Michael Moore: Mr. Bush and his 10 ever-changing positions on Iraq

[Raster]

Michael Moore
michaelmoore.com
09.23.04

Mr. Bush and his 10 ever-changing positions on Iraq
A flip and a flop... and now just a flop

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.

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http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=17732

[eridani]

1. A nice campaign meme, indeed

Kerry is a flip-flop? Bush is half of that--just a flop, period.

[Aunt Anti-bush]

2. Something weird about this e-mail:

Last night when I read the original there are links in it that all seemed to work. This morning NONE of them are available on the internet any more, including the PNAC letter to Bill Clinton!!!

[Raster]

3. Friday morning, tried the links on the original. They work fine....

...there's been some very funny stuff happening lately...

[ccinamon]

4. Good stuff for LTTE!!!

Thank you for posting!

[Rhiannon12866]

5. I've seen this, but I am grateful that you posted it

This is one of the best articles I've seen on the subject and I've meant to pass it on. "Flip-flop," indeed! :grr:

[drfemoe]

6. MM

dwells among us. He is one of our own.

There is soooo much creative spirit moving.
The bastards cannot overcome it.
A Feeling.

*a "catastrophic success"* Indeed.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/29/bush.sunday.ap/
--links are working now--