Reflections on the "New American" Revolution
Thursday, January 29, 2004
Bush Aide's Faulty Rationale for the Iraq Invasion: "'The judgment is going to be the same: This is a dangerous man in a dangerous part of the world and it was time to do something about this threat,' [Rice] said. "
Bush did not have support to invade Iraq because Saddam was a dangerous man in a dangerous place. He claimed that Saddam was a danger to the US homeland. He claimed that he had WMD which he could deliver by drone or terrorist. He claimed many things. But getting rid of Saddam was not an excuse for invasion of a non-threatening country. One that was being patrolled by US and UK war planes. One that was attacked by those planes daily. One that had been under severe sanctions for a decade. And one that had been under UN inspection for many years.
Saddam was disgrace to the US when he was an ally. It was then that he did most of the things Bush now criticises him for. But when he did them, the Reagan administration sent Rumsfeld to tell him we would continue to support him. On his terms.
The sheer hypocrisy of the US position -- both tehn and now -- is breathtaking.
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