David Frum wrote in his memoir that he was told in December, 2001 to come up with a justification to invade Iraq

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In his memoir, speechwriter David Frum recounts that, in December, after the Afghanistan campaign against bin Laden and his Taliban sponsors, he was told to come up with a justification for war with Iraq to include in Bush’s State of the Union address in January 2002.

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[link] In his memoir, speechwriter David Frum recounts that, in December, after the Afghanistan campaign against bin Laden and his Taliban sponsors, he was told to come up with a justification for war with Iraq to include in Bush’s State of the Union address in January 2002.