A Blog with a Conscience
Tuesday, July 15, 2003
Uranium up Uranus...
Yes, I realize it's been forever since I've added to this particular blog. I declared a news free zone around myself after reading something so horrific it almost sent me over the edge. I won't recount it here , but let me just say, anyone with a conscience and a heart would be fighting for an end to the conflict in the Congo. Apparantly they don't discriminate between adults and children when it comes to the machete. I'll leave it at that.
On to more amusing news. I've just read that our president has said that the intelligence he received regarding WMD in Iraq was "darn good." Oh my fucking god. Seriously. Ok there, cowboys! I can just hear him using the phrase "Get along, little doggies" as his battle cry in Iraq. Oh wait, he's not going to war, I think that was his dad....but I digress. So here's another quote: "When I gave the speech the line was relevant," (referring to the now infamous 16 words stating that Iraq was purchasing uranium from Africa...) Ok, so it was relevant then..but now it's not? What exactly does that mean? It was relevant then because it suited his purpose and helped make a case to invade Iraq? Does he really think we're that fucking stupid??? ( the sad part is that most of us actually are....)
And then there's the whole spin on the "16 words." Nice try. I love how the White House is trying to diminish the scale of this particular faux pas by compressing it into a neat little package. It's an ironic parody of a serious issue, a symptom of a larger pattern of dishonesty, and an outright contradiction when you consider both Rumsfeld and Condi Rice have said " the intelligence falls short of the elevated standards necessary for a presidential address"... so it was in his speech because.........? And what's with George Tenent now? Is he suddenly Bush's bitch? Does he seriously think he's going to get brownie points for being the fall guy? Didn't work too well for Ollie North now did it. Justifying planting false information in the susceptible minds of the American people by claiming "relevance at the time" is like Clinton asking what the definition of the word "is" is......just as ludicrous, and just as much of a fuck you to the whole process.
