October 2001

The link to AllSpinZone is from Eschaton, so I'm just adding another voice to the hue and cry:

This afternoon, the National Security Archives at George Washington University released some stunning documents, that seem to further corroborate the Downing Street Minutes, as well as buttress the argument that there was precious little post-war planning in the rush to topple Saddam...the date in the first bullet point...[is] 10/2001 - barely one month after the events of September 11th, when all efforts of the U.S. government should have been focused completely, and without hesitation, on finding Osama “Who?” Bin Laden.

More here.

What the hell were they thinking?