I am pretty sure I know the answer to this, but did you consider, even for a moment, that Schroeder is the one lying?
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why am I not surprised. I think I'm going to have a heart attack and > die from not surprised: > > http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/10/ex-german-chancellor-accuses-bush-of-untruths-in-memoir/ > > Bush lying, says ex-German leader > By: CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney > > (CNN) -George Bush's memoir only hit bookshelves Tuesday, but already > one prominent ex-world leader says the former president isn't being > truthful when it comes to his description of a 2002 conversation about > the possible use of force in Iraq. > > Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who left office in 2005, > is disputing a passage in Bush's new book that claims Schroeder > privately offered the president full-fledged support in 2002 should he > decide to invade Iraq. > > "The former American president is not telling the truth," Schroeder > said Tuesday according to the German newspaper Der Spiegel. > > In his new book Decision points, Bush writes that in a January 2002 > White House meeting with Schroeder, the German leader said of possible > force in Iraq: "What is true of Afghanistan is true of Iraq. Nations > that sponsor terror must face consequences. If you make it fast and > make it decisive, I will be with you." > > "I took that as a statement of support," Bush writes of the > conversation. "But when German elections arrived later that year, > Schroeder had a different take. He denounced the possibility of using > force against Iraq." > > Speaking Tuesday, Schroeder said the 2002 meeting was actually focused > on the mere possibility former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had > anything to do with the September 11 attacks, and said he made no > unequivocal commitments > > "Just as I did during my subsequent meetings with the American > president, I made it clear that, should Iraq ... prove to have > provided protection and hospitality to al Qaeda fighters, Germany > would reliably stand beside the US," Schroeder said of his comments to > the president. "This connection, however, as it became clear during > 2002, was false and constructed." > > Bush, whose relationship with Schroeder quickly turned frosty after > the chancellor expressed opposition to the war, writes he was "shocked > and furious" with the actions of his ally, especially after the German > justice minister accused Bush of acting like Adolf Hitler in his > efforts to "divert attention from domestic political problems." > > "It was hard to have a constructive relationship again," Bush writes > of his future relations with Schroeder. > > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > web: http://www.lyonsmorris.com/lyons > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryclyons > -- > People need to realize that the plural of anecdote is not data. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:331502 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
