Politics: Like George, Like Tony
It is interesting to watch a less-twisted version of society deal with what may be improprieties at the highest level in leading a nation to war. Unlike here, where the battle over the president's lies are waged between right-wing mouthpieces and gunshy Democratic presidential contenders, the United Kingdom is actually conducting a high-level inquiry, involving actual members of the government, into how the country was brought into the Iraq war. The very implication that anyone in Washington would convene anything like an official body to look into this president's dealings is treated like an act of treason by the right wing, and those accusations have effectively kept the left and center paralyzed in fear.
The British inquiry has revealed that the government's case for war was reworked largely in reaction to demands from Prime Minister Tony Blair. And we now know that the case for war on the U.S. side was crafted under pressure from Vice President Cheney, who made multiple unprecedented visits to the CIA to make sure that the 'right' intelligence was analyzed.
If the case for war was as crystal clear as everyone continually indicates, why do the prime minister of the United Kingdom and the vice president of the United States have to lean on their intelligence agencies to make the case to the public? And why do they all have to lie to us to get what they want?
It is interesting to watch a less-twisted version of society deal with what may be improprieties at the highest level in leading a nation to war. Unlike here, where the battle over the president's lies are waged between right-wing mouthpieces and gunshy Democratic presidential contenders, the United Kingdom is actually conducting a high-level inquiry, involving actual members of the government, into how the country was brought into the Iraq war. The very implication that anyone in Washington would convene anything like an official body to look into this president's dealings is treated like an act of treason by the right wing, and those accusations have effectively kept the left and center paralyzed in fear.
The British inquiry has revealed that the government's case for war was reworked largely in reaction to demands from Prime Minister Tony Blair. And we now know that the case for war on the U.S. side was crafted under pressure from Vice President Cheney, who made multiple unprecedented visits to the CIA to make sure that the 'right' intelligence was analyzed.
If the case for war was as crystal clear as everyone continually indicates, why do the prime minister of the United Kingdom and the vice president of the United States have to lean on their intelligence agencies to make the case to the public? And why do they all have to lie to us to get what they want?
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