Up on Downing Street

Up on Downing Street

Media on the Downing Street Minutes is building some momentum. St Petersburg Times had a reasonably hard hitting editorial but Eric Margolis in the Toronto Sun has the last scathing word of the day. This was my favorite graf.

British and U.S. intelligence agencies were ordered to produce "evidence" to justify a war. In the U.S., faked "evidence" and grotesque lies were fed to the frightened public by pro-war neo-conservatives and frenzied national media. The U.S. Congress clapped for war like trained seals.

But this is the more important point.

The U.S. ordered its intelligence services to shut their eyes, toe the White House party line and accept as genuine patently false reports about the Mideast from known disinformers and self-serving sources that wanted to see Iraq destroyed.

But don't just blame Bush and Blair. VP Cheney, CIA boss George Tenet (aka "Dr. Yes"), Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice and other senior administration officials who promoted falsehoods over Iraq and war fever were just as guilty of deceiving and misleading the American people and Congress.

Think about that. Almost 2000 dead, 15,000 more permanently disabled and not one honest US Cabinet Member found the conscience to stop the senseless slaughter. As Shakespeare's Sister points out, the Deep Throat of Downing Street speaks with a British accent and whoever is doing this, a great big heartfelt thank you from this American.

Ironic in that we fought a revolution to get out from under the influence of the British Empire. At the moment I couldn't be happier to have them aboard.

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