Tbf, I don’t know if Bush knew about the eventual consequences of the action before hand. Not that it absolves him of any responsibility. However, I think that was near the time where he was just hanging at Camp David for weeks on end and letting Cheney and Rumsfeld run the show.
But yeah, the Bush administration appointed Bremer to the CPA specifically to disband the Baathist party and the Iraqi military.
You say that like Bremer and Bush didn’t know that’s exactly what would happen.
Shit I’m still bitter about that decision 21 years later.
Tbf, I don’t know if Bush knew about the eventual consequences of the action before hand. Not that it absolves him of any responsibility. However, I think that was near the time where he was just hanging at Camp David for weeks on end and letting Cheney and Rumsfeld run the show.
But yeah, the Bush administration appointed Bremer to the CPA specifically to disband the Baathist party and the Iraqi military.