Breaking News from 2003.. Not news to people who read, don't watch Fox News, have a working brain.. Raw Story.
Former prime minister Tony Blair was the only person capable of turning George Bush against the 2003 Iraq invasion, ex-United Nations chief Kofi Annan claimed in an interview published Saturday.
Annan argued in an interview published in the Times that Blair could have changed Bush’s mind because of the special relationship between the two nations and the two leaders.
Annan said he often had contemplated what might have happened if “Blair had said ‘George, this is where we part company. You’re on your own’,” following the failure to secure a second UN resolution.
“I really think it could have stopped the war,” added the Nobel peace laureate.
Annan was UN secretary general at the time of the crisis.
A first Security Council resolution, which offered Iraq a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations passed unanimously in November 2002.
But a second resolution proposed by the US, Britain, and Spain in 2003 that called for action to be taken against Saddam Hussain’s regime was withdrawn when it became clear it would be vetoed.
The US decided that the resolution was not needed before military action could lawfully take place, and the invasion commenced on March 20.
The invasion triggered eight years of sectarian conflict in Iraq, resulting in more than 100,000 civilian deaths.
I'm actually wrong, as is Annan: Blair might have prevented the Iraq War had he been dealing with almost anyone but George Bush, Dick Cheney, Wolfowitz, Feith, et al.. "Special Relationship" be damned: The deal was done on this one well before the Neocons entered office. PNAC, anyone?
Former prime minister Tony Blair was the only person capable of turning George Bush against the 2003 Iraq invasion, ex-United Nations chief Kofi Annan claimed in an interview published Saturday.
Annan argued in an interview published in the Times that Blair could have changed Bush’s mind because of the special relationship between the two nations and the two leaders.
Annan said he often had contemplated what might have happened if “Blair had said ‘George, this is where we part company. You’re on your own’,” following the failure to secure a second UN resolution.
“I really think it could have stopped the war,” added the Nobel peace laureate.
Annan was UN secretary general at the time of the crisis.
A first Security Council resolution, which offered Iraq a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations passed unanimously in November 2002.
But a second resolution proposed by the US, Britain, and Spain in 2003 that called for action to be taken against Saddam Hussain’s regime was withdrawn when it became clear it would be vetoed.
The US decided that the resolution was not needed before military action could lawfully take place, and the invasion commenced on March 20.
The invasion triggered eight years of sectarian conflict in Iraq, resulting in more than 100,000 civilian deaths.
I'm actually wrong, as is Annan: Blair might have prevented the Iraq War had he been dealing with almost anyone but George Bush, Dick Cheney, Wolfowitz, Feith, et al.. "Special Relationship" be damned: The deal was done on this one well before the Neocons entered office. PNAC, anyone?
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