Epitaphs of the War, Rudyard Kipling, 1914 – 18

A DEAD STATESMAN
I could not dig: I dared not rob:
Therefore I lied to please the mob.
Now all my lies are proved untrue
And I must face the men I slew.
What tale shall serve me here among
Mine angry and defrauded young?

Mary McCurnin @ 21

Every American Should Read This.

OMG Mary.

This should be required reading for everyone in the Senate and House. We know well that people in any way associated with the White House, including John McCain and Joe LIEbermann, couldn’t care less about human suffering, and we wouldn’t expect any semblance of humanity from them. Universities and High Schools in America should share this.

Not very far into this heart wrenching post is this:

Does “peace” mean that your aunt does not weep as she talks of how the young couples she serves ask her after the X-Ray

“Well is it a child or is it a monster?”

And how she curses the Americans who littered our land with Uranium munitions and then denied us the cancer drugs. Because we needed to be,

“contained.”

Heartbreaking. It is THIS shit that disturbs me the most when each day I gaze into my beautiful little grandson’s innocent eyes, praying that he and no more children will have to grow up just to be slaughtered. It is THIS shit that makes me vow every waking moment to do whatever it takes to get the true monsters behind this immoral illegal war, this hideous sin against the Universe, to be stopped and brought to justice.

Excuse me, time to go puke.

somewhere there is a document with a signature on it that someone is going to unearth whole lot of meaning to the word “complicit.” Aren’t you curious as to who will take the fall for that one, when it’s found?

Oh, I’m curious. And I have a feeling it’ll be George W. Bush who takes the last fall in this administration. Why? Because Dick Cheney’s Unitary Executive, which is above the law, just happens *not* to apply to the Vice Presidency! How convenient. The only way you get away with acting on such a ridiculous theory, is if you have a method of pulling it off. Like an signed order that someone *really* wants to keep secret.

So my question is, what document does Dick Cheney that he can always pulls as a trump card over George Bush? “Sorry George, but if you try to exert authority over me, I’d have to show them this order that you signed.”

Just a hunch. Am I too far out there on this one?

The claim that they weren’t doing analysis is B U L L S H I T bogus. They assessed intel and selectively pushed it to the OVP. At the very least, this guy should be tried for lying to Congress.

It seemed to me that Fitz was VERY interested in
1) Cheney’s role,
2) the procedure and discourse of the INSTA-Declassification of the NIE and cables and other documents

You aren’t alone. It struck me that way too, which means it is fairly obvious he was very interested in those subjects.

If anyone played fast and loose with “insta-declass” – especially Cheney – then I am convinced they are the target of some very, very serious discussions by some very, very serious Justice people.

Instead it states that circumstances have changed, which is to say that we are in Iraq, Douglas Feith is gone, and his office has been largely dismantled. So no problem, right? No need to make any recommendations. No need to offend a vindictive Vice-President or tell him to leave intelligence to those who have some.

I’m looking for the link, Hugh, but OSP changed its name because they were attracting too much attention. They haven’t ceased operations.