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Question: Should President Bush be impeached?
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Author Topic: If the Downing Street Memo is proved to be true...  (Read 3320 times)
The Duke
JohnD.Ford
Junior Chimp
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« on: June 06, 2005, 05:15:37 PM »

What does this memo tell us about what was going on that we didn't know at the time?

It says the Administration had already chosen to go to war.  This was always commonly accepted as fact, from the Axis of Evil speech onwards.  It is not a shocking revelation.

It says that other nations had superior WMD capabilities.  We knew this as well, especially with North Korea.  However, the judgement was made at the time that going to war with North Korea would be exceedingly hazardous, and therefore unwise, while an invasion of Iraq would be much much easier.

We are told the intelligence was "fixed".  This charge has been amde many times before, but refuted by several independent commission investigations, including Dr. Kay's WMD report and the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on pre-war intelligence.

This memo is yet another partisan spin job by anti-war activists who hate Bush and are set on destroying him.
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The Duke
JohnD.Ford
Junior Chimp
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Posts: 9,270


Political Matrix
E: 0.13, S: -1.23

« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2005, 06:29:00 PM »

Side note- Clinton's lying about something so small does not make his actions better, it makes them worse.  To drag us through all that over something so small...
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The Duke
JohnD.Ford
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 9,270


Political Matrix
E: 0.13, S: -1.23

« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2005, 03:10:57 AM »

Hmm, if Bush lied about WMD, he shouldn't be impeached... but if Clinton lies about adultery, he should?  (Don't get me wrong, I wanted Clinton impeached because he lied under oath.  He's always come off as a sleaze to me.)

If Bush eats apple pie, should he be impeached? Because it'd make a lot more sense than impeaching over a non-issue like this.
Haha, non-issue.

Its like running from a Marine sniper when you argue with Democrats.  Don't bother, you'll just die tired.

IT DOESN'T MATTER AS FAR AS IMPEACHMENT GOES WHAT HE LIED ABOUT, BUT WHERE HE LIED!
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