It's pretty sad when the President and his senior officials tell the truth for once on something to do with Iraq War and that fact is front-page news. But lots of folks, including new AOL blogger Progressive Musings, have been wondering why the sudden turnaround on the claim on Iraq being linked to the 9/11 attacks.
Again via Tom Tomorrow, I came across a new theory on that from Bob Goodsell that is actually plausible. The family of John O'Neill, a former FBI counter-terrorism chief that died in the World Trade Center attack, is filing a lawsuit seeking $1 billion from Iraq over his death. The suit argues that there was a connection between the Iraqi government and the attack.
Goodsell suggests that the Administration suddenly realized that there might be some legal complications arising from the Iraq-9/11 argument that could wind up costing big bucks. They also may be worried that this legal action, and any others that might follow if it seems to be doing well, might turn up some embarrassing information. Like possibly how little reason there was to think such a connection was there.
But who knows? Maybe they just decided to tell the truth. Well, some of it anyway. This Los Angeles Times article on Bush's take on that issue this week provides some good context. It also points out that Bush is still claiming links between Saddam and al-Qaeda - claims which are also very thin.
Tags: 9/11, iraq war
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