QandO

April 06, 2004

Old news is new news
Posted by Jon Henke

This story has been bugging me....

According to Sir Christopher Meyer, the former British Ambassador to Washington, who was at the dinner when Blair became the first foreign leader to visit America after 11 September, Blair told Bush he should not get distracted from the war on terror's initial goal - dealing with the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.

Bush, claims Meyer, replied by saying: 'I agree with you, Tony. We must deal with this first. But when we have dealt with Afghanistan, we must come back to Iraq.'

1: People seem to be extrapolating "we must go to war" from "we must deal with this". That's quite a leap. There are other ways of "dealing with this", beyond "war", you know.

If you're in doubt, please review US policy towards: Iran; North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lybia, etc.

2: Let's see - Bush thought Iraq was a threat that needed to be "dealt with" when he was campaigning, when he took office, and prior to 9/11. Why is it suddenly news that Bush still thought Iraq was a threat that needed to be "dealt with" after 9/11?

Ah, the political season....when critics never lets consistency go unpunished.

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