[NormsRevenge]

Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., center, ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, is helped by Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., front row 2nd left, and Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee, left, to hand-deliver petitions to the White House, outside the Northwest Appointment gate of the White House, Thursday, June 16, 2005 in Washington. The petitions are signed by 105 members of Congress and more than 540,000 Americans demanding that President Bush provide a detailed response to the evidence in the 'Downing Street Memo'. The so-called 'Downing Street memo' says the Bush administration believed that war was inevitable and was determined to use intelligence about weapons of mass destruction to justify the ouster of Saddam (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

[NormsRevenge]

In the opening hours of the forum, witnesses spoke mainly about their views on the decision to go to war and not the memo, which the Bush administration has dismissed.

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These blathering idiots could read the backs of cereal boxes and find reason to impeach President Bush.

[cripplecreek]

Conyers will have to wait his turn, we aren't done beating up on Dick Durbin yet.

[tobyhill]

Even the MSM MSNBC on countdown admitted this memo is going no where. All allegations were out before even the election and Bush got the votes. The Rats are up s*it creek without a paddle.

[satchmodog9]

Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., center, ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, is helped by Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., front row 2nd left, and Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee, left

Here is you axis of weasels.

[kcvl]

The "Downing Street Memo" is nothing. They are making a mountain out of a molehill, as usual.

[roylene]

Interesting site. Gives one a good laugh!

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/

[federal]

After the piece appeared someone in the Bush administration leaked the identity of Wilson's wife as a CIA operative, exposing her cover.

The AP never lets the facts get in the way of a good old President Bush smear.........

That has never been proven and I sincerely doubt those two liberal reporters are risking jail for anyone in the Bush administration.

[sgtbono2002]

Conyers, Rangel, Waters ,Lee ,. The NAACP always said a brain was a terrible thing to waste. I guess that why whoever created them decided not to waste one by installing it.

[Mark]

All a bunch of WANKERS.

I want FOX TV to run 911 repeats everyday.

[Howlin]

After the piece appeared someone in the Bush administration leaked the identity of Wilson's wife as a CIA operative, exposing her cover.

[DWPittelli]

If one actually reads the Downing Street Memo, it is clear it shows nothing like what the left claims. Note they always allude to one vague statement ("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"), and always leave out the following from the memo:

"It seemed clear that Bush had made up his mind to take military action, even if the timing was not yet decided. But the case was thin. Saddam was not threatening his neighbours, and his WMD capability was less than that of Libya, North Korea or Iran. We should work up a plan for an ultimatum to Saddam to allow back in the UN weapons inspectors. This would also help with the legal justification for the use of force....

The Prime Minister said that it would make a big difference politically and legally if Saddam refused to allow in the UN inspectors. Regime change and WMD were linked in the sense that it was the regime that was producing the WMD. There were different strategies for dealing with Libya and Iran. If the political context were right, people would support regime change. The two key issues were whether the military plan worked and whether we had the political strategy to give the military plan the space to work.

On the first, CDS said that we did not know yet if the US battleplan was workable. The military were continuing to ask lots of questions.

For instance, what were the consequences, if Saddam used WMD on day one, or if Baghdad did not collapse and urban warfighting began? You said that Saddam could also use his WMD on Kuwait. Or on Israel, added the Defence Secretary."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1593607_1,00.html

Saddam's "WMD capability was less than that of Libya, North Korea or Iran" is a relevant talking point for war opponents, but is not evidence that the British source does not believe that Saddam has WMD. And the other bolded sections certainly tend to indicate otherwise: British Intelligence believed that Saddam had WMD.

(Apart from all that, the opinion of British intelligence is of course not necessarily reality, any more than is the opinion of US intelligence.)

[Jorge]

Yawnnnn......
The Dems are like cookoo-clocks parroting the same old stupid worn out accusations every few months.
This is boring.

[TigersEye]

The first time I heard Conyers speak I dubbed him Congressman Prozac. When it comes to dimbulbs you need a guage far lower than candlepower to rate him.

[woofie]

From DU:


My heart is hurting, and I feel so defeated.
Edited on Thu Jun-16-05 10:13 PM by NewInNewJ.

I know that our Reps are going to the umpth degree with the Downing St memo and I am so proud of them, but I am just feeling that no matter what we do that the Anti Christ is in charge and nothing will change. What do we have to do to bring the Country to the fact that the Bushies are fakes , war mongers, etc? The Bushies are so in control. I know so many people personally that are against the admin. but they have given up hope and are going along with the status quo. Help, what do I do?