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Rumsfeld & Bush's Iraq War Plan Was Formulated In 1998

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Deputy Secretary Paul Wolfowitz [and Weekly Standard Editor William Kristol] undertook a full-fledged lobbying campaign in 1998 to get former President Bill Clinton to start a war with Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein’s regime claiming that the country posed a threat to the United States. They later tried with New Gingrich and Trnet Lott. They were rightfully ignored. They claimed "the safety of American troops in the region, of our friends and allies like Israel and the moderate Arab states, and a significant portion of the world’s supply of oil will all be put at hazard" if Saddam remained in power. Four years later, after 9/11, they had their excuse for the war they had been wanting.