Bush wanted to provoke war with Saddam

This was posted at Americablog. From Channel4.com:

Channel 4 News tonight reveals extraordinary details of George Bush and Tony Blair's pre-war meeting in January 2003 at which they discussed plans to begin military action on March 10th 2003, irrespective of whether the United Nations had passed a new resolution authorising the use of force.

President Bush said: "The US was thinking of flying U2 reconnaissance aircraft with fighter cover over Iraq, painted in UN colours. If Saddam fired on them, he would be in breach."

He went on: "It was also possible that a defector could be brought out who would give a public presentation about Saddams WMD, and there was also a small possibility that Saddam would be assassinated."

Speaking to Channel 4 News, Mr Sands said:

"I think no one would be surprised at the idea that the use of spy-planes to review what is going on would be considered. What is surprising is the idea that they would be used painted in the colours of the United Nations in order to provoke an attack which could then be used to justify material breach. Now that plainly looks as if it is deception, and it raises some fundamental questions of legality, both in terms of domestic law and international law."

Bush makes Nixon look like a lightweight in terms of having no ethics. Nothing surprises me anymore when it comes to this president. It's clear that Bush had a hardon to go to war with Saddam and nothing was going to stand in his way including international and domestic laws. Is it any wonder why most of the world hates america? What pisses me off is that Bush isn't held accountable for anything he does. Bush could go on national tv and kill a baby and there would still be people who defend him. If a Democrat president did one percent of the stuff Bush has done he'd be run out of the White House.