WHY CLINTON CANNOT ESCAPE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE IRAQ POLICY
In a speech in Dubai, Bill Clinton declared that the Iraq War was a "big mistake". The speech was made in the context of rising civillian and US casualities in Iraq. Clinton by referring to the Iraq War as a mistake is obviously playing to the domestic Democratic lobby in order to gather support for the next Pesidential candidate from the Democratic party, who could even be Hiliary Clinton. Of course, a consumate politician like Clinton can paly politics and thetre is nothing wrong in that per se. However,he implies that he had no real responsibility for the happenings in Iraq. Hence I would like to set the record straight.
First of all, Clinton gave unqualified support to the invasion of Iraq ibn 2003. As former president he cannot claim that he was misled by the false propaganda emanatinf from the White House. If the truth be told George Bush was only follwing in the path alid out by Bill Clinton during his twi terms in the White House.
Second, Bill Clinton was primarily responsible for imposing the UN sanction regime on Iraq qhich resulted in creating a huge humanitarian crisis in Iraq. In fact half a million Iraqi children perished as a direct consequence of the ruthlessly inhuman sanction's regime of the UN. Clinton cannot escape the responsibility for that.
Third, Bill Clinton along with the British Government subjected Bagdad to weeks of ariel bombardment in 1993. Further in 1998, he signed the Iraq Liberation Act which made regime change the ofricial policy of the US Governemt. On the pretext of allowing the UN Weapons insectors the protection for carrying out their task, Clinton ordered the bombing of Bagdad for 4 days. Need we forget the bombing of Kossovo which resulted in thousands of fatalities.
Given the record of his Administration, Bill Clinton cannot really distance himself from the killing fields of Iraq. In fact it was his administration that laid the ground for US involvement and George Bush II blundered into the mess aided and abetted by the faulty intelligence.