Wolfowitz Admits Iraq War Planned Two Days After 9-11

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Serious disagreements exist between the State Department and the White House on how to deal with Iran, with the State Department pushing for an open dialogue and Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and others pushing for a new regime.

In a half a dozen interviews last week, Rumsfeld refused to respond to questions about whether the U.S. will use military force to overthrow Iran's governing body.

"That's (military force) up to the President but the fact is that to the extent that Iran attempts to influence what's taking place in Iraq and tries to make Iraq into their image, we will have to stop it. And to the extent they have people from their Revolutionary Guard in they’re attempting to do that, why we'll have to find them and capture them or kill them," Rumsfeld said in an interview last week with WCBS-TV.

Wolfowitz, however, is more direct in how to deal with Iran. Responding to the question of whether military force will be used to weed out the clerics running the country, Wolfowitz said in an interview with CNN International Saturday "you know, I think you know, we never rule out that kind of thing."

Reprinted with permission of the author.

Jason Leopold is a freelance journalist based in California; he is currently finishing a book on the California energy crisis. He can be contacted at jasonleopold@hotmail.com.

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