from an article by John Keegan at http://nationalreview.com/comment/keegan200406290944.asp Evil neo-con Clintonistas!
Actually it was earlier than that. Google "The Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies." Have fun!
Planning a war is nothing out of the ordinary. That is what those guys are paid to do. I am sure we currently have plans to deal with Red China, Iran, North Korea .... and the likes ... maybe even France Having justification to carry out the plan is another thing.
But does the President initiate that sort of war gaming? Topic: Iraq - Revising History Speaker: Bush, George - President Date: 1/12/2004 Quote/Claim: "And, no, the stated policy of my administration towards Saddam Hussein was very clear. Like the previous administration, we were for regime change." [Source: White House Web site] Fact: President Bush ordered the Pentagon to explore the possibility of a ground invasion of Iraq well before the United States was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, an official told ABCNEWS, confirming the account former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill gives in a book written by former Wall Street Journal reporter Ron Suskind. "That went beyond the Clinton administration's [policy]," said the source. - ABC News, 1/13/04