Posted on 06/05/2005 10:27:40 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache
John Kerry Reportedly To Present "Downing Street Memo" To Congress
June 5, 2005 7:36 a.m. EST
Douglas Maher - All Headline News Staff Reporter
Washington,D.C. (AHN)- After remaining almost silent since losing the 2004 election by thirty four electoral votes, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts is reportedly planning to to present Congress with The Downing Street Memo, reported last month by the London Times.
The memo purports to include minutes from a July 2002 meeting with Tony Blair, in which Blair allegedly said that President Bush's administration "fixed" intelligence on Iraq in order to justify the Iraqi war.
The Downing Street Memo is a leaked Top Secret document that details the minutes of a 2002 meeting between top-level British and American government officials.
The memo states that George Bush "was determined" to attack Iraq long before going to Congress with the matter, and that "the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy."
Rumblings across Washington and the Internet claim this is a step from Democrats towards impeachment of President Bush.
Fellow Democrat Rep. John Conyers of Michigan has issued a statement on the U.S. House of Representatives stating that he is seeking information regarding the meeting minutes.
"I am seeking information regarding the charges made in the so-called “Downing Street Minutes” that there was a secret agreement between the U.S. and the U..K to invade Iraq by the summer of 2002, well before the president sought congressional authority." Conyers said.
"Please provide us with any information or leads you might have regarding such a secret pre-war deal, or other efforts to manipulate intelligence or provoke a response to justify war. We will treat any information provided on this site as confidential. Thank you for your assistance in this important matter."
However, All Headline News has re-discovered that a bill signed by then President Clinton named "The Iraqi Liberation Act of 1998" gave President Bush all of the legal recourse necessary for the war.
Stating directly from the bill: "Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 - Declares that it should be the policy of the United States to seek to remove the Saddam Hussein regime from power in Iraq and to replace it with a democratic government. "
The H.R. 4655 law was signed into effect October 31,1998.
Republicans plan to issue a response to Senator Kerry by using his own words against him, a tactic used in the 2004 Election. Where Sen. Kerry was quoted as saying the war was justified and Saddam Hussein needed to be removed.
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I believe Blair categorically called it crap today in the press conference.
It begs the question, why did Bill Clinton, Albright, Gore, Kerry, Kennedy, etc, etc claim Iraq had WMD back in 1997, 1998, 1999 all while George W. Bush was Governor of Texas?
Furthermore, why would he make up there was WMD to go in knowing there was no WMD? To make a fool of himself?
Please!
I wonder if it was typed on the same computer as the Killian "memos."
That annoying, persistent whining/crunching noise?
1.) the air conditioner compressor throwing a bearing
2.) Langoliers
3.) the Democratic party about to implode.
Yes, 3.) is the correct answer.
An opportunity that the Republicans will squander...AGAIN! Face it, most of the Republicans serving elective office at the national level are lacking a solid set of balls.
most of the Republicans serving elective office at the national level are lacking a solid set of balls.
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Yes, and the reason for it still escapes me, unless Washington has fried their brains so badly, they have lost touch with reality and the fact THAT THEY WON AND HAVE THE MAJORITY!!!! Do they even realize it ???
Too bad we can't sic the Langoliers on them!
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