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| Bush: Post-Saddam Iraq not US job |
| 2002-09-09 |
| President Bush Monday told world leaders it will be the responsibility of the whole international community, rather than the United States, to determine what kind of regime should replace Iraqi President Saddam Hussein if his government is toppled by U.S. military action, European diplomats told United Press International. Sounds like a lesson learned from Afghanistan... During a call to the current head of the European Union, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Bush made it clear he felt "not his responsibility to define" who or what would replace the Iraqi president, according to one diplomat. Bush "expressed the view that any alternative is preferable" to Saddam, added the diplomat. A second official from another European country agreed that Bush had "said it was up to the international community to help set up what follows" once the government in Baghdad had been toppled. Good idea. And then when they fill Baghdad with crapbags we can point the finger at them... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 I think what he's saying is, it's not our country. They can screw it up any way they want, though we'd prefer they didn't. And I assume we'll have something set up to take over from Sammy, probably not something particularly appetizing, but something. |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-09-09 21:27:49 |
| #1 Any alternative is preferable? Maybe the ayatollahs from Iran and the leftover Taliban can team up and run Iraq after the US is through. Given me a break. |
| Posted by: Tresho 2002-09-09 20:30:15 |