"The Story of How Bush Went Into Iraq, As Told By The British"
Here's a story (from thinkprogress) containing quotes from BRITISH MEDIA articles on Bush and Blair during the Iraq War run-up. The press in Britain keeps finding evidence of Bush's lies. Our press... not so much. See here for the full story w/ active links...
Once upon a time...
Once upon a time...
“The two leaders [Bush and Blair]More here: "The Story of How Bush Went Into Iraq, As Told By The British"were worried by the lack of hard evidence that Saddam Hussein had broken UN resolutions, though privately they were convinced that he had. According to the memorandum, Mr Bush said: ‘The US was thinking of flying U2 reconnaissance aircraft with fighter cover over Iraq, painted in UN colours. If Saddam fired on them, he would be in breach.’” [Link]“On January 31 2003 - nearly two months before the invasion - … Mr Bush made it clear the US intended to invade whether or not there was a second UN resolution and even if UN inspectors found no evidence of a banned Iraqi weapons programme.” [Link]“[Bush] added that he had a date, 10 March, pencilled in for the start of military action. The war actually began on 20 March.” [Link]“What happens on the morning after?” [Link]“There was little discussion in Washington of the aftermath after military action.” [Link]“Bush said that he ‘thought it unlikely that there would be internecine warfare between the different religious and ethnic groups...”
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