posted on August 18, 2004 03:44:45 PM
Bereuter: War in Iraq not justified
Bereuter pointed to a list of negative consequences arising from the war.
"His vote to authorize the use of military force - even pre-emptive force - was based on faulty, or misrepresented, intelligence that led to the fear Saddam Hussein would share weapons of mass destruction with terrorists, Bereuter said."
"The cost in casualties is already large and growing," he said, "and the immediate and long-term financial costs are incredible.
"From the beginning of the conflict, it was doubtful that we for long would be seen as liberators, but instead increasingly as an occupying force.
"Now we are immersed in a dangerous, costly mess, and there is no easy and quick way to end our responsibilities in Iraq without creating bigger future problems in the region and, in general, in the Muslim world."
posted on August 18, 2004 04:39:46 PMBereuter will depart the House after 26 years to become president of the Asia Foundation on Sept. 1.
Says it all, he is leaving and is probably going to someplace that does not support the war... just burning his bridge from one job to hop on the bandwagon of another.
posted on August 18, 2004 06:34:49 PM
No he didn't, he said it because he is leaving to join an anti-war company... still playing politics... nothing more.
