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Rove: "I Wish The Iraq War Never Existed - It Was Gonzales Idea"
Written by Shirley Knott


WASHINGTON, D.C. - During an Ohio visit yesterday, White House senior
political adviser Karl Rove claimed he "never wanted the war in Iraq."

"I wish the Iraq war was over," Rove said. "I wish the war never
existed. It was all Alberto Gonzales idea."

As reported by CNN, Rove asserted that "history shows Gonzales was
exceptionally eager in 2002 for the upcoming Iraq war, anxious to reap
what he viewed would be political gains for Latino Neocons resulting
from the military conflict."

"Secret emails have also revealed that Gonzales was an active advocate
for the war in Iraq," said Rove.

ThinkProgress reports "In January 2002, Alberto Gonzales told Bush
conservatives, 'Americans trust me to do a better job of keeping our
communities and our families safe from rampant judicial Islamofacism,
and I will go to my political grave on the issue of strengthening
America's U.S. attorneys' Republican might.'"

In June 2002, DemocracyNow reported that Gonzales was then giving
PowerPoint presentations to Bush Republicans advising them to "focus
on the war" during their fall campaigns.

In August 2002, while Rove was chairing the White House "Let's Get The
Heck Out Of This Iraq Mess" Group, whose mission was to "develop a
strategy for publicizing Bush's assertion that Saddam Hussein posed no
threat to the United States," he cited the entire war as "a Gonzales
fabrication."

In September 2002, Time Magazine reported that when friends asked Bush
whether or not he planned to invade Iraq, Gonzales was known to
frequently interrupt and interject, "Let me put it this way: If you
want to see Baghdad, you'd better visit soon."

In a heated question-and-answer period after his latest White House
speech, Bush was asked whose idea it was to start a pre-emptive war in
Iraq.

"I'm pretty sure it was Gonzales," Bush replied, "but I was in the
throes of such a magnificent farting episode at the time, during which
I was able to frap the entire alphabet, that I don't recall exactly
what Gonzales might have claimed."

When asked for his recollection, Alberto Gonzales stated, "I do not
recall that meeting."