Tucker Carlson: “On the afternoon of September 11, Rumsfeld said his instinct…”

“Instead, he realized, with what he called almost sharp physical pain that Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz were going to take advantage of the tragedy to promote their agenda about Iraq. And that's exactly what they did. On the afternoon of September 11, Rumsfeld said his instinct was to hit Saddam Hussein at the same time, not only bin Laden. The day after the attack, Bush asked Clark to see if Saddam did this, see if he's involved in any way.” (04:12–04:20)

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