Posted on 06/17/2005 7:19:10 AM PDT by thebiggestdog
A few months ago a secret memo from Tony Blair's government fell into the hands of a British newspaper. The 'Downing Street memo' as it has been called, states that the Bush administration had decided that sooner or later we were going to attack Iraq, and that the WMD question would be the justification. According to john Conyers, Maxine Waters and the Democratic 'leadership', this proves their conspiracy theory that the whole war was cooked up by Bush. The problem is that they have no motive.
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I doubt that a motive will be necessary.
If the Downing Street memo is true, then combining it with the lack of WMDs and even Republicans who have said that there were no WMDs and therefore no justification to go to war, it seems pretty obvious that the Bush wanted to go to war. I think that was a mistake.
I think that imnpeachment rheteroic has been squashed. Only about 300 people showed up to rally in D.C. and it was basically a bunch of crazies. The Media coverage of the Downing Street Memo FAKE Hearing was absolutely ZERO!! Conyers looked like a delusional fool and the media realized that from the getgo and gave him no enouragement. Democrats looked like even bigger fools for even allowing Conyers to put together a pathetic phoney hearing.
Lack of WMDs? So then what did Hussein use to kill those 5,000 Kurds?
I have not heard any "impeachment rhetoric", but if Clinton can be impeached for a BJ, I see no problem with impeachment for war under false pretenses.
And the hearing was not about the memo, after all.
From the reports that I have read, Hussein did not have a WMD program and therefore no WMDs. Unless you have read another report to the contrary, then I am right. I did not say that there was no justification, just that the justification used was incorrect. Had the justification been genocide, then there would be no question of WMDs or not.
The Demonrats are throwing things against the wall.....DS memo, Gitmo, etc. to see what sticks........they are so transparent!
And you know that war is a valid method for regime change. I'm sure that helps. Oh, and welcome to FR.
5.56mm
It seems to me the GOP has a slight majority in Congress.You don't impeach a President, any President without facts. The Dims have nothing but mouth...no agenda, no ideas, and deep hatred of President Bush. This is their reason...motive if you will, and America will not let that happen. Bush is an excellent President who has pledged to keep America safe. He did not cause the war, he did not plan the war and he did not think the war up for years before he won the White House. He RESPONDED to the war after America was hit. The Downing Street Memo is the imagination without motive, of some nut case, and nothing more. It is what the Dims have.
You are wrong. Very, very wrong.
As the gas spread and animals died and birds dropped out of trees, the panicked families, many blinded by the chemical agents, gathered up hysterical, gasping children, and tried to escape downwind.
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/iraq/warning.htm
It makes me physically ill just reading this evil again. And yet there's still people out there telling us Hussein had no WMDs.
Other than actually being impeached...what did it do to Clinton? He stayed in office, he gets his pension and SS guards, and he's as popular as ever!!
Except that he wasn't. Clinton was impeached for perjury, subornation of perjury, and obstruction of justice.
No WMD'S... impeachment for BJ'S...
Best to just ignore.
June 17, 2005 -Get ready for impeachment 2005!
A few months ago a secret memo from Tony Blair's government fell into the hands of a British newspaper. The 'Downing Street memo' as it has been called, states that the Bush administration had decided that sooner or later we were going to attack Iraq, and that the WMD question would be the justification. According to john Conyers, Maxine Waters and the Democratic 'leadership', this proves their conspiracy theory that the whole war was cooked up by Bush. The problem is that they have no motive.
It is true that Saddam tried to put a hit on the Senior Bush while he visited Kuwait, but was there enough anger by the son to avenge the attack on his father? I think not. Then there are those who insist that the war against Iraq was all about cheap oil. Taking a look at gas prices today, I can pretty confidently say that this theory is also bogus. What other motive could there be for the president to mislead the American public into thinking
that we needed to take Saddam out? None that I can think of?
Charlie Rangel had this to say, "Quite frankly, evidence that appears to be building up points to whether or not the president has deliberately misled Congress to make the most important decision a president has to make, going to war." I think W. did make the right decision, whether or not he should have waited for anyone else to join us is irrelevant. Saddam very easily could have avoided war by letting the inspectors have free access to anywhere in Iraq, but he didn't. Saddam could have stopped firing on our jets in the no fly zone, but he didn't. What choice did we have? We could have kept with the status quo and hoped that things would get better, or we could take action. I don't give a damn if Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11, he was a crazy dude who had no problem killing his own people and invading neighboring countries.
And what if we did find WMD's? Would the Dem's be happy? I doubt it. War is a nasty, ugly and brutal event that should not be taken lightly, and I don't think that Bush was sitting back and watching a ball game the night the bombs started falling in Baghdad. He made the decision to go to war based upon years of intelligence and his own gut feeling. No one wants to see our troops die, certainly not me. I don't think the post-war occupation has been wildly successful, but it isn't a failure either.
Look for Rangel and Conyers to attempt impeachment hearing right about November. By that time, Hillary will have made her decision to run, and the Dem's will crank up the propaganda machine to try to push her into the White House.
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