[Gerasimov]

in the first three months of 2001, the administration was looking at military options for removing Saddam Hussein from power

I freepin' hope so! O'Neil might be an idiot, but at least he's confirmed that the Bush Administration was thinking ahead and trying to correct some of the wrongs of the previous eight years!

[SolutionsOnly]

Makes no difference to me.

Saddam deserved an ouster long before 9/11.

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[Cicero]

This is known as contingency planning. We would be remiss not to have such plans, but that is no indication of the likelihood that they would be put to use.

Paul O'Neill is a loose cannon, who was fired because he never knew when to keep his mouth shut. He may have been a good businessman, but he was way over his head as a cabinet secretary.

[McLynnan]

"There are memos," Suskind tells Stahl, "One of them marked 'secret' says 'Plan for Post-Saddam Iraq.'"

This should silence all of the "there is no plan" whiners.