New David Corn analysis of the DSM.

[Goldeneye]

This article goes through all the reasons the DSM is damning for BushCo. Corn thinks we might be focusing too much on the "fixed" phrase which may give them some amount of wiggle room.

"But this discussion made me realize that perhaps those Bush critics waving the DSM around as gotcha evidence have placed too much emphasis on the "fixed" sentence. I suppose one could read it to mean that Richard Dearlove (aka C), the head of the British MI6, was telling Blair that the Bushies were "gearing" intelligence and facts toward their desire for war. Or perhaps he was indicating that they were building a case for war with whatever facts and intelligence they could find. All of these possibilities come across as somewhat dodgy. But maybe C did not mean "fixed" as in "rigged."

There might be some wiggle room here for the Bushies. But the true impact of the DSM--which Chavez and Graham danced around--is that it shows that Bush was not being straight with the American public. At that point in time--the summer of 2002- Bush and his advisers were claiming that Bush had not yet decided to go to war, that he saw it as a last option, that he would try other alternatives--even diplomacy!--first. The obvious goal was to persuade the public that he was a reasonable fellow who would not rush to such a momentous decision."

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/thenation/20050611/cm_thenation/33324_1

[sandnsea]

1. Bush Doctrine & Pre-Emptive Wars

Downing Street Memo proves what Clarke & O'Neil and others said. Bush planned to go to war before 9/11. He lied when he said this was about WMD, he lied in his declaration to Congress when he said he had exhausted all diplomatic means and that Iraq was a grave danger. I've been saying that for two years, but more recently:

http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/?view=plink&id=1020

http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=1047

Of course, in order to make the point that Bush was lying about this war, it's important to hold him accountable for what he said about the October 2002 vote. That it was a vote to pressure the UN into holding Saddam accountable to disarmament, NOT a vote for war. You can't call that a vote for war AND claim that Bush was lying about the vote at the same time.

[Al-CIAda]

2. David 'limited hangout" Corn...at it again.

PNAC, Mr.Corn.

[Daphne08]

3. This may be the first that some people have read of this.

the "fixed" sentence?

Fixed means Fixed! :grr: