Think Progress reports, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice

Think Progress reports that Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice

Think Progress reports that Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice said the following this morning on NBC's Meet the Press:

The fact of the matter is that when we were attacked on September 11, we had a choice to make. We could decide that the proximate cause was al Qaeda and the people who flew those planes into buildings and, therefore, we would go after al Qaeda…or we could take a bolder approach.

I swear, I may pop a vein somewhere any minute.

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Rice: After 9-11 “We Could Decide the Proximate Cause Was Al Qaeda”
http://thinkprogress.org/2005/10/16/rice-after-9-11/

This morning on NBC’s Meet the Press, Condoleezza Rice explains why we invaded Iraq:

The fact of the matter is that when we were attacked on September 11, we had a choice to make. We could decide that the proximate cause was al Qaeda and the people who flew those planes into buildings and, therefore, we would go after al Qaeda…or we could take a bolder approach.

This may be news to the Secretary of State but the proximate cause of 9-11 was al-Qaeda. Nevertheless, the administration decided to invade Iraq instead of focusing our efforts on destroying al-Qaeda and capturing Bin Laden.

Today, bin Laden remains at large, international terrorism is on the rise and the invasion has become “a potent recruiting tool for al Qaeda and other terrorist groups.”

UPDATE: Crooks and Liars has the video.

Filed under: Iraq, Terrorism

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