Downing St. Memo is Evidence for Bush Impeachment (So Says the Green Party)

The Green Party of the United States ^ | June 9, 2005

[RWR8189]

The Downing Street Memo proves that invasion of Iraq wasn't the 'last resort' but Bush's intent all along, leading to cooked intelligence and other impeachable offenses; Greens note bipartisan and media complicity in overlooking evidence of deceit, urge public protest.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Green leaders reiterated the party's July 2003 call for impeachment of Bush, and called on all Americans outraged by the Bush Administration's list of deceptions, violations of the U.S. Constitution, the disastrous Iraq occupation, and policies that have disgraced the U.S. to demand that Congress begin the impeachment process.

"The invasion and occupation of Iraq has caused the deaths of over 1,600 U.S. military personnel, as well as untold suffering and tens of thousands of civilian dead in Iraq," said David Cobb, the Green Party's 2004 candidate for President of the United States. "The Downing Street Memo confirms what we already knew -- that a conspiracy to deceive the American people led us into the war, and that this conspiracy constitutes 'high crimes and misdemeanors' according to the U.S. Constitution."

The Green Party of the United States called for the impeachment of George W. Bush during the party's 2003 national meeting <http://www.gp.org/press/pr_07_21_03.html>. Greens have organized and participated in numerous protests against the war since early 2003, and have called for an immediate end to the occupation, cancellation of further war spending, and removal of military recruiters from schools as U.S. troops continue to face death and injury in Iraq.

Greens praised Rep. John Conyers' (D-Mich.) public demand for an explanation from President Bush in the wake of Downing Street Memo's publication, and questioned why so many of the mainstream U.S. media have remained silent on the content and implications of the memo.

But Greens also called many Democrats as responsible as Republicans for Iraq policy, having voted in October 2002 to transfer war power to the President, which created the scenario for White House deceit and abuse of power, and having recently voted for another $82 billion for the war.

"It was already apparent, long before the Downing Street Memo, that President Bush's case for invading Iraq was based on fraud," said Rebecca Rotzler, co-chair of the Green Party's Peace Action Committee. "All of the reasons for invasion that Mr. Bush listed in his January 28, 2003 State of the Union address -- Iraqi WMDs, collusion between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda, evidence that Saddam had sought nuclear weapons materials from Africa, nuclear aluminum rods, Iraq's supposed threat to the U.S. and to other nations -- are now known to be false. The Downing Street Memo shows that the intelligence supporting an invasion was fixed, with the complicity of the Bush and Blair administrations as early as July 2002."

Green Party leaders also noted that Ahmed Chalabi, whose false testimony to U.S. intelligence officials on Iraqi WMDs formed much of the basis of the claim that Saddam Hussein was an international threat, is now serving as interim Iraqi Oil Minister, with the Bush Administration's approval; and that John Bolton, now under consideration for appointment as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., repeatedly manipulated intelligence and lied to the U.S. media and the U.N. about Iraqi weapons materials.

"Americans should be protesting in every way possible against the continued occupation of Iraq, and for impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney," said Jake Schneider, treasurer of the Green Party of the United States. "But this has also been a bipartisan war all along, and every Democrat and Republican in Congress who has supported it despite evidence of deceit from the very beginning also deserves removal from office."

[RWR8189]

This will finally be the undoing of the Evil Bush Regime!

[hoagy62]

Trees have feelings, too!

So says the Green Party.

We're a bunch of flaming moonbats!

So says the Green Party.

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

These people are irrelevant.

They are more sad then funny.

[RWR8189]

Its good insight to see how the Dems really feel and think

[Echo Talon]

Who has more clout the Green Party or the Losertarians?

[Teacher317]

How DARE a man have a a plan of action for important areas of the globe before he takes office! It's unconscionable!

(Of course, "gravitas" was tossed around as a failing before the election, so you kinda get the real idea here. HE is bad, whether he is prepared or not.)

[NewMediaFan]

Yep it's time to panic...

the all-powerful Green Party is out to get Bush

[Bush gal in LA]

The Green party. Whats the green party? What a bunch of rubbish! As Lurch would say .....Bring it on!

[claudiustg]

Stuff like this gives the lunatic fringe a bad name.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

"Ha! That evil, incompetent Bush! We've got him right where he wants us!"

[BigSkyFreeper]

The Green Party. The Party that had a Democrat radio host from Texas and a Communist Professor from California on their ticket.

[nopardons]

The GREENIES.

[dc-zoo]

You "Greens" can stick the memo up your green butts where the sun never shines.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Who has more clout the Green Party or the Losertarians?

Neither has more clout than the other. They are both irrelevant in the larger scheme of things.

[onyx]

It's always fun to end my night on a crackpot thread. This is a crackpot thread: the Greens.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Stop tracking me! LOL! :)

Yeah! Always fun to be on a crackpot thread at this time of night! LOL!

[Fenris6]

They've been smoking too much weed. The memo is going nowhere:

Causing a Commotion

"This and other excerpts have caused a furor on the American Left. Ralph Nader is calling for impeachment (again), and John Kerry has vowed to bring the matter to the Senate floor. Of course, the memo simply contains the impressions of an aide of the impressions of British-cabinet officials of the impressions of unnamed people they spoke to in the United States about what they thought the president was thinking. It is sad when hearsay thrice-removed raises this kind of ruckus, especially since a version had been reported three years ago. As smoking guns go, it is not high caliber."

[onyx]

The Green Party has it's share of sockless goobers. Did you know that? It's true.

[Fabozz]

"Who has more clout the Green Party or the Losertarians?"

That's easy: the Greens. At best the Losertarians can claim to have decided one governor's race (here in Washington), and even that's arguable. Nader's Green voters in Florida, on the other hand, spared the nation President Gore.

[Billthedrill]

...said Jake Schneider, treasurer of the Green Party of the United States. "But this has also been a bipartisan war all along, and every Democrat and Republican in Congress who has supported it despite evidence of deceit from the very beginning also deserves removal from office."

Careful, Jake. She Who Must Not Be Named doesn't appreciate the allusion. Can you say "Vince Foster?" Knew you could...