Commentary from Laura Flanders [Air America]
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0508-30.htm
Did Prime Minister Blair get reelected? Yes, and as you've heard, he's starting an historic third term. But what was also historic was the beating he took -- losing more than half of his majority in Parliament "down from around 160 seats to 66. It's especially stark, given the state of the British economy. Britain's booming, but the voters are mad, and they're mad about one thing: the war.
FOUR BLOODY LIES OF WAR, FROM HAVANA 1898 TO BAGHDAD 2003
Harvey Wasserman, Columbia Free Press
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0508-20.htm
The Bush Administration's lies about its rationales for attacking Iraq fit a pattern of deceit that has dragged America into at least three other unjust and catastrophic wars. The "smoking gun" documents that emerged in the recent British election confirm the administration had decided to go to war and then sought "intelligence" to sell it. But conscious, manipulative lies were also at the root of American attacks on Cuba in 1898, US intervention into World War I in 1917 and in Vietnam. These lies are as proven and irrefutable as the unconscionable deception that dragged the US into Iraq in 2003. In each case, these lies of war have caused horrific human slaughter, the destruction of human rights and liberties, and financial disaster.
QUOTE OF THE DAY ... When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through. Jesse Jackson
RECENT COMMENTARY FROM "DAILY KOS" BLOG ... The Course is Set for Impeachment
Apian Sun, May 8th, 2005
Daily, in the UK, more hard evidence is mounting against Tony Blair for knowingly leading the country into an illegal war, and this is having serious repurcussions on the Bush administration. Congressman John Conyers has called on President Bush to account for this evidence of duplicity, and an investigation into what Conyers' considers grave breach of the Constitution. "These allegations strike at the heart of our democracy and present the most troubling constitutional questions. Did the Administration lie to the American people about its intentions with respect to Iraq? Did the Administration engineer a confrontation with Saddam Hussein to justify the war? Did the Administration deliberately manipulate intelligence to deceive the American people about the strength of its case for war?” (Press Release, Congressman John Conyers) There is a groundswell of support for the impeachment of George W. Bush. (see: www.impeachcentral.com)
ALSO, VISIT IDDYBUD BLOG, AS SHE HAS FURTHER COMMENTARY ON WHETHER TO IMPEACH BUSHIT OR NOT
[Rock on Jude!] http://iddybud.blogspot.com
KUCINICH JOINS PDA [Progressive Democrats of America] and Hayden Demands Iraq Withdrawal
Article on PDA Website
http://www.pdamerica.org/articles/news/kucinich-iraq.php
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