Albright says Republicans wanted war with Iraq in '98

[ECH1969]

Republicans urged the Clinton administration to invade Iraq as early as eight years ago, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Monday at a political fundraiser.

"I remember when we were in office, starting in 1998, various Republicans were coming to us wanting a ground invasion," Albright said.

She did not name the people she said made those requests nor say what prompted them. But 1998 was when the Iraqi government defied a United Nations-imposed "no-fly" zone and began firing on planes attempting to enforce it.

Albright spoke briefly to reporters outside a fundraiser for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Bob Casey that his campaign said was expected to raise $100,000.

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-03272006-632480.html

[Terran1212]

1. Don't worry; it "was worth the cost"

War criminal.

[IndyOp]

14. War Criminal - Yes!

Real Shock & Awe: Over 1,000,000 Iraqi's Dead in the Past 15 Years as a result of war and sanctions

[WhoWantsToBeOccupied]

17. Don't forget Joe Lieberman's been begging for war since 1991!

He's still bragging about it on his own website (http://lieberman.senate.gov/issues/security.cfm): "Disarming Iraq. Long before President Bush came into office, Senator Lieberman was making a compelling case for removing the threat posed by Iraq under Saddam Hussein. Senator Lieberman served as lead Democratic cosponsor of the 1991 Gulf War Resolution. In 1998, he teamed up with Senator John McCain (R-AZ) to enact the Iraq Liberation Act, which stated that regime change in Iraq was U.S. policy. And in the fall of 2002, Senator Lieberman was a lead sponsor of a resolution authorizing the President to use force, if necessary, to disarm Saddam."

[joanski0]

2. Could that have been the PNAC letter

they wrote to Bill Clinton?

[hlthe2b]

3. referring, I believe.. to the PNAC letter to Pres. Clinton...

All the leading criminals signed....pressing for the Iraqi invasion then. It slays me that so much of the public AND the media do not know about PNAC!

[OKIsItJustMe]

5. You mean this one

http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm

(Signed by these criminals?)

Elliott Abrams, Richard L. Armitage, William J. Bennett,
Jeffrey Bergner, John Bolton, Paula Dobriansky,
Francis Fukuyama, Robert Kagan, Zalmay Khalilzad,
William Kristol, Richard Perle, Peter W. Rodman,
Donald Rumsfeld, William Schneider, Jr., Vin Weber,
Paul Wolfowitz, R. James Woolsey, Robert B. Zoellick

[hlthe2b]

6. that's the one, alright.... (n/t)

[OKIsItJustMe]

7. What amazes me about PNAC ...

... is that they're right there, "hiding in plain sight."

Their whole agenda is there on display; and yet everyone I mention them to seems to be totally ignorant of their existence.

[Roland99]

9. Hmmm...isn't the current US Ambassador to Iraq on there?

Why...yes he is!

[jaysunb]

16. William Schneider, Jr

Would that be our " genial " CNN poll analyst Bill ????? :evilfrown:

[Roland99]

8. Helen Thomas brought up the PNAC in her interview on CNN the other day.

I think it's the first time I heard "PNAC" mentioned on the "liberal" media.

[United NorthAmerica]

15. I was astounded

I always knew about PNAC, generally speaking, but I could not believe that all there crazy warmongering stuff was still on there site until I actually took the time to visit it a week or so ago. I sat stunned, for hours reading some of the most damming evidence against these nuts. As was said, hiding in plain sight for no one that has any authority to see or acknowledge.

I tell every person that is unfortunate enough to have a political conversation with me though.

[newyawker99]

18. Hi United NorthAmerica!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Lefty48197]

4. I'm guessing... ...James Baker

He was the first neo-Con insider.

[LynnTheDem]

10. We know. BUSH SAID SO.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=715732

[LynnTheDem]

11. MEDIA ERROR ALERT!!! NEVER EVER any "UN-imposed no-fly zones"

NEVER.

The UN did NOT approve or impose those no-fly zones; the US & UK did -ILLEGALLY- and unilaterally.

HELLO MEDIA DO YOUR FUCKING JOB PLEASE!!! That includes getting your facts straight!

[IndyOp]

12. Thank you Lynn -- The no-fly zones let them bomb targets in Iraq

on a nearly weekly basis for 5 years before the bombs 'started' dropping in March 2003.

And, by the way, in the past 15 years -- Persian Gulf War & it's aftermath, Sanctions, Gulf War --
Real Shock & Awe. At least 1,000,000 Iraqis dead as a result of war & sanctions

[pstans]

13. PNAC...PNAC...PNAC

They sure did and have it all laid out at their website.
http://www.newamericancentury.org

[louis-t]

19. Please, Madeline, please say PNAC.

Somebody please say it out loud on CNN, MSNBC.