OK - I take it back. It's not surprising that no one mentioned Iraq - why would they??

But I do agree it is astounding that Bush et al. managed to swing public opinion (albeit briefly) from the outrage against this event to justify a war against Iraq (Saddam was certainly not a saint - but I think it is highly unlikely that he had any specific involvement in the 9/11 attacks - even Cheney admitted that).

Perhaps the most surprising thing that I find reading through the emails is that many people were predicting that the US would invade Afghanistan - but none of the emails mentions Iraq as a potential target...