Oh, My
by ChrisJune 15th, 2005 8:47 am
Anyone who follows the news will not be surprised. A long list of whistleblowers, including former Treasury Secretary Paul H. O’Neill and former National Security Council official Richard Clarke, have reported that the Bush administration was obsessed with regime change in Iraq from Day One and regarded 9/11 as an opportunity to put its plans into action. Removing Mr. Hussein was in the 2000 Republican Party platform. Bush administration misuse of intelligence has been well documented.
But the Downing Street minutes and other recently leaked documents illustrate that the intelligence was wrong by design. The documents show officials at the apex of the government of our closest ally confirming among themselves what were the darkest suspicions about the Iraq war among ordinary Americans.
The evidence suggests that Mr. Bush has lied to Congress and to the American people about the justifications for war. It includes a formal letter and report that he submitted to Congress within 48 hours of launching the invasion in which he explained the need for the war in terms that appear to have been intentionally falsified, not mistaken.
Lying to Congress is a felony. Either lying to Congress about the need to go to war is a high crime, or nothing is.
Wow. (Via Susie)
June 15th, 2005 at 2:17 pm
It’s sure great to see some stories. Of course, the blogosphere was talking about this (both the pre-existing plan to invade Iraq and the forced reshaping of intelligence to justify that) 3 or 4 years ago, but who reads that crap?
June 15th, 2005 at 2:47 pm
Just us geeks.