Among the disclosures made by Feith in “War and Decision,” scheduled for release next month by HarperCollins, is Bush’s declaration, at a Dec. 18, 2002, National Security Council meeting, that “war is inevitable.” The statement came weeks before U.N. weapons inspectors reported their initial findings on Iraq and months before Bush delivered an ultimatum to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Feith, who says he took notes at the meeting, registered it as a “momentous comment.”
A refresher for those with short memories: the UNMOVIC inspectors issued a January 2003 report in part critical of the Iraqi government, but indicating progress and asking the Security Council for more time. The U.S. invaded without U.N. authorization (ie. in violation of the U.N. Charter) on the 20th of March, 2003. I wasn’t blogging back then, but I was crazy enough to camp out on Polk Place to demonstrate my opposition to the war.
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