Reply #103: I don't think I agree with your characterization

[BootinUp]

I refreshed my memory about PNAC letter to Clinton while DU was inaccessible. I think you ignore this 1998 letter which clearly states their position was as follows: (paraphrased) military action can be justified in the near term and removal of Sadaam in the long term, due to failure of the current policy of inspection regime.

I also think you are taking the other phrase out of context. It was not seen as a requirement to move forward with their agenda, it was contemplated to affect the plan in the event something were to happen.

So you are creating a statement of policy in effect where none existed.