Début du message réexpédié : > De: mailinglist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: 23 septembre 2004 13:32:09 GMT+02:00 > À: goya@xxxxxxx > Objet: Mr. Bush and His 10 Ever-Changing Different Positions on Iraq: > "A flip and a flop and now just a flop." > > 9/22/04 > > Dear Mr. Bush, > > I am so confused. Where exactly do you stand on the issue of Iraq? > You, your Dad, Rummy, Condi, Colin, and Wolfie -- you have all changed > your minds so many times, I am out of breath just trying to keep up > with you! > Which of these 10 positions that you, your family and your cabinet > have taken over the years represents your CURRENT thinking: > > 1983-88: WE LOVE SADDAM. On December 19, 1983, Donald Rumsfeld was > sent by your dad and Mr. Reagan to go and have a friendly meeting with > Saddam Hussein, the dictator of Iraq. Rummy looked so happy in the > picture. Just twelve days after this visit, Saddam gassed thousands of > Iranian troops. Your dad and Rummy seemed pretty happy with the > results because ?The Donald R.? went back to have another chummy > hang-out with Saddam?s right-hand man, Tariq Aziz, just four months > later. All of this resulted in the U.S. providing credits and loans to > Iraq that enabled Saddam to buy billions of dollars worth of weapons > and chemical agents. The Washington Post reported that your dad and > Reagan let it be known to their Arab allies that the Reagan/Bush > administration wanted Iraq to win its war with Iran and anyone who > helped Saddam accomplish this was a friend of ours. > > 1990: WE HATE SADDAM. In 1990, when Saddam invaded Kuwait, your dad > and his defense secretary, Dick Cheney, decided they didn't like > Saddam anymore so they attacked Iraq and returned Kuwait to its > rightful dictators. > > 1991: WE WANT SADDAM TO LIVE. After the war, your dad and Cheney and > Colin Powell told the Shiites to rise up against Saddam and we would > support them. So they rose up. But then we changed our minds. When the > Shiites rose up against Saddam, the Bush inner circle changed its mind > and decided NOT to help the Shiites. Thus, they were massacred by > Saddam. > > 1998: WE WANT SADDAM TO DIE. In 1998, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and others, > as part of the Project for the New American Century, wrote an open > letter to President Clinton insisting he invade and topple Saddam > Hussein. > > 2000: WE DON'T BELIEVE IN WAR AND NATION BUILDING. Just three years > later, during your debate with Al Gore in the 2000 election, when > asked by the moderator Jim Lehrer where you stood when it came to > using force for regime change, you turned out to be a downright > pacifist: > > ?I--I would take the use of force very seriously. I would be guarded > in my approach. I don't think we can be all things to all people in > the world. I think we've got to be very careful when we commit our > troops. The vice president [Al Gore] and I have a disagreement about > the use of troops. He believes in nation building. I--I would be very > careful about using our troops as nation builders. I believe the role > of the military is to fight and win war and, therefore, prevent war > from happening in the first place. And so I take my--I take my--my > responsibility seriously.? --October 3, 2000 > > 2001 (early): WE DON'T BELIEVE SADDAM IS A THREAT. When you took > office in 2001, you sent your Secretary of State, Colin Powell, and > your National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice, in front of the > cameras to assure the American people they need not worry about Saddam > Hussein. Here is what they said: > > Powell: ?We should constantly be reviewing our policies, constantly > be looking at those sanctions to make sure that they have directed > that purpose. That purpose is every bit as important now as it was 10 > years ago when we began it. And frankly, they have worked. He has not > developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass > destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his > neighbors.? --February 24, 2001 > > Rice: ?But in terms of Saddam Hussein being there, let's remember that > his country is divided, in effect. He does not control the northern > part of his country. We are able to keep arms from him. His military > forces have not been rebuilt.? --July 29, 2001 > > 2001 (late): WE BELIEVE SADDAM IS GOING TO KILL US! Just a few months > later, in the hours and days after the 9/11 tragedy, you had no > interest in going after Osama bin Laden. You wanted only to bomb Iraq > and kill Saddam and you then told all of America we were under > imminent threat because weapons of mass destruction were coming our > way. You led the American people to believe that Saddam had something > to do with Osama and 9/11. Without the UN's sanction, you broke > international law and invaded Iraq. > > 2003: WE DON?T BELIEVE SADDAM IS GOING TO KILL US. After no WMDs were > found, you changed your mind about why you said we needed to invade, > coming up with a brand new after-the-fact reason -- we started this > war so we could have regime change, liberate Iraq and give the Iraqis > democracy! > > 2003: ?MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!? Yes, everyone saw you say it -- in > costume, no less! > > 2004: OOPS. MISSION NOT ACCOMPLISHED! Now you call the Iraq invasion a > "catastrophic success." That's what you called it this month. Over a > thousand U.S. soldiers have died, Iraq is in a state of total chaos > where no one is safe, and you have no clue how to get us out of there. > > Mr. Bush, please tell us -- when will you change your mind again? > > I know you hate the words "flip" and "flop," so I won't use them both > on you. In fact, I'll use just one: Flop. That is what you are. A > huge, colossal flop. The war is a flop, your advisors and the > "intelligence" they gave you is a flop, and now we are all a flop to > the rest of the world. Flop. Flop. Flop. > > And you have the audacity to criticize John Kerry with what you call > the "many positions" he has taken on Iraq. By my count, he has taken > only one: He believed you. That was his position. You told him and the > rest of congress that Saddam had WMDs. So he -- and the vast majority > of Americans, even those who didn't vote for you -- believed you. You > see, Americans, like John Kerry, want to live in a country where they > can believe their president. > > That was the one, single position John Kerry took. He didn't support > the war, he supported YOU. And YOU let him and this great country > down. And that is why tens of millions can't wait to get to the polls > on Election Day -- to remove a major, catastrophic flop from our dear, > beloved White House -- to stop all the flipping you and your men have > done, flipping us and the rest of the world off. > > We can't take another minute of it. > > Yours, > > Michael Moore > mmflint@xxxxxxx > www.michaelmoore.com > Michael Chase (goya@xxxxxxxxxxx) CNRS UPR 76 7, rue Guy Moquet Villejuif 94801 France ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html