According to Reuters and a spanish newspaper called El Pais, Commander Guy thought Saddam was ready to get out of Dodge if he could take some money and a few secrets along.
"The Egyptians are speaking to Saddam Hussein. It seems he's indicated he would be prepared to go into exile if he's allowed to take $1 billion and all the information he wants about weapons of mass destruction," Bush was quoted as saying at the meeting one month before the U.S.-led invasion.
Asked by Aznar whether Saddam could really leave, Bush replied: "Yes, that possibility exists. Or he might even be assassinated."
So yeah, get assassinated too, maybe. But does this mean we could have avoided the whole Iraq mess by buying the guy a ticket to Dubuque?
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