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Diplomat: U.S. ‘threatened’
countries that didn’t support Iraq war.
Think
Progress
Monday, March 24, 2008
In an upcoming book, Heraldo Muñoz, Chile’s
ambassador to the United Nations, writes the efforts by
the Bush administration to cajole other countries into supporting
the invasion of Iraq “generated lasting ‘bitterness’
and ‘deep mistrust’ in Washington’s relations
with allies in Europe, Latin America and elsewhere.”
Muñoz describes how the “rough-and-tumble diplomatic
strategy” employed by the Bush administration to pressure
allies for support included threats and punishment:
In the months leading up to the U.S.-led invasion of
Iraq, the Bush administration threatened trade reprisals
against friendly countries who withheld their support,
spied on its allies, and pressed for the recall of U.N.
envoys that resisted U.S. pressure to endorse the war,
according to an upcoming book by a top Chilean diplomat.
[…]
“In the aftermath of the invasion, allies loyal
to the United States were rejected, mocked and even punished”
for their refusal to back a U.N. resolution authorizing
military action against Saddam Hussein’s government,
Muñoz wrote.
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