Incertonia
27-10-2004, 14:17
That's the headline for a story in today's Independent (http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=576429). Now, you may think "no big deal--Britain is our biggest ally, so we should be sharing invasion information like dates, right?
That's not the issue here. Remember how Bush was saying, even in early 2003, that we didn't want to go to war with Iraq, that it was a last resort because Hussein wouldn't disarm, blah blah blah? Seems like--no shock to anyone who was paying attention--they had their minds made up far far earlier. From the article:
Lt Col Warren said US planners had passed on dates for which the invasion was planned. The hearing was told Army chiefs wanted the training for the Army to start at the beginning of December 2002. However, due to "sensitivities" the training was delayed.
The court heard the training for the TA began two months late and for the regular Army one month late. Lt Col Warren was asked what the sensitivities were. He replied: "Because in December there was a world interest. If the UK had mobilised while all this was going on that would have shown an intent before the political process had been allowed to run its course."
There was never any intent for anything other than war with Iraq. Never.
That's not the issue here. Remember how Bush was saying, even in early 2003, that we didn't want to go to war with Iraq, that it was a last resort because Hussein wouldn't disarm, blah blah blah? Seems like--no shock to anyone who was paying attention--they had their minds made up far far earlier. From the article:
Lt Col Warren said US planners had passed on dates for which the invasion was planned. The hearing was told Army chiefs wanted the training for the Army to start at the beginning of December 2002. However, due to "sensitivities" the training was delayed.
The court heard the training for the TA began two months late and for the regular Army one month late. Lt Col Warren was asked what the sensitivities were. He replied: "Because in December there was a world interest. If the UK had mobilised while all this was going on that would have shown an intent before the political process had been allowed to run its course."
There was never any intent for anything other than war with Iraq. Never.