Nothing
for the Nation: Who Got What Out
of Iraq
reveals why political leaders and
their subordinates sought to remove
Saddam Hussein from power. Nothing
for the Nation reminds us that when
it comes to relations between rival
nations - and rival national leaders
- America's founders were wise to
give us a republic and not a monarchy.
The sages who secured for us the
blessings of liberty would not have
been surprised by the true motivation
of those who sold America on the
idea of ousting the Butcher of Baghdad.
Excerpts
from Nothing for the
Nation:
"…the evidence
offered in the pages of
this book….is immensely
more compelling as the justification
for our military involvement
in Iraq than was the case
for a WMD program directed
by Saddam Hussein."
- Introduction
"Though
I considered it clever for Bush
to borrow from The Gipper, I likewise
felt it was a departure from the
true concern. I felt that the major
imperatives were finding Osama Bin
Laden and destroying al Qaeda."
- Ch. 4, 9/11: A False Prelude
"But how could this group of
very smart people see the same intelligence
members of Congress were considering
and conclude such a program existed?
If I had problems with the intelligence,
I thought these "analysts"
in the Pentagon would be much more
skeptical." - Ch. 11, The
Truth Emerges
"To say, however, that George
W. Bush came into office in January
2001 with the goal of acquiring
a larger campaign war chest and
more occupants of some electoral
big tent is to miss the point when
it came to Saddam Hussein."
- Ch. 11, The Truth Emerges
October
8, 2002 Floor Speech by Honorable John N. Hostettler on
Iraq Resolution
