Posted on 06/21/2005 8:23:16 AM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
IT'S BAD enough that the Bush administration had so little international support for the Iraqi war that its ''coalition of the willing" meant the United States, Britain, and the equivalent of a child's imaginary friends. It's even worse that, as the British Downing Street memo confirms, they had so little evidence of real threats that they knew from the start that they were going to have to manufacture excuses to go to war. What's more damning still is that they effectively began this war even before the congressional vote.
With congressman John Conyers holding hearings, the media are finally starting to cover the Downing Street memo. This transcript of a July 23, 2002, British prime minister's meeting, whose legitimacy the British government confirms, details their response to the Bush administration's intention to go to war against Iraq, no matter how Saddam Hussein responded, and even while claiming they were still seeking peaceful solutions.
''It seemed clear that Bush had made up his mind to take military action, even if the timing was not yet decided," states the document. ''But the case was thin. Saddam was not threatening his neighbors, and his WMD capability was less than that of Libya, North Korea, or Iran." As the document states, ''the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy." The document is damning, particularly coupled with the testimony of former Bush ghost-writer Mickey Herskowitz that Bush was talking about invading Iraq as early as 1999. But it's even more disturbing as we start learning that this administration began actively fighting the Iraq war well in advance of the March 2003 official attack--before both the October 2002 US congressional authorization and the November United Nations resolution requiring that Saddam Hussein open the country up to inspectors...
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Where's the BARF alert!?
I couldn't get past the first sentence written by this barking moonbat.
fake but accurate
The left (the boston "GLOB") is petrified the memos are fake story will gain legs BEFORE the hearings end.
Once they have their "dubin" moment, it does not matter if the documents are shown as fake. Al jazeera will have their propaganda.
The fact that the Boston Globe refuses to accept or do any investigation into the validity of the docs is BEYOND disgusting, BEYOND YELLOW JOURNALISM, is is borderline treason.
Perhaps the reporter needs a vacation at Club Gitmo.
Ok... so despite the fact that there's 1) no way to verify the memos are legit, and 2) nothing really damning in them anyway, this Boston Globe idiot still thinks they're relevant?
Barking Moonbat Alert!
The Globe is still pissed off that homeboy Kerry lost.
Please tell that to the soldiers from other countries who incurred "imaginary" deaths and injuries.
Conyers holding hearings? There went the author's credibility - down the "Toilet Bowl of Love."
Key To Downing Street Fakes? (Can I Be Famous Like Buckhead?)
"With congressman John Conyers holding hearings..."
Bugus hearings (on bogus documents) "chaired" by the biggest socialist in congress. "Curiouser and curiouser," said Alice.
and Coo Coo for Cocoa Puffs. What a bunch of losers. The best news: They got until January 2009 to whine and dream of impeachment. All the while, W will keep on going. Hehehehe....
Just like Dean running his mouth, I want liberals everywhere to just keep on wasting their time, money & energy chasing ghosts & ghostwriters. As far as political enemies go, these people may be numerous but they're just not very bright.
I don't think the information is fake. I saw the journalist and he said it was the legal folks who instructed on all that stuff.
The real issue is that the information shows concern about the use of WMDs.
That's the loudest message in it I hear. Everything else is just about the theory on what might lead to a conflict.
Good grief. All the evidence presented to President Bush was handed down by slick willie and his hand picked FBI and CIA heads.
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