Saddam Accepted the American Ultimatum Before the US Invasion of Iraq

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So goes the story according to Hossam Shaltout ... a Canadian aerospace engineer, former American pilot, and founder of the peace organization Rights and Freedom International.

Read the full article here:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061030/nym224.html?.v=44


Brief excerpt:
[quote name='Yahoo']
"Saddam was willing to yield to all American demands, announced and unannounced, to reach peaceful resolution," said Shaltout, "but the Bush administration, including Elizabeth Cheney, undersecretary of State, David Welch, the U.S. ambassador in Egypt, and Gene Cretz, his political attache, did not respond to his offers."[/quote]
 
Funny how you left out this little nugget:

"A former political adviser to Saddam Hussein's son "

Yes, that guy sounds trustworthy. Then again, I could see someone like Saddam Hussein willfully saying "Ok, you guys win, I'll do what you want."
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2861029.stm

from a BBC article on March 18, 2003:

The Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, has flatly rejected a US ultimatum to leave the country or face war.

A statement from a cabinet meeting chaired by the Iraqi president said Iraq and all its people were "fully ready to confront the invading aggressors and repel them".

The White House described Saddam Hussein's move as his "final mistake". President George W Bush's spokesman, Ari Fleischer, said allied troops were going to enter Iraq "no matter what".

"If Saddam were to leave, American forces, coalition forces, would still enter Iraq - hopefully they would then be able to enter peacefully because the Iraqi army would not have been given orders to fire on them, and then they could carry out the disarmament of Iraq," Mr Fleischer said.

But apparently unmoved, the Iraqi leader was shown on state television in a military uniform, chairing a joint meeting of the ruling Ba'ath Party and the decision-making body, the Revolution Command Council.

"Iraq does not choose its path on the orders of a foreigner and does not choose its leaders according to decrees from Washington, London or Tel Aviv, but through the will of the great Iraqi people," the statement from the meeting said.

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Saddam rejected the ultimatum on national television (in a military uniform, too...the ass,) so, really, what more is there to say. 11th hour change of heart, indeed. This wasn't a pissing contest between two urchins in an alley, you know. Well, not exactly.

Fleischer's quote sounds eerily optimistic, now, doesn't it? If only Hussein would flee, we could walk in peacefully...because the Iraqi army wouldn't have had any orders to fire upon us. Yes...and they will love us, as their benefactors, too.
 
[quote name='VanillaGorilla']Funny how you left out this little nugget:

"A former political adviser to Saddam Hussein's son "
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:whistle2:k

You may have been referring to my "brief excerpt" .. it's my modus operandi to just provide a small, provocative snippet from the articles I post and the link to the full article.
 
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