In April 2002, President “Bush had invited [U.K. Prime Minister Tony] Blair to spend a weekend at his ranch in Crawford [Texas]. …’The U.K. would support military action to bring about regime change [in Iraq],’ Blair agreed, ‘provided that certain conditions were met,’ according to a secret British government record of the meeting. The conditions were that ‘efforts had been made to construct a coalition/shape public opinion; the Israel-Palestine Crisis was quiescent; and the options for action to eliminate Iraq’s WMD through U.N. weapons inspectors had been exhausted.’ “ [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
– Karen DeYoung, Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell, Page 405