I'm saying that he would have had a much harder time getting public support in the US if the inspectors had been there and Iraq had provided us the documentation required in the sanctions.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 2:56 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: What could $456 billion buy. > > > Nick wrote: > > If Clinton had pressed Iraq to provide documentation and pressed Iraq > to > > allow the inspectors in Bush wouldn't have had any excuse to invade. > > > > That's tangential to the main point, but I don't agree. The > inspectors asked for 9 more months, and Bush implied that they were > idiots: He claimed that the Iraqis were moving the WMD so that when > the inspectors arrived they wouldn't find anything. > > That being the fact, what makes you think Bush would trust 2+ year old > inspector reports? He didn't trust the latest ones he was getting. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:234644 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
