Henry Imler March 27th, 2006

NY Times obtains secret memo of Bush, Blair meeting before Iraq war

• Bush expected the war not to last a long time.
• If no
  weapons were found, Bush suggested that a U2 spy plane painted with UN
  colors fly over Iraq. He hoped the Iraqis would fire at it and shoot it
  down, thus breaking the UN resolutions.
• Bush and Blair thought
  that in addition to the short war, setting up the Saddam’s replacement
  would “be complicated, but manageable”.
• On the question of
  civil unrest after the invasion, Bush thought that it was “unlikely
  there would be internecine warfare between the different religious and
  ethnic groups.”
• Bush said “The diplomatic strategy had to be arranged around the military planning” Blair agreed and said, “[that he agreed] solidly with the president and ready to do whatever it took to disarm Saddam“
• Bush was going to invade whether or not:
  1. there was a second resolution, or
  2. the UN inspectors found anything.

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