Addendum ABC News confirms that the Bush policy towards Iraq was a change from the Clinton administration's approach.
President Bush ordered the Pentagon to explore the possibility of a ground invasion of Iraq well before the United States was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, an official told ABCNEWS, confirming the account former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill gives in his new book.
The official, who asked not to be identified, was present in the same National Security Council meetings as O'Neill immediately after Bush's inauguration in January and February of 2001.
"The president told his Pentagon officials to explore the military options, including use of ground forces," the official told ABCNEWS. "That went beyond the Clinton administration's halfhearted attempts to overthrow Hussein without force."
Told ya so.
Brad DeLong posts another refutation of the idea that there was no change from the Clinton years. He quotes George W. Bush, speaking on Monday. Game. Set. Match.
Delong has been reading the Suskind book and is posting extensive comments. As a working economist, and was formerly employed in the Executive branch, he is particularly well-suited to judge the book.
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