Quick thoughts on the 9/11 report

This graf sticks out like a sore thumb:

Secretary Powell recalled that Wolfowitz--not Rumsfeld--argued that Iraq
was ultimately the source of the terrorist problem and should therefore be
attacked. Powell said that Wolfowitz was not able to justify his belief that Iraq
was behind 9/11. "Paul was always of the view that Iraq was a problem that
had to be dealt with," Powell told us."And he saw this as one way of using this
event as a way to deal with the Iraq problem."

There you have it. "Using this event as a way to deal with the Iraq problem."

This one also grabbed me:

At the September 17 NSC meeting, there was some further discussion of
"phase two" of the war on terrorism. President Bush ordered the Defense
Department to be ready to deal with Iraq if Baghdad acted against U.S. interests,
with plans to include possibly occupying Iraqi oil fields.

So within 6 days of 9/11, Bush was already looking ahead to Phase two. And notice the mention of Iraqi oil fields, fairly prominently.

And, apparently, Wolfowitz also wouldn't shut up about Iraq:

Within the Pentagon, Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz continued to press the
case for dealing with Iraq.Writing to Rumsfeld on September 17 in a memo
headlined "Preventing More Events,"he argued that if there was even a 10 percent
chance that Saddam Hussein was behind the 9/11 attack, maximum pri-
ority should be placed on eliminating that threat.Wolfowitz contended that
the odds were "far more" than 1 in 10, citing Saddam's praise for the attack...

Right. So now the standard of proof includes "praising the attack." So if some militant in a mosque in Brooklyn said "Yay!" I guess he was involved too.

You can find the full report if you wish at Patridiot's site. I'll post more when I read it more.