Bush told Blair we're going to war, (1/31/2003) memo reveals

[KurtNYC]

Tony Blair told President George Bush that he was "solidly" behind US plans to invade Iraq before he sought advice about the invasion's legality and despite the absence of a second UN resolution, according to a new account of the build-up to the war published today.

A memo of a two-hour meeting between the two leaders at the White House on January 31 2003 - nearly two months before the invasion - reveals that Mr Bush made it clear the US intended to invade whether or not there was a second resolution and even if UN inspectors found no evidence of a banned Iraqi weapons programme.

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Mr Bush told the Mr Blair that the US was so worried about the failure to find hard evidence against Saddam that it thought of "flying U2 reconnaissance aircraft planes with fighter cover over Iraq, painted in UN colours". Mr Bush added: "If Saddam fired on them, he would be in breach {of UN resolutions}".


Partly confirming what we knew from the Downing Street Memo but with more detail on proposed deceptive schemes:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1700879,00.html

[Bob3]

1. Impeach now

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[KurtNYC]

2. I see I have duped an earlier thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2081575&mesg_id=2081575

I looked - didn't see it before posting.

[ClintonTyree]

3. Wow, that's a shocker..........

:boring: Who would have thought it? Just every THINKING person in this country is all, which is a sad indictment on how many people in this country actually THINK!
bush knew he was invading Iraq before the Supreme Whores selected him as president. It's been his dream ever since his Daddy didn't have the troops march into Baghdad during the first Gulf War. Immediately afterward PNAC started grooming Junior for the presidency, they needed their pliable stooge and Junior fit the bill. The rest is, as they say, history.

[Moderator]

4. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2081575