He is right spence, at least thats what CNN said, a few weeks back, they had a headline that Putin warned the US that Sadaam was planning an attack but still refused to support our invasion. I tried to do a search for the link but came up empty.
Also, see below, this is why I get so confused when many of you state the Bush "mis-led" the nation. Iraq was at the top of the US agenda. I posted a link to the whole article. I'm sure you'll dismiss this as republican bs but its worth a read.
The president's warnings are firm. "If we fail to respond today, Saddam and all those who would follow in his footsteps will be emboldened tomorrow." The stakes, he says, could not be higher. "Some day, some way, I guarantee you, he'll use the arsenal."
These are the words not of President George W. Bush in September 2002 but of President Bill Clinton on February 18, 1998. Clinton was speaking at
the Pentagon, after the Joint Chiefs and other top national security advisers had briefed him on U.S. military readiness. The televised speech followed a month-long build-up of U.S. troops and equipment in the Persian Gulf. And it won applause from leading Democrats on Capitol Hill.
Here is the whole article:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Conten...1/607rkunu.asp