29-09-2016, 02:56 PM
This will only make sense to those who have read MacQueen's book to completion, as I'm typing this before heading to bed and don't have time to explain the section from the book that refers to the phrase in detail. But, everyone that has read the book should get the reference. MacQueen discusses two uses of the quoted phrase in his book. This seems to be a third, from a source that is of interest.
Digging through various online articles about the history of the Neoconservatives, I found a discussion concerning William Kristol's THE WEEKLY STANDARD. In an editorial from November 17th, 1997, (printed just before Zelikow's Catastrophic Terrorism Study Group began their nine-month research project into the Zelikow/Deutch/Carter paper "Catastrophic Terrorism: Elements of a National Policy"), the magazine featured an editorial titled "Saddam Must Go". In the editorial, the following quote is featured.
"We know it seems unthinkable to propose another ground attack to take Baghdad. But it's time to start thinking the unthinkable."
Digging through various online articles about the history of the Neoconservatives, I found a discussion concerning William Kristol's THE WEEKLY STANDARD. In an editorial from November 17th, 1997, (printed just before Zelikow's Catastrophic Terrorism Study Group began their nine-month research project into the Zelikow/Deutch/Carter paper "Catastrophic Terrorism: Elements of a National Policy"), the magazine featured an editorial titled "Saddam Must Go". In the editorial, the following quote is featured.
"We know it seems unthinkable to propose another ground attack to take Baghdad. But it's time to start thinking the unthinkable."