[Dean's World] Dave Price: Juan Cole, Wacky Conspiracy Theorist?

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Posted by Dave Price:
Juan Cole, Wacky Conspiracy Theorist?
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1191707688.shtml


   Via [1]Ace, but as of now there's no source link. This has to be a
   hoax, right?

     The second claim that I made was that Bush was aware of, and
     rejected, an offer by Saddam Hussein to flee Iraq, probably for
     Saudi Arabia, presuming he could take out with him a billion
     dollars and some documents on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction
     programs. Both provisions were intended by Saddam to protect him
     from later retaliation. The money would buy him protection from
     extradition, and the documents presumably showed that the Reagan
     and Bush senior administrations had secretly authorized his
     chemical and biological weapons programs. With these documents in
     his possession, it was unlikely that Bush would come after him,
     since he could ruin the reputation of the Bush family if he did.
     The destruction of these documents was presumably Bush's goal when
     he had Rumsfeld order US military personnel not to interfere with
     the looting and burning of government offices after the fall of
     Saddam. The looting, which set off the guerrilla war, also
     functioned as a vast shredding party, destroying incriminating
     evidence about the complicity of the Bushes and Rumsfeld in Iraq's
     war crimes.

   If this is real, I don't see how Cole can ever again be considered a
   serious commentator on the war.
   I really question whether he could have written this; surely Cole
   would be aware of [2]Project Harmony. This is Truther territory.

References

   1. http://ace.mu.nu/archives/242871.php
   2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Iraqi_Freedom_documents