The Time quote is legimate (verified) (was Re: (do reqd end) for the conspiracy theorists among us...)

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Brent J. Nordquist" <brent () nordist net>
Reply-To: "Brent J. Nordquist" <brent () nordist net>
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 10:17:15 -0600 (CST)
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: The Time quote is legimate (verified) (was Re: [IP] (do reqd end)
for the conspiracy theorists among us...)

On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Dave Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:

>    "While we hoped that popular revolt would topple Saddam, we
>    did not wish to see the breakup of the Iraqi
>    state. Extending the war into Iraq would have incurred
>    incalculable human and political costs. We would have been
>    forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq. The
>    coalition would instantly have collapsed, the Arabs
>    deserting in anger and other allies pulling out as
>    well. Unilaterally exceeding the U.N.'s mandate would have
>    destroyed the precedent of international response to
>    aggression we hoped to establish. Had we gone the invasion
>    route, the U.S. could still be an occupying power in a
>    bitterly hostile land."
>    -- From "Why We Didn't Remove Saddam" by George Bush and Brent
>       Scowcroft, Time Magazine, March 2, 1998, page 31

I went to the library (I work at a college) and found this article in the
specified issue on the specified page.  The above quote is missing some
"[...]" notations (it is excerpting from the article, taking sentences
over a longer passage, modifying word forms etc.) but the substance is a
faithful quote of the original.

The Time article says at the bottom "From 'A World Transformed' by George
Bush and Brent Scowcroft, to be published by Alfred A. Knopf Inc.", so it
looks like it in turn is an excerpt from that book.

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