CAP answers Rumsfiend's Memo

Thanks to Josh Marshall for the pointer to the Center for American Progress. (And by the way, Josh recommends a book in yesterday's column: Love Thy Neighbor. I read that book a few years ago, and I loaned it out to two men - both conservatives, if that makes any difference - it's not left or right - just thought you might be wondering. They both agreed with me that it is, as Josh says, a marvelous piece of work on war - in this case the war in the Balkans - and well worth reading. Check out Josh's review.)

Okay, anyway, click here for the Memo response. And here's an excerpt:

Q: Does the U.S. need to fashion a broad, integrated plan to stop the next generation of terrorists?

A: On seeing this question, we phoned your office to make sure the date of the memo (October 16, 2003) was correct. Your briefings and Administration statements over the past two years had led us to believe that you had thought through the war on terrorism before you launched it.

We were further puzzled that you are asking this question now, considering that you and the members of the Project for a New American Century built the case for war with Iraq in 1997, six years prior to the first strike on Baghdad.

And they did not say....

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.