DID CLINTON LIE OR ABUSE POWER IN ORCHESTRATING RATIONALE FOR PRE-IMPEACHMENT WAR?
The Washington Times (12/18/98, p. 1) reports “The White House orchestrated a plan to provoke Saddam Hussein into defying United Nations weapons inspectors so President Clinton could justify air strikes, former and current government officials charge. “Scott Ritter, a former U.N. inspector who resigned this summer, said yesterday the U.N. Special Commission (Unscom) team led by Richard Butler deliberately chose sites it knew would provoke Iraqi defiance at the White House’s urging. “Mr. Ritter also said Mr. Butler, executive chairman of the Unscom, conferred with the Clinton administration’s national security staff on how to write his report of noncompliance before submitting it to the U.N. Security Council Tuesday night. “The former inspector said the White House wanted to ensure the report contained sufficiently tough language on which to justify its decision to bomb Iraq. ” I’m telling you this was a preordained conclusion. This inspection was a total setup by the United States, Mr.
