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| Bush Personalizes Conflict, Says Saddam ''Tried to kill my Dad'' |
| 2002-09-28 |
| Saying, "This is the guy who tried to kill my dad," U.S. President George W. Bush late Thursday, September 26, personalized the conflict with Baghdad, making war against sanction-hit Iraq a "uniquely American issue." Y'know, I've always wondered why we didn't bulldoze Iraq when that happened. I put it down to the president at the time not really giving a crap, since it wasn't him. But then I thought I was being ungenerous... for awhile. "Other countries of course, bear the same risk. But there's no doubt his hatred is mainly directed at us," said the American President at a political fundraiser in Houston. "After all this is the guy who tried to kill my dad." And the Emir of Kuwait. They should think about that every time they hesitate... As Bush's father, former president George Bush, traveled to Kuwait in April 1993, officials there disrupted a car-bomb plot they claimed they traced back to Saddam. The plot was aimed at Kuwait's emir and the former president, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). Then-U.S. president Bill Clinton cited the plot as justification for a June 1993 U.S. missile attack on Baghdad's intelligence headquarters. Yup. That "sent them a message." The message was: "Dear Sammy, We won't kill you for trying to kill Bush, but we might if you try to kill Clinton, but probably not. But don't push it, okay? Love, Clinton." Bush had also referred to that U.S. charge in his September 12 address to the U.N. General Assembly, but had deliberately referred only to "a former American president." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |