Smoking Gun Memo.. but who cares?

Bush has been lying to the American people. Whereas this has always been suspected by…. a great number of people, to say the least, there was no material evidence to support that view. Things may be changing with the release of an intelligence British memo disclosed by the press during the British elections earlier this month. But it seems the U.S. Media have surprisingly mostly ignored the news so far. Do we really need to ask why...?

The document which was leaked during the recent British elections – is a high classified memo which summarizes a July 23, 2002, meeting of British Prime Minister Tony Blair with his top security advisers, reports on a visit to Washington by the head of Britain's MI-6 intelligence service. It was published in The Times on May 1^st. It indicates that Bush had decided to go to war as early as mid-2002, and that U.S. policymakers were trying to use the limited intelligence they had to make the Iraqi leader appear to be a bigger threat than was supported by known facts. When this was suspected by Bush’s critics of the war, it was never successfully proved.

Its authenticity has not been disputed by Blair. Blair's senior advisers at the July 2002 session decided they would prepare an "ultimatum" for Iraq to permit U.N. inspectors to return, despite being told that Bush's National Security Council, then headed by Condoleezza Rice, "had no patience with the U.N. route," according to the notes. "The prime minister said that it would make a big difference politically and legally if Saddam refused to allow in the U.N. inspectors."

In the light of the current situation in Iraq, it is interesting to underline this:

"There was little discussion in Washington of the aftermath after military action," the notes say

So not only is this administration grossly deceitful, they are also highly incompetent... but what blows my mind is that they can get away with it so easily....

The latest development is that:

89 Democratic members of the U.S. Congress last week sent President George W. Bush a letter asking for explanation of a secret British memo that said "intelligence and facts were being fixed" to support the Iraq war in mid-2002.

We’ll see if anything comes out of that and if the UK memo finally makes it to the headlines in the US. But I won't hold my breath.