Saudi Ambassador: Iraq Pay-Off Could Avoid Bloodshed

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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=53FT2BDDBRTEMCRBAE0CFFA?type=politicsNews&storyID=4931497§ion=news

The Bush administration might have avoided a deadly insurgency in Iraq by buying the loyalty of its former military for about $200 million, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States said on Sunday.

But Ambassador Prince Bandar bin Sultan declined to say whether he had actually advised President Bush to offer former members of Saddam Hussein's military three months' pay in exchange for their services in securing Iraq.

Bandar was asked on NBC's "Meet the Press" whether journalist Bob Woodward was correct when he said that Bandar had advised Bush to take $200 million and "buy off, in effect, the Iraqi army."

Bandar replied: "I don't talk about my conversations with the president ... but I believe that would have been the right way to go."
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how come the bushgang is letting Bandar out and onto the TV?

look at how 'at home' he feels

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1. Too late

A squandered opportunity.

The Repubs need to go back to nursery school and learn the difference between right and wrong.

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. Oh, I do think the Bush Administration took the advice into consideration.

Remember when they said you can bribe someone for a while but it's only temporary?