Bush-Blair Iraq war memo revealed

Both the BBC (here) and the NYT (here) reveal an interesting Iraq war memo showing that the US was firmly on the path to war already 2 months before the invasion of Iraq.

Best parts:
"Our diplomatic strategy had to be arranged around the military planning,"

"The memo also shows that the president and the prime minister acknowledged that no unconventional weapons had been found inside Iraq. Faced with the possibility of not finding any before the planned invasion, Mr. Bush talked about several ways to provoke a confrontation, including a proposal to paint a United States surveillance plane in the colors of the United Nations in hopes of drawing fire, or assassinating Mr. Hussein."

The memo said Mr. Blair told Mr. Bush, "If anything went wrong with the military campaign, or if Saddam increased the stakes by burning the oil wells, killing children or fomenting internal divisions within Iraq, a second resolution would give us international cover, especially with the Arabs."

"The U.S. would put its full weight behind efforts to get another resolution and would twist arms and even threaten,"


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