Pay attention to memo (my ltte on DSM)

[Gunit_Sangh]

Yay, my letter to the editor on the Downing Street Memo got published. There has been several letters published recently in our local paper.


Some newspapers across the country, including the Herald-Leader, are starting to report on the Downing Street memo, released more than a month ago in England, which reveals that President Bush told British Prime Minister Tony Blair in the spring of 2002 that war with Iraq was inevitable and that the intelligence was going to be "fixed."

It should be clear, even to those who listen to "fair and balanced" news, that every allegation made by this administration about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction had credible, contradictory intelligence that was not shared with Congress or the American people before the war.

Instead of being held accountable, the people who were involved in pushing the flawed intelligence are getting promotions.

A few years ago, we impeached a president for lying about a sexual affair. It wasn't about the sex, we were told, it was about the lies.

Tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians are dead. Nearly 1,700 American soldiers are dead. Thousands more have permanent disabilities, and if Bush supporters don't start lining up at recruiting offices soon, we face the possibility of a draft after 30 years.

Hello "liberal media," why aren't you reporting on this?


http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/editorial/11840735.htm

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Wow

when the local papers take up the cause, you know there has to be a feeling that the readers want to know about it. And let's face it; the people going over to Iraq, the people stuck in Iraq, the people dying in Iraq are people from small towns, from the heartland. When a soldier dies and he's from a small town, the news is all over. Banks write condolances on their signs. Hundreds turn out for the funeral. People start talking amongst themselves about the cost of this folly. And they read the paper, and LTTEs like yours. It will take time, but it will happen. America will wake up and demand impeachment.