Title: Gen. Hugh Shelton: Bush Officials Pushed For Iraq War 'Almost To The Point Of Insubordination' Source:
HuffintonPost URL Source:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/ ... on-iraq-war-bush_n_773038.html Published:Oct 24, 2010 Author:HuffintonPost Post Date:2010-10-24 23:40:59 by Brian S Keywords:None Views:24251 Comments:35
Former Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Hugh Shelton says that, during the Bush administration, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, his deputy, Paul Wolfowitz, and other Pentagon officials pushed to go to war with Iraq "almost to the point of insubordination."
"There was a very strong push in those days for us to go into Iraq, and there was absolutely no intelligence, zero, that pointed toward the Iraqis.," he told Christiane Amanpour on ABC's 'This Week' on Sunday. "It was all Al Qaida, Osama bin Laden. And yet there was an element there that was -- that was pushing to go into Iraq at the same time."
George Bush was focused on Afghanistan and initially resisted the pressure to invade Iraq, Shelton says. But he was eventually convinced.
"Afghanistan, remember, was going very, very well," Shelton said. "The drumbeat back here in Washington was still pushing, coming out of the Pentagon, let's go to Iraq, let's get -- take him out. And he finally said, let's go."
We've known that WMDs were found in Iraq for years. Unfortunately for neo-cons all that has been found were a few left-overs from the early 1990's. What hasn't been found, despite the promises of the Bush administration that they existed, were any large stockpiles, weapons manufactured after the early 1990's, or any sort of nuclear program.
What hasn't been found, despite the promises of the Bush administration that they existed,
...and the Clinton Administration, both Democrat nominees for President in 2000 and 2004 and Biden in 2008...Harry Reid, Durbin, Hillary Clinton, Robert Byrd, Russ Feingold, Babs Boxer, Launtenberg, etc etc etc.
Bill Clinton: 'My biggest fear as our troops approached Baghdad was they would be hit with Weapons of Mass Destruction'.
...and the Clinton Administration, both Democrat nominees for President in 2000 and 2004 and Biden in 2008...Harry Reid, Durbin, Hillary Clinton, Robert Byrd, Russ Feingold, Babs Boxer, Launtenberg, etc etc etc.
Bill Clinton: 'My biggest fear as our troops approached Baghdad was they would be hit with Weapons of Mass Destruction'.
The difference between Bush and Clinton was that Clinton wasn't dumb enough to believe invading Iraq was a good idea.
...and the Clinton Administration, both Democrat nominees for President in 2000 and 2004 and Biden in 2008...Harry Reid, Durbin, Hillary Clinton, Robert Byrd, Russ Feingold, Babs Boxer, Launtenberg, etc etc etc. Bill Clinton: 'My biggest fear as our troops approached Baghdad was they would be hit with Weapons of Mass Destruction'.
The difference between Bush and Clinton was that Clinton wasn't dumb enough to believe invading Iraq was a good idea.
The difference is when its pointed out your previous claim it was only 'Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld' you fall back on this bullshit.
