And the hits just keep on coming re: DSM

[Contrary1]

"LONDON - When Prime Minister Tony Blair's chief foreign policy adviser dined with Condoleezza Rice six months after Sept. 11, the then-U.S. national security adviser didn't want to discuss Osama bin Laden or al-Qaida. She wanted to talk about "regime change" in Iraq, setting the stage for the U.S.-led invasion more than a year later.

President Bush wanted Blair's support, but British officials worried the White House was rushing to war, according to a series of leaked secret Downing Street memos that have renewed questions and debate about Washington's motives for ousting Saddam Hussein.

In one of the memos, British Foreign Office political director Peter Ricketts openly asks whether the Bush administration had a clear and compelling military reason for war.

"U.S. scrambling to establish a link between Iraq and al-Qaida is so far frankly unconvincing," Ricketts says in the memo. "For Iraq, `regime change' does not stack up. It sounds like a grudge between Bush and Saddam."

More...http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2005/06/18/159329.html

[ZappaForPrez]

1. May their shit come alive and kiss them.

[Tiggeroshii]

2. gobble them. their shit will come alive, grow and swarm their sorry,

diminishing egos..... hah!

[rodeodance]

4. "U.S. scrambling to establish a link between Iraq and al-Qaida " uncon-

vincing then and NOW--get that Cheney?

[Burried News]

3. And May an Irishman Tell the Devil Blair's Coming

an hour before he's gone.

Bliar - have the BBC executives you fired gotten their apologies yet?
Who knows if they get them soon enough, with that lugubrious posturing you're so fond of, they might keep the request for damages modest - say a million pounds apiece?
Surely they'll believe ... well maybe not - you are looking a tad less than credible these days.
PS Thanks again for helping us expand the Empire. Will you be going on holiday in Iraq soon? Well I'll keep the phone line free in case I have to make a quick call - I hate to keep the Devil waiting. Irishman

[chknltl]

6. welcome to Du Irish

I look forward to further posts from you :popcorn:

[grasswire]

7. yes, welcome to DU

It's so outstanding to have hands reaching "across the Pond" to push for justice for the war criminals.

[KansDem]

5. Bush/Saddam Smackdown!

It sounds like a grudge between Bush and Saddam.

So Bush Jr. is sacrificing our children in order to settle a grudge with Saddam?

There is no place in Hell deep enough for George W. Bush...:grr:

[corbett]

8. May He Clean Toilets In Pergatory's Seventh Level!

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20050601/the_key_to_impeachment.php