Why The Hell Are We In Iraq?
Saddam Offered To Surrender . . .
A MONTH Before Bush Invaded
This is worse than the Downing Street Memo . . .
On February 22, 2003, there was a meeting at the Bush Compound in Crawford, Texas between George W. Bush, Condeleeza Rice and Jose Maria Aznar, then Prime Minister of Spain.
A top-secret tape recording was made by Spanish security and has been “leaked” to and printed by El Pais, the highest-circulation daily in Spain.
The White House did not challenge the accuracy of the transcript, with national security spokesman Gordon Johndroe declining to comment.
It shows the whole Iraq War has been orchestrated by a treasonous, power-grabbing United States President that should be immediately removed from office and put on trial for war crimes.
Oh yeah . . . now that it’s out there, the neo-con talking heads will go beserk trying to muddy the water.
First, please remember that Bush’s own Treasury Secretary, Paul O’Neil, said:
“From the start, we were building the case against Hussein and looking at how we could take him out and change Iraq into a new country. And, if we did that, it would solve everything. It was all about finding a way to do it. That was the tone of it. The President saying, ‘Fine. Go find me a way to do this.’ “ The Price Of Loyalty, page 86.
Now, about that secret tape . . .
In it, Bush is typically impatient, bullying, arrogant, poorly-informed and pathologically over-optimistic. The transcript shows, without question, the true evil nature of this man.
It’s all just a game to him, and he’ll play “good cop” or “bad cop” — as long as he gets what he wants.
The transcript shows that Bush absolutely insisted on going to war without any United Nations Security Council Resolution, if he couldn’t get it, and by threatening all other countries of the world – like a spoiled brat – anything necessary to get his way.
Iraq was going to be invaded — no other option would be considered by The Decider.
Bush rejected outright a deal brokered by Egypt that would have avoided a war altogether by allowing Saddam Hussein to leave Iraq with a billion dollars (less than what this war costs us each and every 12-hours). It wasn’t even the United States’ money but clearly NOTHING was going to derail Bush’s blood-thirst.
The War President said, “Hell no!”
And don’t forget that fighter jets were scrambled, just in case, to shoot-down any plane that Saddam tried to “flee” on.
All that time we, the American people, were constantly being told by Bush and his co-conspirators that Saddam Hussein refused to talk, he refused to allow weapons inspectors to look for the non-existent weapons of mass destruction, and he openly defied the United Nations.
BUT YOU’VE BEEN LIED TO ALL ALONG BY “THE DECIDER.”
In other words, the entire Iraq War cold have been completely avoided by sending Saddam off to exile in some other Muslim country but Bush refused to do so – and worse, lied his ass off to the American public – all to further some his private agenda in Iraq and the middle east. If things were resolved peacefully, Bush’s hell-bent-for-invasion plans would all be worthless.
Remember the Time magazine story in from March 2003, where Bush is quoted as saying, “Fuck Saddam! We’re taking him out!”
All the pieces are there for anyone to see.
Now the last smoking gun — proof that Bush callously denied Saddam’s offer to surrender and walk away well before any invasion.
What could have been saved by avoiding this invasion? Over a million lives? Tens of thousands of American casualties and deaths? Over $1-Trillion Dollars re-distributed to Bush/Cheney’s private corporations from the American taxpayers/suckers? Regional instability for years, maybe forever, and a civil war everyone could see coming from a mile away that our brave young troops are stuck in the middle of now?
But, no, the President who covets being a dictator himself, planned to attack Iraq from before he was ever in the White House. He even moved-in there with special maps and photos and a written war plan.
He just needed time to con the American people and strong-arm other countries of the world.
Now he should be removed from the office he stole and put on trial for his premeditated war crimes.
Let’s watch how the corporate propaganda media spins this one . . .
Here’s part of the translation from the Reuters story:
‘The Egyptians are speaking to Saddam Hussein. It seems he’s indicated he would be prepared to go into exile if he’s allowed to take $1 billion and all the information he wants about weapons of mass destruction,” Bush was quoted as saying at the meeting one month before the U.S.-led invasion.’
The transcript in Spanish then says (according to my translation):
‘Aznar: Is it certain that any possibility exists that Saddam Hussein will go into exile?
Bush: The possibility exists, including that he will be assassinated.
Aznar: Exile with a guarantee?
Bush: No guarantee! He is a thug, a terrorist, a war criminal.
And here’s a partial translation of the rest, courtesy of Harper’s Magazine:
Bush to American Allies: support the war or starve
[Condoleezza Rice has just described the diplomatic situation to Bush and Aznar, explaining that Iraq is continuing to insist that it has no weapons of mass destruction.]
Bush: This is like Chinese water torture. We have to put an end to it.
Aznar: I agree, but it would be best to have as much support as possible. Have a little patience.
Bush: My patience has ended. I’m not thinking of waiting beyond mid-March.
Aznar: I’m not asking that you have endless patience. Simply that everything is done to [have maximum international support].
Bush: Countries like Mexico, Chile, Angola, and Cameroon should know that what’s at stake is the security of the United States . . . [Chilean President Ricardo] Lagos should know that the Free Trade Accord with Chile is awaiting Senate confirmation and a negative attitude about this could put ratification in danger. Angola is receiving Millennium Account funds [to help alleviate poverty] and that could be jeopardized also if he’s not supportive…
Aznar: Tony [Blair] wants to wait until March 14.
Bush: I prefer the 10th. This is like a good cop, bad cop routine. I don’t care if I’m the bad cop and he’s the good cop.
Bush on Iraq: the future is bright
“We’re developing a very strong package of humanitarian aid. We can win [the war] without much destruction. We’re planning for a post-Saddam Iraq and believe there is a strong base to build a better future. Iraq has a good bureaucracy and relatively strong civil society.”
Very Rough English Transcript (using Google translator) . . .
The Economic Times Story . . .
How Can Any Sane Person Be “At Peace” Preparing For War?
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