B-O-O H-O-O
“I am only one. But still I am one. I cannot do everything. But still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”
When my children shed tears over something ridiculous, like not being allowed to eat a fifth chocolate bar before dinner, I've often told them,
“Oh, cry over something important. Like NAFTA.”
Recently, I’ve replaced “NAFTA” with “the Downing Street Memo.” My children still look at me like I’m crazy. Eavesdropping adults (read: my dad) shake their heads and weep for the future. I feel misunderstood and superior at the same time. It’s a fun game.
Deep Throat was recently pushed out of the closet by understandably proud and possibly broke children/grandchildren. Newsweek rehashed history that, until recently, seemed like water under the gate…err…bridge. I’m glad because I learned something. For example, I had no idea it took over two years from the break-in before Nixon finally resigned. Two years. Would that happen today? Jonathan Alter’s column tackles a theoretical Watergate 2005, but what about real examples of presidential overreaching?
Which brings me back to the Downing Street Memo.
How many of us really understand what The Times of London reported on May 1st? In a nutshell: the memo details minutes taken at a meeting between Tony Blair and his cabinet regarding Saddam Hussein and Iraq more than several months before the war began. It shows that the imminent threat was not so imminent after all. Another topic was how our administration manufactured intelligence to rally public support for military action. In other words: The United States and Great Britain decided to go to war first and concocted stories most of us believed. It confirms our worst fears: We were duped.
If one of my children gave his life for reasons that turned out to be lies, I’d be livid, devastated, and shouting from the rooftops. What about parents of currently enrolled GIs? Are they awake out there?
Which leads me to my next question: Does anyone know about this?
So far, mainstream media has ignored the memo. Thanks to bloggers and progressive protestors, word is slowly leaking out. Representative Conyers is looking for signatures so he can take his petition to the president and demand answers we deserve to hear.
Today, it’d be nice if there was a Deep Throat and two legitimate reporters chatting in a parking garage somewhere, but it looks as though we’re on our own. It’s up to you and me. Visit this site and sign this petition if you’re angry that we were sold a war where people died and we still don’t know why, why, why. Let’s not wait two years to find out what really happened.
That’d be something to cry about.
2 Comments:
Durk-
Thanks for pointing the truth out. Now fetch me a cigar.
You know I love it when you call me Durk...shove over.
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