Lid Blown Off O'Neill/Suskind Hoax

Power Line ^ | 1/12/04 | Hindrocket

[Texagirl4W]

CNN has a poll asking "Do you believe Paul O'Neill when he says President Bush had pre-9/11 plans to go to war with Iraq?"

71,837 yes - 66%
36,349 no - 34%

I just can't believe this.

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

BIG BUMP

[Mike Darancette]

Hold for breaking news on FNC re O'Neill.

[Bobsat]

The story needs legs. Help it out....

[mondonico]

Bump

[TigersEye]

:-) It will change, it will change. It begins by depriving them of any serious consideration through depriving their viewers of the same. (regarding news anyway)

[ravingnutter]

But...there was a plan in place before 9/11...CNN told me so...

The Iraqi leader was given a final warning six weeks ago, Clinton said, when Baghdad promised to cooperate with U.N. inspectors at the last minute just as U.S. warplanes were headed its way.

"Along with Prime Minister (Tony) Blair of Great Britain, I made it equally clear that if Saddam failed to cooperate fully we would be prepared to act without delay, diplomacy or warning," Clinton said.

"In halting our airstrikes in November, I gave Saddam a chance -- not a license. If we turn our backs on his defiance, the credibility of U.S. power as a check against Saddam will be destroyed," the president explained.

Clinton also called Hussein a threat to his people and to the security of the world. "The best way to end that threat once and for all is with a new Iraqi government -- a government ready to live in peace with its neighbors, a government that respects the rights of its people," Clinton said. Such a change in Baghdad would take time and effort, Clinton said, adding that his administration would work with Iraqi opposition forces.

"Saddam Hussein and the other enemies of peace may have thought that the serious debate currently before the House of Representatives would distract Americans or weaken our resolve to face him down," he said. "But once more, the United States has proven that although we are never eager to use force, when we must act in America's vital interests, we will do so."

CNN

Clinton just didn't have the b*lls to make it happen, GWB did.

[illini20]

Andrew Sullivan is providing a link to this article.

[TXFireman]

ping.

BTW, why do you waste your time on Clymers?

[Mike Darancette]

CBS NEWS said: "He obtained one Pentagon document, dated March 5, 2001, and entitled "Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfield contracts," which includes a map of potential areas for exploration."

It may only be a blog but they caught that this document is not from the Pentegon but is part of VP Cheney's Energy Data dump. O'Neill lied in the book and CBS did not check.

[Eva]

Send a link to the original article to Best of the Web.

[conservativecorner]

We should all thank Powerline for their powerful blogging!

[sopwith]

Just heard it on fox.

[Bedford Forrest]

Re O'Neill, the old adage that clothes make the man was never truer.

[Digger]

What fools that watch CNN. Again if I were running this country I shut them down for all of the fraudulant crapola that they spew, especially during the beginnings of the war.

[wingnuts'nbolts]

Hoax funded, no doubt, by the same sources that fund moveon.com, an obscenely rich criminally insane Jewish Gentleman and the totally self absorbed hedonistic faux intelligencia of Hollywood.

These two greedy manipulated puppets didn't think up the
sting by themselves.

[Snuffington]

Good find, and great article. Pity no one will ever read it...

Pretty good shot Hugh Hewitt will pick it up on his radio show. This is from Powerline, one of the "Northern Alliance of Blogs" of which Mr. Hewitt is "commisioner."

More and more professional pundits and journalists are tuned into the blogosphere.

[rbessenger]

And the document has nothing to do with post-war Iraq. It was part of a study of global oil supplies. Judicial Watch obtained it in a law suit and posted it, along with related documents

There is nobody in the world who is as relieved as Paul O'Neil to find out that document is not important at all. I just heard on ABC news that the Treasury Dept is launching an investigation in to how O'Neil got a copy of this document (did he take it with him when he left). The Whitehouse has taken the high road and decided to ignore the mjority of the charges but this document has the potential to be ugly. not that it is anyway accurate, but it does imply that there was a plan to divvy up world oil between the administration's buddies. This charge (and no others- they are all ridiculouos) should be addressed.

[clownboy]

Paul O'Neill = Ramsey Clark = total moron

Every generation has it's icon for the I Just Don't Get It crowd.

[mondonico]

Me too!