of mass destruction
some weapons of mass destruction biological chemical nuclear weapons that
biological chemical nuclear weapons that
biological chemical nuclear weapons that he could give to terrorists despite the
he could give to terrorists despite the
he could give to terrorists despite the fact that Saddam Hussein and al Qaida
fact that Saddam Hussein and al Qaida
fact that Saddam Hussein and al Qaida couldn’t have been further apart in
couldn’t have been further apart in
couldn’t have been further apart in terms of working together as allies as
terms of working together as allies as
terms of working together as allies as you put him under enough pressure maybe
you put him under enough pressure maybe
you put him under enough pressure maybe you know they would team up against the
you know they would team up against the
you know they would team up against the United States but we created that
United States but we created that
United States but we created that pressure against Saddam Hussein for our
pressure against Saddam Hussein for our
pressure against Saddam Hussein for our own reasons what were those reasons
own reasons what were those reasons
own reasons what were those reasons we’ve never really heard there was no
we’ve never really heard there was no
we’ve never really heard there was no single reason there was yes there was
single reason there was yes there was
single reason there was yes there was some weapons of mass destruction
some weapons of mass destruction
some weapons of mass destruction possibly
possibly
possibly we’re still there but we’d had 10 years
we’re still there but we’d had 10 years
we’re still there but we’d had 10 years for the UN special commission we’d had
for the UN special commission we’d had
for the UN special commission we’d had the strikes Operation Desert Fox and
the strikes Operation Desert Fox and
the strikes Operation Desert Fox and December of 98 taking out all the sites
December of 98 taking out all the sites
December of 98 taking out all the sites that we knew about then through
that we knew about then through
that we knew about then through intelligence maybe there was some
intelligence maybe there was some
intelligence maybe there was some unaccounted for scuds that they said had
unaccounted for scuds that they said had
unaccounted for scuds that they said had been fired into training maybe yes maybe
been fired into training maybe yes maybe
been fired into training maybe yes maybe no maybe there was some material that
no maybe there was some material that
no maybe there was some material that you could culture material that you can
you could culture material that you can
you could culture material that you can grow bio weapons in but there wasn’t
grow bio weapons in but there wasn’t
grow bio weapons in but there wasn’t much that I knew of and so and I’d been
much that I knew of and so and I’d been
much that I knew of and so and I’d been reading all the intelligence until I
reading all the intelligence until I
reading all the intelligence until I retired so I began to see that and I
retired so I began to see that and I
retired so I began to see that and I thought back to the conversation with
thought back to the conversation with
thought back to the conversation with Wolfowitz and I thought what I’d been
Wolfowitz and I thought what I’d been
Wolfowitz and I thought what I’d been told inside the Pentagon and I began to
told inside the Pentagon and I began to
told inside the Pentagon and I began to smell something that didn’t smell
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