A memo of a two hour meeting between George W. Bush and Tony Blair on January 31, 2003 has revealed that Mr. Bush made it clear that the U.S. intended to invade Iraq whether or not there was a second United Nations resolution and even if UN inspectors found no evidence of a banned Iraqi weapons program.
Perhaps the most troubling information gleaned from this smoking gun memo is the following:
Mr Bush told Mr Blair that the US was so worried about the failure to find hard evidence against Saddam that it thought of "flying U2 reconnaissance aircraft planes with fighter cover over Iraq, painted in UN colours". Mr Bush added: "If Saddam fired on them, he would be in breach [of UN resolutions]".
Yes, you read correctly. President Bush actually considered painting U.S. fighter planes in UN colors in order to fool Iraq into firing at them, and thereby justifying US retaliation. Faced with poor intelligence regarding weapons of mass destruction, our President actually considered the "he hit me first option," as a way of rationalizing the United States' hostile action against Iraq.
When forced to make the hard choices, our elected leader behaves like a stubborn five year old. Only, this is not a sandbox. It is war-torn, foreign soil. And we are not playing with toys. But rather with missiles.
It is time for all reasonable, dignified Americans to put an end to the tangled web of deception that the Bush Administration has laid for us. We deserve better. We deserve the truth.
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