Quote, unquote

"The fact of the matter is that when we were attacked on September 11, we had a choice to make. We could decide that the proximate cause was al Qaeda and the people who flew those planes into buildings and, therefore, we would go after al Qaeda…or we could take a bolder approach..."

-- Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, on Meet the Press, explaining the administration's decision to invade Iraq instead of focusing efforts on destroying al-Qaeda and capturing Bin Laden.

Hat tip: Political Wire