Scathing column on the bush/blair lies, a MUST read, imo

[Spazito]

PARIS -- In July 2002, the head of MI-6, Britain's secret intelligence service, briefed Prime Minister Tony Blair and his cabinet on U.S. plans to attack Iraq.

Sir Richard Dearlove ("M" to James Bond fans) reported that U.S. President George Bush had decided to invade oil-rich Iraq in March 2003, in a war "to be justified by the conjunction of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. The intelligence and facts are being fixed around the policy."

Translation: The U.S. and British governments would concoct charges against Iraq to justify war.

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Kudos go to Blair's former foreign secretary, Robin Cook, who refused to be party to the lies and resigned. No senior U.S. official had the guts or ethics to follow Cook's admirable example.

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http://torontosun.canoe.ca/News/Columnists/Margolis_Eric/2005/06/12/1083345-sun.html

[marylanddem]

1. Excellent column

Thanks for posting it.

[highnooner]

2. WOW!

Whatcha bet the US MSM does not pick this up?

[Coexist]

12. of course not - some white girl somewhere must be in trouble

[tavalon]

14. MSM?

I'm not sure I know that term. Do you mean the Corporate Controlled Media?

[Malva Zebrina]

3. Margolis does a good job

of reporting and minces few words.

Look dear Poppy and Mummy--look at the bad seed you have spawned. Proud as punch I bet. I know, why should you bother your beautiful mind with stories of death and the murderous deeds of your gene infected, deseased little boy.

[ewagner]

4. Press telling the truth!

What a NOVEL IDEA!!!

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.


Boy isn't that the truth

[sunnystarr]

5. The part our MSM should read is ...

"And so it went. Lie after lie. Scare upon scare. Fakery after fakery, trumpeted by the tame media that came to resemble the lickspittle press of the old Soviet Union. Ironically, in the end, horrid Saddam Hussein turned out to be telling the truth all along, while Bush and Blair were not."

How in the world do we get some candor and truth in our press? Where are the real Americans? It's infuriating that they're all such cowards and it turns my stomach when I see their faces on TV selling America down the river. We should all make sure they feel the shame.

[tavalon]

15. MSM?

Is that an acronym for what I call the Corporate Controlled Media?

[Larkspur]

6. "The U.S. Congress clapped for war like trained seals. "

Yep, the Hill Repukes and Dem leaders, like Lieberman and Gephardt, who championed this war, should be charged with war crimes along with the Bush cabal.

[suziedemocrat]

9. When is Lieberman up for re-election?

I hope he is defeated in the Primary!!

[Larkspur]

11. He's up for reelection in 2006 but no primary opponent has officially

declared him/herself. Professor Orman from Fairfield is exploring a possible challenge to Lieberman, but no major CT Democrat will challenge Lieberman.

[TahitiNut]

10. Yep. We can call it "pinniped partisanship."

[flpoljunkie]

7. Thanks for posting this article. A must read.

[mctrotter5]

8. Article goes to the heart of the issue.

[Contrary1]

13. He saved the best til last...

"...Kudos go to Blair's former foreign secretary, Robin Cook, who refused to be party to the lies and resigned. No senior U.S. official had the guts or ethics to follow Cook's admirable example."