<bleeding_heart> Posted April 4, 2004 #1 Share Posted April 4, 2004 President George Bush first asked Tony Blair to support the removal of Saddam Hussein from power at a private White House dinner nine days after the terror attacks of 11 September, 2001. According to Sir Christopher Meyer, the former British Ambassador to Washington, who was at the dinner when Blair became the first foreign leader to visit America after 11 September, Blair told Bush he should not get distracted from the war on terror's initial goal - dealing with the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. Bush, claims Meyer, replied by saying: 'I agree with you, Tony. We must deal with this first. But when we have dealt with Afghanistan, we must come back to Iraq.' Regime change was already US policy. It was clear, Meyer says, 'that when we did come back to Iraq it wouldn't be to discuss smarter sanctions'. Elsewhere in his interview, Meyer says Blair always believed it was unlikely that Saddam would be removed from power or give up his weapons of mass destruction without a war. Full Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted April 4, 2004 #2 Share Posted April 4, 2004 so whats the point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<bleeding_heart> Posted April 4, 2004 Author #3 Share Posted April 4, 2004 Maybe some people want to know what politians talk about, maybe it will be useful for historians when they come to add the war on terror chapter, maybe it'll provide insight into the Bush/Blair relationship. The media thought it was worth commenting on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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