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To: Sully- who wrote (18995)	3/28/2006 12:09:24 PM
From: Sully-	of 35834

[T]he NYT is just recycling old news. The Guardian did a report on this memo nearly two months ago. The British Memo, a.k.a. News That Isn't Media Blog Stephen Spruiell Reporting The NYT has riled up the left-wing blogosphere with a report about a leaked memo describing a Jan. 31, 2003 meeting between George Bush and Tony Blair in which both men seem to have made up their minds to invade Iraq. But as Ed Morrissey reports, we already knew at that point that Saddam would not cooperate with the UN and that a confrontation was likely: <<< By the time Bush met Blair at the White House, Hans Blix had reported that the Iraqis would not cooperate with the inspections, only paying lip service to the inspectors. Now, thanks to captured notes of Iraqi meetings, we know that Saddam remained confident that his bribery of France and Russia (as well as their well-known economic interest in maintaining their contracts with the Saddam regime) would result in a stalemate at the Security Council over any resolution opening military force as a consequence of failure. That may be why France practically begged Blair at that moment not to pursue a "second resolution" (actually a 17th); they assured both the US and the UK that the previous sixteen resolutions gave plenty of cause for action, but that France would find it politically impossible to vote for explicit military action against Iraq. [...] In short, the Times presents us with a memo that shows the US and UK understanding that Saddam would not cooperate with the UN nor voluntarily disarm or step aside; history proved them correct on all those assertions. Given those as reality, the two nations prepared for war. If the Times finds this surprising, it demonstrates their cluelessness all the more. >>> What's more, the NYT is just recycling old news. The Guardian did a report on this memo nearly two months ago. politics.guardian.co.uk media.nationalreview.com memeorandum.com nytimes.com captainsquartersblog.com captainsquartersblog.com

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