Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Preliminary findings of 9/11 commission
AP.
Sure doesn't sound like they were in any rush, does it? No matter what poor old Colin Powell says:
Sure. Except it took them a year to get around to working out the policy. And watching how these guys can turn on a dime to destroy anyone they consider a domestic enemy, the slow pace to figure out a policy on AQ speaks for itself about their true priorities.
Earlier, a commission report said the Bush administration had agreed on a plan one day before the attacks to combat bin Laden, which moved only gradually from diplomatic pressure to military action.
(via Reuters)
Sure doesn't sound like they were in any rush, does it? No matter what poor old Colin Powell says:
"We wanted to move beyond the roll-back policy of containment, criminal prosecution and limited retaliation for specific terrorist attacks. We wanted to destroy al Qaeda," Powell said.
(via CNN)
Sure. Except it took them a year to get around to working out the policy. And watching how these guys can turn on a dime to destroy anyone they consider a domestic enemy, the slow pace to figure out a policy on AQ speaks for itself about their true priorities.
