Bush: Ever the Toughie, as Long As He Can Stay Home and Have Mommy Nurse Him
More than a few of us have been impatient for the Downing Street Minutes to gain more airplay. That memo seems to relatively unequivocally document what thinking folks (hopefully unafraid to wear the label "reality-based") have come to understand, namely that the invasion of Iraq was settled on by our pathetic little smirking appointed-but-never-elected dictator first and the excuses ginned up later. There seems to be a bit more of that happening now, occasionally even in the corporate-controlled media. It's certainly reassuring to think there may be new Deep Throats beyond the boundaries of the former democracy that occupied the space between Canada and Mexico who may be able to help in bringing down the pompous elitists who can never admit to an error - or actually be accountable.
Breaking news today suggests more incriminating evidence of government collusion to find an excuse for a pre-determined invasion of Iraq. That certainly has a criminal sound to it.
From Editor and Publisher:
Just as the U.S. media attempts—-albeit a month late—-to get on top of the so-called “Downing Street Memo,” the Sunday Times in London reports another leaked document which confirms and goes behind the message of the memo.
“Ministers were warned in July 2002 that Britain was committed to taking part in an American-led invasion of Iraq and they had no choice but to find a way of making it legal,” the Sunday Times reports.
The warning, in a leaked Cabinet Office briefing paper, said Prime Minister Tony Blair had already agreed to back military action to get rid of Saddam Hussein at a summit at the Texas ranch of President George W Bush three months earlier. The briefing paper, for participants at a meeting of Blair’s inner circle on July 23, 2002, said that since regime change was illegal it was “necessary to create the conditions” which would make it legal.
This was required because the American military would be using British bases in any invasion, making England complicit in any illegal U.S. action.
The paper was circulated to those present at the meeting, among whom was Blair.
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And from the Sunday Times:
MINISTERS were warned in July 2002 that Britain was committed to taking part in an American-led invasion of Iraq and they had no choice but to find a way of making it legal.
The warning, in a leaked Cabinet Office briefing paper, said Tony Blair had already agreed to back military action to get rid of Saddam Hussein at a summit at the Texas ranch of President George W Bush three months earlier.
The briefing paper, for participants at a meeting of Blair’s inner circle on July 23, 2002, said that since regime change was illegal it was “necessary to create the conditions” which would make it legal.
This was required because, even if ministers decided Britain should not take part in an invasion, the American military would be using British bases. This would automatically make Britain complicit in any illegal US action.
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Breaking news today suggests more incriminating evidence of government collusion to find an excuse for a pre-determined invasion of Iraq. That certainly has a criminal sound to it.
From Editor and Publisher:
Just as the U.S. media attempts—-albeit a month late—-to get on top of the so-called “Downing Street Memo,” the Sunday Times in London reports another leaked document which confirms and goes behind the message of the memo.
“Ministers were warned in July 2002 that Britain was committed to taking part in an American-led invasion of Iraq and they had no choice but to find a way of making it legal,” the Sunday Times reports.
The warning, in a leaked Cabinet Office briefing paper, said Prime Minister Tony Blair had already agreed to back military action to get rid of Saddam Hussein at a summit at the Texas ranch of President George W Bush three months earlier. The briefing paper, for participants at a meeting of Blair’s inner circle on July 23, 2002, said that since regime change was illegal it was “necessary to create the conditions” which would make it legal.
This was required because the American military would be using British bases in any invasion, making England complicit in any illegal U.S. action.
The paper was circulated to those present at the meeting, among whom was Blair.
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And from the Sunday Times:
MINISTERS were warned in July 2002 that Britain was committed to taking part in an American-led invasion of Iraq and they had no choice but to find a way of making it legal.
The warning, in a leaked Cabinet Office briefing paper, said Tony Blair had already agreed to back military action to get rid of Saddam Hussein at a summit at the Texas ranch of President George W Bush three months earlier.
The briefing paper, for participants at a meeting of Blair’s inner circle on July 23, 2002, said that since regime change was illegal it was “necessary to create the conditions” which would make it legal.
This was required because, even if ministers decided Britain should not take part in an invasion, the American military would be using British bases. This would automatically make Britain complicit in any illegal US action.
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