Re-writing history?

The Project for a New American Century, which gave us that wonderful letter below, also wrote in 2000 that "While the unresolved conflict with Iraq provides the immediate justification, the need for a substantial American force presence in the Gulf transcends the issue of the regime of Saddam Hussein. In East Asia, the pattern of U.S. military operations is shifting to the south: in recent years, significant naval forces have been sent to the region around Taiwan in response to Chinese provocation, and now a contingent of U.S. troops is supporting the Australian-led mission to East Timor. Across the globe, the trend is for a larger U.S. security perimeter, bringing with it new kinds of missions."

And who was the PNAC? Well, let's see what they did after their neocon think-tanking stint....

Elliott Abrams---National Security Council Representative for Middle Eastern Affairs

Richard Armitage---Deputy Secretary of State

John R. Bolton---U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs

Dick Cheney--Lord of Darkness

Seth Cropsey--Voice of America, Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau

Paula Dobriansky--Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs

Francis Fukuyama--President's Council on Bioethics Member

Bruce Jackson--U.S. Committee on NATO President

Zalmay Khalilzad---Ambassador to Afghanistan Embassy in Kabul

Lewis Libby--- Vizier to the Lord of Darkness

Peter W. Rodman---Department of Defense Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security

Donald Rumsfeld--Lucifer

Paul Wolfowitz World Bank President, Deputy Secretary of Defense

Dov S. Zakheim Department of Defense Comptroller

Robert B. Zoellick, Deputy Secretary of State, Office of the US Trade Representative

So the very people who had been salivating over the prospect for years got the keys to the kingdom. Isn't that special?

And of course let us not forget our dear friend Rummy. Remember this one?

Plans For Iraq Attack Began On 9/11
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 2002

(CBS) CBS News has learned that barely five hours after American Airlines Flight 77 plowed into the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld was telling his aides to come up with plans for striking Iraq— even though there was no evidence linking Saddam Hussein to the attacks.

That's according to notes taken by aides who were with Rumsfeld in the National Military Command Center on Sept. 11–notes that show exactly where the road toward war with Iraq began….With the intelligence all pointing toward bin Laden, Rumsfeld ordered the military to begin working on strike plans. And at 2:40 p.m., the notes quote Rumsfeld as saying he wanted "best info fast. Judge whether good enough hit S.H."–meaning Saddam Hussein–"at same time. Not only UBL"– the initials used to identify Osama bin Laden.

Now, nearly one year later, there is still very little evidence Iraq was involved in the Sept. 11 attacks. But if these notes are accurate, that didn't matter to Rumsfeld. "Go massive," the notes quote him as saying. "Sweep it all up. Things related and not."

I am a securities lawyer. In my field, the "motive and opportunity" to commit fraud often indicates an intent to deceive. We have motive, we have opportunity, and we have fraud.

Re-write that, Mr. President.