I think O'Neill is a great example of how Presidents that choose business executives for their cabinet risk bruising some egos. It was obvious that Bush didn't care what O'Neill thought about tax cuts. O'Neill is use to handing out orders not taking them. He couldn't handle not being the big fish.
Why should it surprise anyone that Bush had a plan to invade Iraq before 911? It's not like we haven't considered them a threat since 1990. Also, it doesn't jibe with the notion that Bush's lack of preparation caused the attacks. Only the FAA could have prevented those attacks beforehand, and they still refuse to single out guys named Mohammed. But a plan to attack Iraq shows that Bush understood the world situation well enough even before the disaster.
The debate is either down to Bush knew of 911 and was waiting to use it to attack Iraq. Or Bush was asleep at the wheel and failed to prevent it. It's not possible to the critics that we spent the 1990s ignoring or treating other attacks as criminal matters, and were thus begging for a big one.
THEN SWITCHES BACK TO RIGHT
Asked if he plans to vote for Bush in November's presidential election, O'Neill said he "probably" would. "I don't see anyone who is better prepared or more capable," he told NBC.
O'Neill is the new Donald Regan.
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