... praised Rumsfeld for doing a "fantastic job" and vowed to keep his Pentagon henchman until the Bush term finally expires in 2009. Just a week later, Bush flip-flopped and testily accepted Rummy's resignation. The same Donald Rumsfeld who was so famously photographed smiling and shaking hands with Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the Reagan administration will be replaced, hopes the ...

... was dead on predicted...this would be the result of invading Iraq.." Richard Clarke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_A._Clarke snip Clarke says that on September 12, 2001, President Bush "testily" asked him to try to find evidence that Saddam Hussein was connected to the terrorist attacks. After an initial denial, the White House has since conceded that the meeting took place. ...

...' and a few others that originated in the bosom of Americana. Heard one of the newly elected basically state that things would be business as usual, don't expect a lot of changes. Rather scornfully and testily the idea of impeaching W was dismissed. Well, why the hell not? No answer, just the satisfied, mildly contemptuous smile. Oh, yes, and there'll be a lot of 'bipartisan' things going on....