Bush planned Iraq invasion before 9/11.
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| Sun, 01-11-2004 - 11:31am |
>"The Bush administration began planning to use U.S. troops to invade Iraq within days after the former Texas governor entered the White House three years ago, former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill told CBS News' 60 Minutes."<
CBS already has the complete discussion on their 60 Minutes site..............
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/09/60minutes/main592330.shtml
>"O'Neill, who served nearly two years in Bush's Cabinet, was asked to resign by the White House in December 2002 over differences he had with the president's tax cuts. O'Neill was the main source for "The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill," by former Wall Street Journal reporter Ron Suskind."<
>"Suskind cited a Pentagon document titled "Foreign Suitors For Iraqi Oilfield Contracts," which, he said, outlines areas of oil exploration. "It talks about contractors around the world from ... 30, 40 countries and which ones have what intentions on oil in Iraq.""<
>"O'Neill also said in the book that President Bush "was like a blind man in a roomful of deaf people" during Cabinet meetings.
One-on-one meetings were no different, O'Neill told the network.
Describing his first such meeting with Bush, O'Neill said, "I went in with a long list of things to talk about and, I thought, to engage on. ... I was surprised it turned out me talking and the president just listening. It was mostly a monologue.""<
Quotes are from article at the link below..............
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/10/oneill.bush/index.html
Very interesting!


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Then they won't be competitive with corps. that are managed better. They'll lose mkt share, profits will decline, they will either need to make some changes or the business will fail. Isn't it wonderful how these things are self-correcting?
Renee
You can't. Even China & Mexico are losing mfg jobs which is going the way of farming.
You just pay attention to where the economy is growing, and position yourself to take adv. of it.
Renee
"He described the reaction to Suskind's book as a "red meat frenzy" and said people should read his comments in context, particularly about the Iraq war.
"People are trying to say that I said the president was planning war in Iraq early in the administration. Actually there was a continuation of work that had been going on in the Clinton administration with the notion that there needed to be a regime change in Iraq."
Renee
I will agree there, and I am glad to see that this current administration is at least "attempting" to do something about it.
I wish that very strict legislation would be put into effect that would enable people (such as in the Enron case, Worldcomm etc) to go after the CEO and other members of the board that allowed the illegalities to occur.
To date, not one politician has suggested that these regulations be changed, and I wisht that they would.
He sat on the National Security Council...it was his job to pay attention. He wasn't sneaking around looking at maps of Iraq...he was in regular meetings in the situation room with the President, Cheney, Powell, Rumsfeld and Rice. (O'Neill just didn't drink the koolaid.)
From http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/
Membership of the National Security Council
The National Security Council is chaired by the President. Its regular attendees (both statutory and non-statutory) are the Vice President, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the statutory military advisor to the Council, and the Director of Central Intelligence is the intelligence advisor. The Chief of Staff to the President, Counsel to the President, and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy are invited to attend any NSC meeting. The Attorney General and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget are invited to attend meetings pertaining to their responsibilities. The heads of other executive departments and agencies, as well as other senior officials, are invited to attend meetings of the NSC when appropriate.
National Security Council's Function
The National Security Council is the President's principal forum for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials. Since its inception under President Truman, the function of the Council has been to advise and assist the President on national security and foreign policies. The Council also serves as the President's principal arm for coordinating these policies among various government agencies.
Maybe they goofed and gave them to him. Afterall, we are talking about the federal Gov't so they can't be too smart.
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