Bush threatened nations that did not back Iraq war

[ck4829]

US President George W. Bush threatened nations with retaliation if they did not vote for a UN resolution backing the Iraq war, according to a transcript published Wednesday of a conversation he had with former Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar.

In the transcript of a meeting on February 22, 2003 -- a month before the US-led invasion of Iraq -- published in El Pais newspaper, Bush tells Aznar that nations such as Mexico, Angola, Chile and Cameroon must know that the security of the United States is at stake.

He says during the meeting on his ranch in Texas that Angola stood to lose financial aid while Chile could see a free trade agreement held up in the US Senate if they did not back the resolution, the left-wing paper said.

The confidential transcript was prepared by Spain's ambassador to the United States at the time, Javier Ruperez, the paper said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070926/pl_afp/spainusiraqwar

[WCGreen]

1. All and all it;s just another brick in the Wall....

[rpannier]

2. So that's why it's such a debacle...

There it is...I thought it was the incompetancy of this administration, when in reality it was the foot dragging by Chile, Angola and Cameroon that caused Iraq to fall into such disaster.

When do we invade???