In his own words:
"Trying to eliminate Saddam would have incurred incalculable human
and political costs. Apprehending him was probably impossible. We would
have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq. There was
no viable exit strategy we could see, violating another of our
principles. Furthermore, we had been self-consciously trying to set a
pattern for handling aggression in the post-Cold War world. Going in
and occupying Iraq, thus unilaterally exceeding the United Nations
mandate, would have destroyed the precedent of international response
to aggression that we hoped to establish. Had we gone the invasion
route, the United States could conceivably still be an occupying power
in a bitterly hostile land."
--- George H.W. Bush, "41"
--------------------------
And the picture we're not supposed to see:
<http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/2004/04/001904.html>
In his own words:
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In his own words:
"Trying to eliminate Saddam would have incurred incalculable human
and political costs. Apprehending him was probably impossible. We would
have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq. There was
no viable exit strategy we could see, violating another of our
principles. Furthermore, we had been self-consciously trying to set a
pattern for handling aggression in the post-Cold War world. Going in
and occupying Iraq, thus unilaterally exceeding the United Nations
mandate, would have destroyed the precedent of international response
to aggression that we hoped to establish. Had we gone the invasion
route, the United States could conceivably still be an occupying power
in a bitterly hostile land."
--- George H.W. Bush, "41"
--------------------------
And the picture we're not supposed to see:
<http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/2004/04/001904.html>
"Trying to eliminate Saddam would have incurred incalculable human
and political costs. Apprehending him was probably impossible. We would
have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq. There was
no viable exit strategy we could see, violating another of our
principles. Furthermore, we had been self-consciously trying to set a
pattern for handling aggression in the post-Cold War world. Going in
and occupying Iraq, thus unilaterally exceeding the United Nations
mandate, would have destroyed the precedent of international response
to aggression that we hoped to establish. Had we gone the invasion
route, the United States could conceivably still be an occupying power
in a bitterly hostile land."
--- George H.W. Bush, "41"
--------------------------
And the picture we're not supposed to see:
<http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/2004/04/001904.html>
