August 15, 2002: Adelman: ‘Piece of Cake’ to Secure Americans’ Support for Invasion; Allies Will ‘Pipe Down’

Kenneth Adelman, a former Reagan official with close ties to senior Bush aides, “It’ll be a piece of cake to get public support. The American people will be 90 percent for it. Almost nobody in Congress will object, and the allies will pipe down.” [Washington Post, 8/18/2002] Adelman made similar comments in a February 2002 Washington Post editorial (see February 13, 2002).