Saddam Hussein called the hand of George W. Bush and put a stumbling block in front of U.S. war plans by informing U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan that he would allow U.N. weapons inspectors to immediately return to Iraq without condition. The White House was dismissive of Hussein's olive branch and said disarmament, not inspections, was the issue as the U.S. stepped up military preparations and operations against Iraq.
On September 12, Bush told the U.N. that Hussein had violated U.N. Security Council resolutions by not allowing U.N. inspections and was building more "weapons of mass destruction" that Saddam had already used to kill Iranian troops and "his own people". Bush has called Hussein an international criminal and urges military action against Iraq to make a "regime change". Saddam's accomplices in the killings were the Reagan and Bush, Sr. administration officials who sold Hussein the technology and materials to develop such weapons in the war against Iran in the 1980s. This makes U.S. officials international criminals. No wonder Bush the younger is so adamant about United States' citizens not being under the International Criminal Court's jurisdiction. "Poppy", Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld, and Dubya could all end up in the dock if justice were done.
On September 12, Bush told the U.N. that Hussein had violated U.N. Security Council resolutions by not allowing U.N. inspections and was building more "weapons of mass destruction" that Saddam had already used to kill Iranian troops and "his own people". Bush has called Hussein an international criminal and urges military action against Iraq to make a "regime change". Saddam's accomplices in the killings were the Reagan and Bush, Sr. administration officials who sold Hussein the technology and materials to develop such weapons in the war against Iran in the 1980s. This makes U.S. officials international criminals. No wonder Bush the younger is so adamant about United States' citizens not being under the International Criminal Court's jurisdiction. "Poppy", Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld, and Dubya could all end up in the dock if justice were done.