i am sorry, but the way bush demanded this (without any diplomacy involved) over the media was purely for propaganda and of course not a sincere offer anyone could or would accept.
you speak as if the ultimatum was the first time bush offered saddam a chance to leave. perhaps you havent been keeping up on the news, but the bush administration had been repeating their stance for some time now, that they would encourage exile. its about regime change, not killing one man. why would we have a need to hunt him down and kill him if we had already taken over the iraqi government? youre not using your head here. this thinking that we have to kill saddam doesnt even fit with your stated opinion of our objectives (that this is all about oil). if saddam was out of iraq with zero power, couldnt we easily secure the oil fields?
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