you honestly think they're going to respond? This is the administration that still doesn't admit that Dick Cheney met with Ken Lay five years ago, lol. And no, it doesn't, but since this is the Prime Minister being briefed on "talks" and the Attorney-General is quoted in a way that implies a meeting, I'd say this is pretty solid stuff, not rumors and news reports.
Dana On 5/6/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll wait for the administrations response. It doesn't quote Bush. > Looks like Dearlove assessment but doesn't mention he spoke to in the > US. > > On 5/6/05, Dana wrote: > > "Bush > > wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the > > conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were > > being fixed around the policy. > > > > --big snip-- > > > > It seemed clear that Bush had made up his mind to take > > military action, even if the timing was not yet decided. But the case > > was thin. Saddam was not threatening his neighbours, and his WMD > > capability was less than that of Libya, North Korea or Iran. We should > > work up a plan for an ultimatum to Saddam to allow back in the UN > > weapons inspectors. This would also help with the legal justification > > for the use of force. > > > > The Attorney-General said that the desire for regime change was not a > > legal base for military action. There were three possible legal bases: > > self-defence, humanitarian intervention, or UNSC authorisation. The > > first and second could not be the base in this case." > > > > Dana > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:156651 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
