Sunday, September 26, 2004
'I firmly believed we should not march into Baghdad. Our stated mission... was a simple one- end the aggression, knock Iraq's forces out of Kuwait, and restore Kuwait's leaders. To occupy Iraq would instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab world against us, and make a broken tyrant into a latter-day Arab hero. It would have... [assigned] young soldiers to a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning them to fight in what would be an unwinnable urban guerilla war. It could only plunge that part of the world into even greater instability and destroy the credibility we were working so hard to reestablish.'
from A World Transformed by George Bush, senior. But gee, it's good that his son knew better isn't it?
from A World Transformed by George Bush, senior. But gee, it's good that his son knew better isn't it?
