"On 11 September 2001, six hours after the attacks, I heard that Donald Rumsfeld said that it might be an opportunity to ‘hit’ Iraq. I heard that he said: ‘Go massive. Sweep it all up. Things related and not.’
"I heard that Condoleezza Rice asked: ‘How do you capitalise on these opportunities?’
-- Thats just two of the many juicy quotes that Eliiot Weinberger has written in this delightfull piece - link below