Lynn C. Woolsey: “last year when it became clear that the United States was unprepared to fight an increasingly hostile and aggressive…”

“last year when it became clear that the United States was unprepared to fight an increasingly hostile and aggressive Iraqi insurgency, Secretary Rumsfeld told our troops: ``You have to go to war with the Army you have, not the Army you want.'' Well, I am here tonight to tell Secretary Rumsfeld and the other members of the Bush administration that the war in Iraq was started by the government leaders we have, but not the government leaders we want. Let us take a look at the folks who are running things at the White House. Who is weighing in on this war every single day? First, we have got Scooter Libby, the Vice President's chief of staff. Scooter Libby was in charge of coordinating the intelligence and communications strategy for the war in Iraq until last week. Last week, Libby was indicted by a Federal prosecutor for his role in outing undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame. Libby's precise role in this scandal is not yet clear, but it is suspected that he shopped Ms. Plame's identity to multiple reporters in an effort to discredit her husband, Ambassador Joe Wilson, who opposed the invasion of Iraq and cited proof that the administration's claims of yellow cake in Niger were actually false. This political assassination reveals the cold, calculated tactics used by the Bush administration in the buildup to the war.…”