Now check out this article from Channel 4 in merry old England, which has details from the new book
Lawless World (Geez, wouldn’t that be nice? – editor) by British human rights attorney Philippe Sands.
“President MBT said that: “The US would put its full weight behind efforts to get another resolution
and would ‘twist arms’ and ‘even threaten’. But he had to say that if ultimately we failed,
military action would follow anyway.” Prime Minister Blair responded that he was: “solidly with the
President and ready to do whatever it took to disarm Saddam.” …
Mr. Sands’ book says that the meeting focused on the need to identify evidence that Saddam had
committed a material breach of his obligations under the existing UN Resolution 1441. There was concern
that insufficient evidence had been unearthed by the UN inspection team, led by Dr Hans Blix. Other
options were considered.
President MBT said: “The US was thinking of flying U2 reconnaissance aircraft with fighter cover over
Iraq, painted in UN colours. If Saddam fired on them, he would be in breach.”
Some of us remember reports of stepped up bombing before the war, and of course, we have the reporting
of Jeremy Scahill and the testimony [.mp3] of Iraq Veteran Against the War, Tim Goodrich, to help seal
the case that the air war began early.
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