Saddam Hussein offered to step down and go into exile one month before the invasion of Iraq, it was claimed last night.
Fearing defeat, Saddam was prepared to go peacefully in return for £500million ($1billion).
The extraordinary offer was revealed yesterday in a transcript of talks in February 2003 between George Bush and the then Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar at the President's Texas ranch.
The White House refused to comment on the report last night.
Just think how simple it might have been to go into Iraq after its leader had fled and then suggested to the Iraqis that they might want to give democracy a chance and elect the next leader of their country. No destruction of Iraqi infrastructure to contend with, no anger from thousands of families who had lost loved ones in bombing raids by allied forces, no reason to rebuild the military from scratch since it would not have been disbanded, it would have been a cake walk.
But then I guess warmongers just don't want a peaceful resolution to a conflict. I mean who gets a medal of valor for good negotiating?
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You commie. Haliburton, KB&R, Blackwater and all would have missed out on millions if we had done that. Why do you hate America? ;)
ReplyDeleteOh it's not just America Lynne, as you can probably tell, I also hate freedom.LOL
ReplyDeleteWow, you're up early!
ReplyDeleteWith so much injustice in the world, it just makes it hard to sleep in.
ReplyDeleteI often wonder how those who voted for Bush ever get to sleep.