John Bolton and the Iraq War
AP correspondent Charles J. Hanley reveals yet another incident of John Bolton's bullying behavior, but what is particularly interesting about this is this incident ties directly to the Bush regime's decision to go to war with Iraq in 2002. Thus it serves as another bit of evidence, along with the Downing Street Memo, about the ways that Bush not only fabricated evidence to support the push for war, but also prevented other evidence from coming to light that would have undermined the justification for war.
In Bolton's case, it turns out that he illegally got Jose Bustani, head of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (a global arms control agency) fired from his job. The reason? Bustani tried to get chemical weapons inspectors into Iraq. As the AP article points out, "Bustani's inspectors would have found nothing, because Iraq's chemical weapons were destroyed in the early 1990s. That would have undercut the U.S. rationale for war because the Bush administration by early 2002 was claiming, without hard evidence, that Baghdad still had such an arms program."
In Bolton's case, it turns out that he illegally got Jose Bustani, head of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (a global arms control agency) fired from his job. The reason? Bustani tried to get chemical weapons inspectors into Iraq. As the AP article points out, "Bustani's inspectors would have found nothing, because Iraq's chemical weapons were destroyed in the early 1990s. That would have undercut the U.S. rationale for war because the Bush administration by early 2002 was claiming, without hard evidence, that Baghdad still had such an arms program."
Excellent point, and one I wish was getting more attention. I watched the Sunday talk shows waiting for one of the Democrats, including Biden and Dodd, to connect the dots -- but noooo....
If this doesn't become an issue during the dolton Bolton's confirmation debate, we may as well forget any possibility of politicians growing a spine at this late hour of the game.
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