notice how the Iraq War anniversary is dated from the invasion and not from two days before when President George W. Bush went on national television to announce an ultimatum that Saddam Hussein had 48 hours to leave (and then 10 hours later W ordered the US Air Force to assassinate Saddam, but they failed) *a harbinger if there ever was one.
yet, it was what happened a year earlier that is perhaps even more important, as an article in the McClatchy newspapers told anyone who was really listening what was going to happen.
Bush has decided to overthrow Hussein
By Warren P. Strobel and John Walcott Knight Ridder Newspapers
Posted on Wednesday, February 13, 2002
WASHINGTON — President Bush has decided to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein from power and ordered the CIA, the Pentagon and other agencies to devise a combination of military, diplomatic and covert steps to achieve that goal, senior U.S. officials said Tuesday.
By Warren P. Strobel and John Walcott Knight Ridder Newspapers
Posted on Wednesday, February 13, 2002
WASHINGTON — President Bush has decided to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein from power and ordered the CIA, the Pentagon and other agencies to devise a combination of military, diplomatic and covert steps to achieve that goal, senior U.S. officials said Tuesday.
No military strike is imminent, but Bush has concluded that Saddam and his nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs are such a threat to U.S. security that the Iraqi dictator must be removed, even if U.S. allies do not help, said the officials, who all spoke on condition of anonymity.
... per the chart (above) apparently those who shape world's currency markets were most definitely listening, as the US DOLLAR lost over 20% of it's value in the months before the "war" (and another 20+% since)
