Houston Chronicle calls for Downing Street Minutes explanation from Bush

[johncoby2]

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/editorial/3219162

MEMORANDUM OF INTENT

The Bush administration should explain why Americans should not be disturbed by a secret British memo on the runup to the Iraq War


Weeks after it dominated front pages in Europe, the so-called Downing Street Memo finally has bored its way into the U.S. press. The 2002 document describes comments by Britain's intelligence chief, Richard Dearlove, concerning talks with U.S. officials eight months before the invasion of Iraq. Identifying Dearlove as "C," the leaked memo summarizes his report: "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."

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Like Blair, Bush reasonably points out that Saddam would never have changed his spots and, left to his own devices, would have endangered his neighbors and U.S. interests. But that argument, absent WMD and terrorist ties, was not what moved Congress to authorize military action.

In the interest of the nation and the administration, the source and content of the Downing Street Memo need to be fully explained.

[SpiralHawk]

1. Houston, we have a problem

It's called George W. Bush and the lying Republican theocrats.

Good news.

[acmavm]

2. They should have mentioned that the explanation should be the TRUTH

and not more lies and propaganda. Because it's first nature for anyone in the bush** information is to lie.

[rodeodance]

3. thank the goddesses and gods that a reporter finallly asked Bush--with

Blair at his side!!!!!!!

......In a Tuesday press conference with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Bush responded directly to the Downing Street Memo's content for the first time, saying, "there's nothing further than the truth." He added that his administration had worked hard to avoid sending troops to war. "Nobody," Bush said, "wants to commit military into combat. It's the last option."

[Supersedeas]

4. when TX turns on the Monkey, the monkey may turn on TX