URGENT ACTION: 100,000 Sigs needed From Conyers on DSM

[lala_rawraw]

00,000 Signatures Needed on Downing Street Letter
by Congressman John Conyers
Fri May 27th, 2005 at 13:43:17 PDT

I have written to you in this space on a number of occasions about my profound concern about the implications of the "Downing Street Memo," which actually consists of the minutes of a July 2002 meeting between British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his top advisers. During this meeting, Blair and his advisers reveal details about conversations with their American counterparts. These details cast substantial doubt on the honesty of contemporaneous claims made by the Administration to Congress and to the American people about the Iraq war.

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First, the memo appears to directly contradict the Administration's assertions to Congress and the American people that it would exhaust all options before going to war. According to the minutes, in July 2002, the Administration had already decided to go to war against Iraq.

Second, a debate has raged in the United States over the last year and one half about whether the obviously flawed intelligence that falsely stated that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction was a mere "failure" or the result of intentional manipulation to reach foreordained conclusions supporting the case for war. The memo appears to close the case on that issue stating that in the United States the intelligence and facts were being "fixed" around the decision to go to war.

These are not routine questions within a partisan give and take. Under the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 8), the Congress has the sole power to declare war. If the Executive Branch deceives the Congress in this duty, it represents an attack of our democracy of the most serious nature. These Constitutional questions are not going away and must be answered

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/5/27/164317/949

[TNOE]

1. Thanks lala

I signed petition in the LBN Forum - every single DU'er needs to do the absolute VERY LEAST - and sign!

[laura888]

2. Just signed it

To go directly to the petition:

http://www.johnconyers.campaignoffice.com/index.asp?Type=SUPERFORMS&SEC={0F1B03E0-080B-4100-B143-36A5985EF1E3}

[GCP]

3. He's got mine

:kick:

[Career Prole]

4. Signed it. n/t

[texastoast]

5. Done. n/t

[Nite Owl]

6. Done

[mctrotter5]

7. I have signed and sent it to several friends and my local Democratic club.

I hope Conyers gets overwhelmed with signatures so the media and Bush cannot ignore.

[landdaddy]

8. Done!..............n/t

[ComerPerro]

9. A few threads on this, and I have already signed, but kick anyway

because its important

[laura888]

10. kick! n/t