Weird quote of the day: Bush speechwriter says the Iraq war kind of just happened

Posted By Thomas E. Ricks Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 11:13 AM Share

David Frum, a former speechwriter for President George Bush the latter, writes:

"For a long time, war with Iraq was discussed inside the Bush administration as something that would be decided at some point in the future; then, somewhere along the way, war with Iraq was discussed as something that had already been decided long ago in the past."

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Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military for the Washington Post from 2000 through 2008.

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