Bush's Blue Dress

[CatWoman]

I was looking for something else, and came across this article, dated November 2003:

Through "back channel" contacts, Hussein agreed to virtually unconditional surrender. He authorized intermediaries to accept any and all actions Bush demanded as conditions for calling off the invasion.

The story was laid out by James Risen of the New York Times (Nov. 5) and Newsweek's Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball (Nov. 5 on their Web site). Hussein was finally and belatedly convinced that he had no choice but to accede to U.S. demands.

His intermediary met with Richard Perle, a member of Rumsfeld's Defense Policy Board, and told him that Hussein was ready to step down and let Iraqis elect their next leader.

Hussein promised oil concessions to the U.S. He committed Iraq to the war against al-Qaida and terrorism. He pledged Iraq's assistance in bringing peace between Israel and Palestine.

Hussein swore on a stack of Korans (correctly, we've discovered) that Iraq had no storehouses of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons. He agreed to give full cooperation to as many weapons inspectors as the U.S. wanted to send.

In short, Hussein offered everything that Bush told us was necessary to avert an attack.

Was Hussein's offer serious? We'll never know. But what would it have cost Bush and his war hawks to check the offer out? A week's delay, two weeks?

http://www.lowcountrynow.com/stories/111403/LOCrose.shtml

[wolfgirl]

1. Remember

Bush & Co said Saddam couldn't be trusted that is why the didn't attempt any deals!

(looks like the pot calling the kettle black when talking about trust!)

[CatWoman]

3. YOU remember

Bush said a lot of things, of which 90 percent is untrue.

[ThomWV]

6. You Don't Get It

Of course Saddam could not be trusted. Do you not recall that we knew he was a liar in his claim to have no more WMDs because we had proof positive of not only their existence but their actual location as well? So knowing he was a liar about that we couldn't believe any other promises he made either.

Sorry, only kidding. That was almost to preposterous to write.

[leftofthedial]

2. but we KNOW Hussein was a liar

We KNOW this because he was lying about WMD's.

Or was that the bushgang?

Never mind.

[The Traveler]

4. This actually broke surface in the news the days before

the war ... didn't get attention, tho. But I remember hearing about it on either CNN or MSNBC.

Dammit. When are people going to wake up and realize we were gonna go to war because the chickenhawks wanted to go to war and for no other reason? I'm by no means a pacifist ... but this war is immoral and, strategically speaking, stupid.

[Paradise]

5. *'s Blue Dress

has 'blood' on it!

[Karenina]

7. So much it's no longer blue.

:cry: