Kerry Calls for Investigation of Bush Iraq Decision: Who Planned What When

[WiseMen]

John Kerry, barnstorming in Muscatine, Iowa, tonight called for a full investigation of the Paul O’Neill allegations against the Bush administration’s foreign policy decisions. "These are some of the most serious charges I've ever heard," Kerry said.
On Sunday, 10th , immediately following O’Nell’s 60 Minutes interview, Kerry had issued a release saying “ . .Secretary O’Neill’s revelations would mean the Administration never intended to even try to keep promises. It would mean they were dead-set on going to war alone since almost the day they took office and deliberately lied to the American people, Congress, and the world. It would mean that for purely ideological reasons they planned on putting American troops in a shooting gallery occupying an Arab country almost alone. “

The constitutional issue is whether the Bush regime was criminally "duplicitous" rather that just inept.

Excerpt from Muscatine QA:
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After the rally, Kerry expressed concern about allegations made Sunday about the Bush administration's economic and foreign policies by former U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill on the TV news magazine "60 Minutes." He called for a full investigation of those allegations.
"These are some of the most serious charges I've ever heard," he said.
O'Neill, as quoted in an upcoming book, said that President Bush was focused on removing Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein from power from the first days of his administration, before the events of September 11. He also described the Bush administration's decision-making process as chaotic with cabinet meetings making the president look "like a blind man in a room full of deaf people."

When asked if he felt betrayed by the Bush administration in its buildup for the war in Iraq, Kerry said that the administration had broken all of its promises to Americans from the start.
"Breach of trust and deception have always been this administration's hallmark," he said. "I don't need his revelations to know that."

http://www.muscatinejournal.com/articles/2004/01/13/news/news3.txt

[JI7]

1. o'neill said he would vote for bush again

this does not help at all.

[WiseMen]

3. "Tactics" Causing O'Neill to Back-Track may Bring Bush Down

The cover-up may be as scandalous as the charges.

[isbister]

2. And I'm sure he's heard an earful from

Rand Beers, too.

[TLM]

4. What a shame the f-ing coward did not do this BEFORE the war

before 500 of our sons and daughters were sent to their deaths.

But then Kerry had important mid-term elections to focus on... I'm sure the parents of those dead kids will understand that John had his seat in the senate to worry about.

[isbister]

6. Do you know anything Kerry did before the war?

Apparently not. And Kerry's seat wasn't up for grabs.

[sfecap]

5. "I don't need his revelations to know that."

Wow.

Now he knows he was deceived?

Gee, John we all knew it from the beginning. You're just figuring it out?

LOL. How pathetic.

[isbister]

9. Curious...

When were you 100% sure there were no WMD in Iraq?

By the way, Kerry has spoken out about the administration's mishandling of the Iraq situation from the beginning... beforehand even

O'Neil's comments do give an insider's view and confirm (and add to)the leaks and partial stories that've come out of that fairly air-tight White House.

[Sensitivity]

7. Good For Kerry. We will need help from senate to "hold Bush accountable"

[Leilani]

8. Clark called for an investigation

A while ago..

Kerry was too busy lying about Clark this week to focus on Bush.

[isbister]

10. too busy lying about Clark

What did Kerry lie about this week? I'd like to know what he said if he did. Link?

[Leilani]

11. Sure you heard

about Shaheen's press conference in NH saying that Clark was a Republican. Not true. Clark was an Independent until registering as a Dem.

Next, don't have a link, but I will search. Yesterday Kerrey said that Clark had gotten wealthy after leaving military as a lobbyist.
Kerry complaining about Clark's wealth? Ha!

On Tuesday, the Hill Newspaper reported that Kerry had pressured changes on legislation in return for campaign contributions.

All of these stories have been posted at DU with links; I didn't save them, but I will search now.

[Leilani]

12. Links provided:

http://www.thehill.com/news/011404/Kerry.aspx

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/02/26/politics/main502099.shtml#Kerry

[WiseMen]

15. A little ballance here? Kerry/Clark have so far been pretty mellow.

[maddezmom]

13. good for JK

they all need to continue pressing this issue.

[Terwilliger]

14. really John? serious? seriously?

as in "you seriously messed up giving that moron power to do what he wanted" kinda serious?

I guess he needed revelations BEFORE he voted for the IWR.