Anybody speak Spanish? Full transcript of Chimp's conversation w/Spain's PM:

[npincus]

The English translation is still in the works... perhaps our Spanish language-speaking DUers can glean something interesting from this.

Full transcript from Spain's El Pais here: http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/Llego/momento/deshacerse/Sadam/elpepuint/20070926elpepinac_1/Tes




http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003646639

NEW YORK El Pais, the highest-circulation daily in Spain, today published what it said was the transcript of a private talk between President George W. Bush and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar on February 22, 2003, concerning the coming U.S. invasion of Iraq. It took place at the ranch in Crawford, Texas.

The conversation took place on the President's ranch in Crawford, Texas. The source for the leak was said to be someone in the Spanish government.

Bush purportedly said he planned to invade Iraq inf March "if there was a United Nations Security Council resolution or not....We have to get rid of Saddam. We will be in Baghdad at the end of March."

He said the U.S. takeover would happen without widespread destruction.

Aznar pleaded for patience and replied that it was vital to get a U.N. resolution, noting that public opinion in Spain was strongly against the war.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. translating link:

http://babelfish.altavista.com/

[ChenZhen]

2. Some OUTRAGEOUS statements in there!

He stated he wants to "wipe San Francisco off the map", preferably with nuclear weapons.

He also spent a good deal of time denying that we ever took part in genocide against indigenous Americans.

For those that do not read Spanish like I do, I can provide a full and accurate translation if anyone thinks this is useful.

[reality based]

4. I think you may need a remedial course in Spanish.

[ChenZhen]

5. No, I am as well versed in Spanish as I am in Farsi

And as capable as anyone on this board of reading and interpretting both from the original source, as well as afixing beliefs based upon such interpretations.

[reality based]

7. Amusing

[in_cog_ni_to]

6. I would LOVE to read a translated version of this. He wants to wipe San Fran off the map???

Whoooeeee! Who wants to bet the translated version NEVER makes the airwaves....well, KO will put it on if we can send him a translated version of it. I'll email it to him.:)

[ChenZhen]

8. And much worse was said...

Someone definately needs to put a stop to him and this country he leads. Do you know they execute people over there, and let poor white people die rather than treat them? The off-white people are just incarcerated and left to rot.

[reality based]

3. When Aznar said that Tony Blair was wanting to wait as late as March 15 for the attack to begin,

Bush stated that he preferred the 10th. "This is like the game of good cop and bad cop. I don't mind being the bad cop and that Blair is the good cop." Guess which one gets to play with Jeff Gannon?