Shlonkom Bakazay?

Update: Check out the Downing Street Memo visibility stats! June 1: 1504 Blog Postings, 254 News Articles...then June 19: 6885 Blog Postings, 1800 News Articles. I have the feeling it's much more than this, though.


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And believe me, I'm much obliged to throw some links at the world. It's the least I could do. Really.

I shall include links galore
about a certain Downing Street whore
so terribly easily bought for war.

And you tell me, what for?

To make some friends some monies.
To eff the world to the degree of a million bunnies times three?
To force democracy
onto a people from hypocracy's throne
to reap null?

And how many people
need to be killed
for morbid insanity to really feel thrilled?

Thrilled are we?

What are you thrilled for?
For more people to be killed more?

My brain feels sore.
And what a torturous bore is war when so far.
But what a torturous chore for my family who I adore.
Yes, my brain's sore for sure.

What's the score, you silly whores that want the wars?

How many more shall you plan, how many more?

Reference:

• DowningStreetMemo.Com
• AfterDowningStreet.Org
• Wikipedia Page on the DSM

More specific items:

• Video of the meeting concerning the DSM in the Capitol building a couple days ago.
• Walter Pincus' buried (as in A18) May 13 Article in the Washington Post.
• Walter Pincus' front page story June 12, Wapo again
• Michael Smith tipping his hat to bloggers in his June 12 article in the London Times.
• BBC tipping its hat to bloggers for reviving the Downing Street Memo in the American press.
• Is 'Downing Street Memo' a smoking gun? CSM, June 17
• British documents portray determined U.S. march to war
• Downing Street Memo gains traction in the U.S. Press

The original memo published in the times gave intent away. The several other secret documents that were leaked afterward provide the memo's context. This goes a long way to prove intelligence was fixed. Along with the fact that the existance of these documents have not been denied by either Bush or Blair. Bush should be impeached. Simple as that. The press briefing on November 12, 2002 where the White House gave assurances of "war as a last resort" were lies. Also, I think it's most interesting how the saga of Joe Wilson and Valarie Plame is rearing its head once more. The fact that the Niger documents were forgeries begs the question: Was it merely a piece in the puzzle to frighten America and the world into war?

Obviously, yes without a doubt.

Jack Straw to Tony Blair, Memo [scanned pdf, text] dated 25 March 2002 [via AP]:

``If 11 September had not happened, it is doubtful that the U.S. would now be considering military action against Iraq,'' Straw wrote. ``In addition, there has been no credible evidence to link Iraq with OBL (Osama bin Laden) and al-Qaida.''

He also questioned stability in a post-Saddam Iraq: ``We have also to answer the big question - what will this action achieve? There seems to be a larger hole in this than on anything.'

"There seems to be a larger hole in this than on anything" ??? WTF?! ...you incompetent imbeciles! So it basically goes like this: "September 11th, September 11th, we have the right to destroy all brown people now, September 11th. Did I say, "destroy brown people?" ehm, I mean we bring good tidings and democracy with our precision-guided armaments." It brings to mind what Richard Clarke said Rummy's rag-tag crew had specifically pressed him for after the 911 attacks: To search for any links to tie Iraq to the 911 attack. But boy did they ever drop the ball. In fact, the entire Richard Clarke episode smacks of the two sentences in the Downing Street Memo, "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." Clark was not compliant to neocon desires to fix facts, so character assassination ensued as he highlighted exactly HOW they dropped the ball both before and after September 11.

And of course, I must add...

Will it all have been worth it in the end? All the lies, all the deceit? As of now, it doesn't appear worth it. Will it be in 10-20 years? Who knows! The fact that the world is up in arms about the Downing Street Memo doesn't mean much to the average Iraqi. But if we'd like some real reconciliation, clearing up the DSM and making sure all parties involved are held to standards of international law (especially the Blair government since they are a signatory party to the ICC and other international treaties).

I'd say a series of embarrassing lawsuits against the Blair government uncovering more lies is in order.

Oh, and impeachment for Bush would be fitting and, might I say, marvelous.