Downing Street Memo and Iraq War Timeline

Bush never planned for peace. That’s right folks G-Dub, excuse me –President G-Dub, always planned on going to war with Iraq. Documents released by the London Times reveal that in meetings with PM Tony Blair the US had agreed as early as April 2002 to attack Iraq. And now John Conyers is calling for an inquiry. This is not the way the Founding Fathers intended this thing to work. see Eschaton

A quick timeline.

September 12, 2002

• US President George W. Bush, addressing the UN General Assembly, challenges the UN to confront the "grave and gathering danger" of Iraq or stand aside as the United States and likeminded nations act. The UN Security Council begins discussion on drafting a new resolution to encourage Iraq to comply with the previous 16 UN resolutions.

September 26, 2002

• Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld accused Iraq of harboring al Qaeda terrorists and aiding their quest for weapons of mass destruction.

October 3, 2002

• US Evangelical Christian leaders led by Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention send a letter to President Bush outlining the theological justification for a pre-emptive attack on Iraq.

October 10, 2002

• The United States Congress passes the Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq.
• Canada announces that it will be part of any military coalition sanctioned by the United Nations to invade Iraq

Full timeline for war with Iraq