Mike I attended a meeting at the Asia Society in the spring of 2003 at which Kissinger launched a torrent of criticism at the French foreign minister for not supporting the Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld initiative to obtain UN support for a U.S. invasion of Iraq. The French foreign minister, supported by many others, called for an extension of th…
Mike I attended a meeting at the Asia Society in the spring of 2003 at which Kissinger launched a torrent of criticism at the French foreign minister for not supporting the Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld initiative to obtain UN support for a U.S. invasion of Iraq.
The French foreign minister, supported by many others, called for an extension of the UN team that was (often with suggestions from CIA) seeking to identify whether there were any WMD (weapons of mass destruction) in effort. So far they had found none.
I had interviewed Iraqi President Abdul Karim Qassim for 21/2 hours in 1960. He was a creepy guy who was killed in a coup authorized by JFK in 1963 which provided a launching pad for Saddam Hussein.
As a former Foreign Service Officer, I was astonished by former SecState Kissinger’s tirade. General Powell deserves some criticism for his February UN speech, in which he parroted false information provided to him by CIA Director Tenet.
However the overwhelming blame goes to Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld, with Kissinger’s coaching from the public sidelines.
Mike I attended a meeting at the Asia Society in the spring of 2003 at which Kissinger launched a torrent of criticism at the French foreign minister for not supporting the Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld initiative to obtain UN support for a U.S. invasion of Iraq.
The French foreign minister, supported by many others, called for an extension of the UN team that was (often with suggestions from CIA) seeking to identify whether there were any WMD (weapons of mass destruction) in effort. So far they had found none.
I had interviewed Iraqi President Abdul Karim Qassim for 21/2 hours in 1960. He was a creepy guy who was killed in a coup authorized by JFK in 1963 which provided a launching pad for Saddam Hussein.
As a former Foreign Service Officer, I was astonished by former SecState Kissinger’s tirade. General Powell deserves some criticism for his February UN speech, in which he parroted false information provided to him by CIA Director Tenet.
However the overwhelming blame goes to Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld, with Kissinger’s coaching from the public sidelines.