Posted on 07/01/2004 1:07:27 PM PDT by se99tp
This will make page 12 of the "Z" section of the NYTimes.
Here's the funny part: Saddam didn't send his fighter planes to Iran on purpose. His pilots mass-defected to Iran and the Iranians kept his planes. Saddam was furious. Unfortunately for Saddam, the pilots had planned it fairly well and many had already sent their families out of the country.
then they will blame bush for not takin action on wmd's....
I think their reasoning was, The US will bomb Iraq, the French would step in and stop the bombing. The inspectors would be let back in. And the standoff would continue. Then Iraq would refurbish the aircraft to be ready to fly again.
They didn't think we would take over Iraq and topple the gov't. They did not take GW Bush seriously.
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