Friday, August 19, 2005

So like can we expect an impeachment anytime soon?

Two things that finally prove that Bush and the administration lied about Iraq, WMDs and that mole on your buttocks they said wasn't cancerous.

1. "Newly declassified State Department documents (via Atrios, via AllSpinZone) show that government experts warned the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) in early 2003 about "serious planning gaps for post-conflict public security and humanitarian assistance," well before Operation Iraqi Freedom began."

Again, there are two things here. One, that these documents show that experts warned CENTCOM that they had done a shoddy job of planning for post-regime change in Iraq. That, in itself is big since it shows the sheer incompetence, haste and mismanagement of the Iraq invasion. But wait, there's more. More you say? What could be more damaging than this? How about this :

"The new documents, released this month to the National Security Archive under the Freedom of Information Act, also provide more evidence on when the Bush administration began planning for regime change in Iraq -- as early as October 2001."

So the men in the dark suits had already started planning for post-war Iraq in October 2001...One month after the 9/11 attacks. When they should have been invested in finding Osama Bin Laden, these bastards had already said "Bin-fucking-who? Fuck him. Lets go for say....Who's this guy here sittin on top of all this gasoline? Yeah Saddam ... Much easier to destroy palaces than caves, whatdyathink?". So Bin Laden was destined to escape right at that moment itself. Not yet convinced? Okay then, here's the second thing.

2. A former top aide to Colin "I got anthrax in my hands and a Texan up my butt" Powell has come forward with the accusation that the nice little speech Powell gave in the UN, in his expert opinion, was nothing but a bunch of baloney. "It was the lowest point in my life", says the man with penitence.

"(Powell) came through the door ... and he had in his hands a sheaf of papers, and he said, 'This is what I've got to present at the United Nations according to the White House, and you need to look at it,'" Wilkerson says. "It was anything but an intelligence document. It was, as some people characterized it later, sort of a Chinese menu from which you could pick and choose."

Fascinating. But you know what the best part is? They accepted so-called intelligence from a guy the defence department knew was a liar. Frankly, their codename for him "Curveball" speaks for itself. And they did know he was a liar. How do I know? Because thats what a curveball does. It misleads the hitter by appearing to do something and then doing something else. So if they called him a curveball, THEY KNEW HE WAS GIVING MISLEADING INFORMATION.

Then, after the war began, George Tenet, CIA head honcho and future NBA all-star, repeatedly called up Powell and informed him that many of the claims he had made in the speech were not true. Something not being true, is also known in most parts of the world as being A LIE. Powell had lied. Is transmitting information from a source you know to be untrustworthy a lie? The answer is YES. Especially if thousands of lives depend upon it.

Come on, Republican dominated Congress. I know you have to stick to those on your own side and all, but doesn't the welfare of the country and the world as a whole matter to you at all? Not even one tiny bit?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

impeachment? i think there's enough proof of the lies and treachery out there to impeach bush, invest in a time machine, put bush in it, take him to the titanic, put him aboard and steer it into an iceberg (my way of saying "enough to sink a boat"). and no matter how much more comes out, i don't think it'll ever be enough to impeach. i think the americans are now in a complacent apathetic mood - they know that the war was not worth it, yet they don't really want to do much to stop it. sad. if this had been clinton, they would have impeached, hung, shot, lethally injected and beheaded him by now.

gawker said...

I think the mood is changing. This country does not have much of a patience with wars. Especially if they get their soldiers killed. Also the 9/11 effect has gotten a bit diluted. The Texan's going down.

Annie Zaidi said...

Not one teensy bit, Gawker. Remember that quote about absolute power corrupting absolutely?
Anyway, great blog, and am linking to it

gawker said...

Hey thanks Annie. I've been a regular reader of your blog for a while now.

Yeah, I'm not holding my breath for impeachment proceedings to commence, but who knows? Maybe someone might spill something more, maybe Rove gets convicted , who knows.