O, Snap, Guess What I Saw?
No, not a fella tongue kissing my girl in the mouth. The Downing Street Memo fool! Ok, so this has been around for a while but I've just been reading up on what the dill is recently. Check out this link for a good synopsis on what it is and a very well articulated rant against the indifferent and willfully ignorant in this country.
Here's an update from last week on the goings on in Congress over the new info. While the Brits have been fuming over this info since May 1st when the Times of London broke the story, we're only starting to react here in the U.S. I'm guilty of it myself but better late than never right?
[Update 6/26/05:]
Here's another link to an old article from Christian Science Monitor on some of the reaction (and lack thereof) to the appearance of this memo.
posted by Fenton Harwick III at 2:49 PM
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O, snap is right! Shit, I never read this before today either:
"Saddam's regime was tough and based on extreme fear. The only way to overthrow it was likely to be by massive military action...
"Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy. The NSC had no patience with the UN route, and no enthusiasm for publishing material on the Iraqi regime's record. There was little discussion in Washington of the aftermath after military action...
"No decisions had been taken, but he thought the most likely timing in US minds for military action to begin was January, with the timeline beginning 30 days before the US Congressional elections...
"The Foreign Secretary said he would discuss this with Colin Powell this week. It seemed clear that Bush had made up his mind to take military action, even if the timing was not yet decided. But the case was thin. Saddam was not threatening his neighbours, and his WMD capability was less than that of Libya, North Korea or Iran. We should work up a plan for an ultimatum to Saddam to allow back in the UN weapons inspectors. This would also help with the legal justification for the use of force...
READ THAT LAST ONE AGAIN, I BEG OF YOU!
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