Gerhard Schroeder: President George W.Bush Lied in his Memoirs

Yes sport fans: In his book "Decision Points", Mr. Bush writes that he told Mr. Schroeder in an Oval Office meeting on 31st January 2002 that he was determined to make diplomacy work, but he would invade Iraq if all else failed. He quotes Mr. Schroeder as saying: "What is true of Afghanistan is true of Iraq. Nations that sponsor terror must face consequences. If you make it fast and make it decisive, I will be with you." Mr.Schroeder responded to Mr. Bush's claims, accusing him of "not telling the truth". In a statement, he confirmed that he would "stand reliably on the side of the US" if it was confirmed that Iraq was sheltering those responsible for the September 11 terrorist attacks, "but this link, as it became clear during 2002, was false and contrived. This goes for the reasons for the invasion given by Bush, and then vice-president Dick Cheney too.
"As we know today, the Bush administration's reasons for the Iraq war were based on lies."
The reaction of former Schroeder aides was scathing. "We noticed that the intellectual reach of the president of the most important nation at the time was exceptionally low", said Uwe-Karsten Heye, Mr. Schroeder's spokesman at the time he told German news channel N24.