"Downing Street" Gets Outed
The "Downing Street Memo" - which surfaced during PM Tony Blair's reelection campaign and outlines the efforts by the Bushite Junta to "fix" the intelligence on Iraq before going to war - finally made it, however dimly, into the mainstream consciousness. A reporter finally asked a question about it at the Bush/Blair press conference on African aid, and Senator Kennedy (D-MA) used it as a foundation to excoriate the Bushies.
Blair's response was a flat denial, and a reassertion of his position that Hussein did, in fact, pose an imminent danger; Bush's response was a bit more subtle. While neither admitting nor denying what the memo says, he insinuated that the memo was released for a partisan political reason.
Maybe so - the Year of the Rat has never ended, after all. But when something like that surfaces, the first question is "Who stands to benefit from this?" Neither the Conservatives nor the Liberal Democrats had a really good chance to unseat Labour, due to Britain's electoral arrangement. So, who would benefit?
Apparently no one in either government. Blair's position in the Commons was weakened in the general election, while Bush seems content to ignore it and continue to pile lie upon lie.
Sen. Kennedy's speech to the Senate was a masterpiece of vituperation, and he probably pulled rank on Kerry in order to say what needed to be said. Perhaps NOW we can start seeing some activity in both houses of the Congress and hopefully we can get somebody in DC to grow enough backbone to enter an impeachment of Bush and his criminal gang.
Criminal? You betcha. And I'm not just talking about lying to the American People and catapulting the propaganda.
I'm talking about getting us into a war that, like it or not, is starting to look more and more like Vietnam (complete with tunnels).
I'm talking about the Department of Defense apparently under-reporting the number of American deaths as a result of combat operations in Iraq.
It's an ugly situation, and I can see no good reason for it other than the Completely Bugnuts Crazy notion that you should rape and ravage two countries' economies in 8 years, then somehow blackmail your successor into pardoning you so you can enjoy your gains on some tropic island.
Blair's response was a flat denial, and a reassertion of his position that Hussein did, in fact, pose an imminent danger; Bush's response was a bit more subtle. While neither admitting nor denying what the memo says, he insinuated that the memo was released for a partisan political reason.
Maybe so - the Year of the Rat has never ended, after all. But when something like that surfaces, the first question is "Who stands to benefit from this?" Neither the Conservatives nor the Liberal Democrats had a really good chance to unseat Labour, due to Britain's electoral arrangement. So, who would benefit?
Apparently no one in either government. Blair's position in the Commons was weakened in the general election, while Bush seems content to ignore it and continue to pile lie upon lie.
Sen. Kennedy's speech to the Senate was a masterpiece of vituperation, and he probably pulled rank on Kerry in order to say what needed to be said. Perhaps NOW we can start seeing some activity in both houses of the Congress and hopefully we can get somebody in DC to grow enough backbone to enter an impeachment of Bush and his criminal gang.
Criminal? You betcha. And I'm not just talking about lying to the American People and catapulting the propaganda.
I'm talking about getting us into a war that, like it or not, is starting to look more and more like Vietnam (complete with tunnels).
I'm talking about the Department of Defense apparently under-reporting the number of American deaths as a result of combat operations in Iraq.
It's an ugly situation, and I can see no good reason for it other than the Completely Bugnuts Crazy notion that you should rape and ravage two countries' economies in 8 years, then somehow blackmail your successor into pardoning you so you can enjoy your gains on some tropic island.
posted by Walt at 2:21 AM
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