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I don't think you remember correctly: > In the first emergency meeting of the National Security Council on the day of the attacks, Rumsfeld asked, "Why shouldn
by js2 3y ago
I don't think you remember correctly:
> In the first emergency meeting of the National Security Council on the day of the attacks, Rumsfeld asked, "Why shouldn't we go against Iraq, not just al-Qaeda?" with his deputy Paul Wolfowitz adding that Iraq was a "brittle, oppressive regime that might break easily—it was doable," and, according to John Kampfner, "from that moment on, he and Wolfowitz used every available opportunity to press the case."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld#Military_decisions_in_the_wake_of_9/11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld#Military_decis...