Teribus, might this be relevant to what Dr. Rice is saying?

"Then there's the case of Richard Clarke, the top adviser on counterterrorism to both Clinton and Bush.

"In his stunning interview on "60 Minutes," I thought the most chilling moment was what he said took place immediately after 9/11:

"Well, Rumsfeld was saying we needed to bomb Iraq. And we all said, 'But no, no. Al-Qaida is in Afghanistan.'

"And Rumsfeld said, 'There aren't any good targets in Afghanistan, and there are lots of good targets in Iraq.' I said, 'Well, there are lots of good targets in lots of places, but Iraq had nothing to do with it.' "

"Clarke said it was as though after Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had wanted to attack Mexico."
Molly Ivins