Monday, June 13, 2005
More British Memos.
The Sunday Times (London) reprints part of memo from July 2002 , "The briefing paper, for participants at a meeting of Blair’s inner circle on July 23, 2002, said that since regime change was illegal it was 'necessary to create the conditions' which would make it legal." It's too bad that no one in the Bush Admin. will start leaking memos from the same time period. Maybe then the "liberal" press in the U.S. would sit up and take notice. Maybe then the U.S. Congress will demand some answers. Maybe then the streets will be full of people demanding answers. Maybe then George Bush, Dick Cheney, et al. will have to answer for their actions. Maybe then George Bush 7 Co. will end up in jail for their "high crimes." George Bush promised to bring character back to the White House. Someone needs to tell him that lying to the U.S. Congress, lying to the American people, and most of all making up reasons to go to war aren't the kinds of actions people of character take. George Bush owes us an apology. He and his entire administration need to offer their resignations. The Iraq war was a war of political expediency not a war of necessity. It has now become our albatross. It hangs on all of our necks. The only way to remove it is to hold George Bush, Tony Blair, and their advisors responsible and to repudiate what they've done in our names. The illegal wars, the illegal detainments, the torture, all of it.
If it takes someone to "leak" some memos and thus break the law then that's what it takes. Laws designed to protect liars, cheats, and war criminals aren't just laws. Laws designed to hide the malfeasance of those in power aren't just laws. It's clear that someone or a group of someones in Britain have come to this conclusion. It's time for someone or a group of someones in the U.S. to come to the very same conclusion. It would be better for Congress and the Courts to demand the memos, but given the current political climate in the Congress (and the very fact that it appears that Bush & Co. lied to Congress) it appears that leaked memos is the only viable route to bringing to light the lies and crimes of George Bush & Co. It's time to say enough is enough.
The Sunday Times (London) reprints part of memo from July 2002 , "The briefing paper, for participants at a meeting of Blair’s inner circle on July 23, 2002, said that since regime change was illegal it was 'necessary to create the conditions' which would make it legal." It's too bad that no one in the Bush Admin. will start leaking memos from the same time period. Maybe then the "liberal" press in the U.S. would sit up and take notice. Maybe then the U.S. Congress will demand some answers. Maybe then the streets will be full of people demanding answers. Maybe then George Bush, Dick Cheney, et al. will have to answer for their actions. Maybe then George Bush 7 Co. will end up in jail for their "high crimes." George Bush promised to bring character back to the White House. Someone needs to tell him that lying to the U.S. Congress, lying to the American people, and most of all making up reasons to go to war aren't the kinds of actions people of character take. George Bush owes us an apology. He and his entire administration need to offer their resignations. The Iraq war was a war of political expediency not a war of necessity. It has now become our albatross. It hangs on all of our necks. The only way to remove it is to hold George Bush, Tony Blair, and their advisors responsible and to repudiate what they've done in our names. The illegal wars, the illegal detainments, the torture, all of it.
If it takes someone to "leak" some memos and thus break the law then that's what it takes. Laws designed to protect liars, cheats, and war criminals aren't just laws. Laws designed to hide the malfeasance of those in power aren't just laws. It's clear that someone or a group of someones in Britain have come to this conclusion. It's time for someone or a group of someones in the U.S. to come to the very same conclusion. It would be better for Congress and the Courts to demand the memos, but given the current political climate in the Congress (and the very fact that it appears that Bush & Co. lied to Congress) it appears that leaked memos is the only viable route to bringing to light the lies and crimes of George Bush & Co. It's time to say enough is enough.
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