[thechat] Invade Iraq?

Martin Burns martin at easyweb.co.uk
Thu Aug 22 15:11:00 CDT 2002


On Thursday, August 22, 2002, at 03:28  pm, Ben Dyer wrote:

> At 03:24 AM 8/22/2002, you wrote:
>> Or rather *chose not to* do. And while Bush I is careful not to
>> personally talk about what W should do, some very close people to him
>> *are* saying what a bad idea it is (like Bush I's Nat Security
>> Advisor).
>> Sounds like a message by proxy to me...
>
> But not everyone who was close to Bush I apparently disagrees, like,
> saaaaay, his Secretary of Defense.

Is he one of Bush I's closest friends? Did he help Bush I write his
autobiography? Brent Scowcroft is both of those things, and is easily in
a position to either act on behalf of Bush I, or to know his real views
and echo them, knowing that that's how it'd be interpreted (last
Sunday's Wall Street Journal if you're looking for the reference).

Hell, even old hawks like *Kissenger* are against the idea of attacking
Iraq.

Cheers
Martin
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