liberals, do you know what the "downing street memo's" are?

Question

It is the entire basis of your accusation that George Bush is a liar.

The photograph of the memo was destroyed by the reporter who allegedly retyped the memo.

Does that seem strange to you?

Now that the entire foundation of your accusations of Bush has been shown to be rediculous. Do you owe Bush an appology?

Answer 1

Nicholas, you're a smart guy, but you need to read a little more. There's more evidence all the time that Bush had no evidence that Saddam had nuclear weapons.

What about the trip by Wilson which uncovered no evidence that Iraq had sought yellowcake in Niger?

What about the administration insistence that WMD's HAD been found:

"On May 29, 2003, President George W. Bush hailed the capture of the trailers, declaring "We have found the weapons of mass destruction."

But a Pentagon-sponsored fact-finding mission had already concluded that the trailers had nothing to do with biological weapons"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/11/AR2006041101888_pf.html

I could go on, but if you've missed that much news, it's probably pointless for me to keep citing evidence that clearly contradicts your position.

Answer 2

I don't consider myself a Liberal, but, I have the answer to your question about what "The Downing Street Memos" are.

The "Downing Street memo" (occasionally DSM, or the "Downing Street Minutes"), sometimes described by critics of the Iraq War as the "smoking gun memo", contains an overview of a secret 23 July 2002 meeting among United Kingdom Labour government, defense and intelligence figures, discussing the build-up to the war—including direct reference to classified United States policy of the time. It clearly states that, "Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy."

The term "Downing street memo" is also used to generally describe a larger body of associated or related documents leaked to the public from November 2004 onwards, which date from March 2002 through July 2002—the DSM being the most important.

Answer 3

Although some elements of the US media have portrayed the document as faked or fraudulent, no official sources have questioned its accuracy or disputed its authenticity, despite being questioned directly about it on numerous occasions. Both UK and US officials have since either refused to affirm or deny its content, or else have tacitly validated its authenticity (as when Tony Blair replied to a press conference question by saying "That memo was written before we went to the UN.")

Why would Blair be commenting on something that doesn't even exist. Does that make Blair (Bush's biggest supporter) a liar?

Answer 4

I very much doubt that the documents are fakes, for two reasons. First, to my knowledge no one in the British government has denied their authenticity.

Second, if the Downing Street memos were fakes, they would say more. If someone went to the trouble of faking them, I would expect him to fake something better.

And do a little more research; the memos are not "the entire basis" of our accusations.

Answer 5

Do they Owe Bush an Apology - Sure, and the entire nation!.

Are they gonna do it? :NO!.. Apology would mean they are admitting that they are wrong. Are Liberal ever wrong ? Heck No.. They are GODS!.. They Know everything. They can say anything and that will become the truth. They don't have to hear the other side of the story because, yes you guess it. They know everything, because they are God!..

All Hail the Lib God and their Environmental Religion featuring Bishop Gore!

"Even if the photo was fake, I believe the content of the photo was real!" ??.. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense!

Answer 6

you are an apologist for these asswipes? iraq is just a way for the nwo to start taking control of the middle east. thats it. thats all there is to iraq. you apparently like this idea of world government run by a ruling class oligarchy? implanted chips in every human, and a nazi style police state?

Answer 7

Fortunately it's not the entire basis.

Just one tiny piece in an ever more damning puzzle that has been rapidly assembling itself ever since the Dems took over congress in January.

The only one being shown to be ridiculous is you (who can't even spell it) and the only apology (one p sparky) that anyone needs to be giving is Dubya apologizing to the American people right before he resigns.

Answer 8

Nope, he owes us an apology!

The Bush administration religiously chanted the contention that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction as its basis for a war.

For example, in his address to the nation Bush said the intelligence “leaves no doubt that . . . Iraq . . . continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised.” Vice President Cheney also was part of the chorus and declared that “there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.”

The 2006 Senate Intelligence Committee report found that:

Findings do not support the 2002 NIE judgment that Iraq was reconstituting its nuclear weapons program.
Findings do not support the 2002 NIE assessment that Iraq's acquisition of high-strength aluminum tubes was intended for an Iraqi nuclear program.
Findings do not support the 2002 NIE assessment that Iraq was "vigorously trying to procure uranium ore and yellowcake" from Africa.
Findings do not support the 2002 NIE assessment that "Iraq has biological weapons.
Findings do not support the 2002 NIE assessment that Iraq possessed, or ever developed, mobile facilities for producing biological warfare agents.
Findings do not support the 2002 NIE assessment that Iraq "has chemical weapons" or "is expanding its chemical industry to support chemical weapons."
Findings do not support the 2002 NIE assessment that Iraq likely retained covert SCUD SRBMs.
Findings do not support the 2002 NIE assessment that Iraq and developed a program for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to deliver biological agents.
Similarly, the CIA’s Duelfer’s Report Iraq concluded that Iraq:

HAD NO WMD’s.
“had no . . . strategy or plan for the revival of WMD after sanctions” ended
Iraq failed “to acquire long range Iraq’s nuclear program ended in 1991 following the Gulf War.”
“Iraq unilaterally destroyed is undeclared chemical weapons stockpile in 1991. There are no credible indications that Baghdad resumed production of chemical munitions thereafter.”
In spite of exhaustive investigation, ISG found no evidence that Iraq possessed, or was developing BW agent product systems mounted on road vehicles or railway wagons.”


This is consistent with pre-war findings:

Former Treasury Secretary O’Neil, who was a member of the National Security Council, indicated that “[i]n the 23 months I was there, I never saw anything that I would characterize as evidence of weapons of mass destruction.”

In January 2004, The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace report on WMDS in Iraq concluded that the evidence prior to the war indicated that Iraq’s nuclear program had been dismantled and its chemical weapons had lost most of their lethality. In addition, the report concluded that the administration “systematically misrepresented the threat from Iraq’s WMD and ballistic missile programs”.

This is consistent with other pre-war reports. For example, in September 2002, the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency concluded “there is no reliable information on whether Iraq is producing and stockpiling chemical weapons, or whether Iraq has – or will – establish its chemical warfare agent production facilities.”

Sources: Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the DCI on Iraq’s WMD; Ruben Bannerjee – Al Jazeera 04.06.03, NOW Update 05.22.03, Scheer – AlterNet.org 06.10.03; WMD in Iraq – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; 60 Minutes 01.11.14; Dreyfus & Vest – Mother Jones Jan-Feb 04; Suskind – The Price of Loyalty.

Answer 9

Even if the photo was fake, I believe the content of the photo was real!

Obama '08!

Answer 10

Yes they do, but don't hold your breath.