Bill Clinton in the Guardian today:
“After 150,000 US forces were deployed to the Gulf, they [France, Germany etc] concluded the US was not willing to give inspections a chance anyway. The problem with their position is that only the threat of force from the US and the UK got inspectors back into Iraq in the first place. Without a credible threat of force, Saddam will not disarm.”
Bill Clinton before a bunch of Upper-East Side liberals last week:
“the White House sent 150,000 troops to the gulf, which convinced everybody we weren’t serious about UN inspections. That’s how we got into this political mess.”