My letter to the right-wing rag known as the Boston Herald

[ET Awful]

"I am writing to inquire why you, like so many other papers in the US, have completely failed to thoroughly report and investigate the memo discovered last week by the British press which proves conclusively that the Bush administration was manipulating intelligence to fit their already decided upon policy against Iraq as early as July, 2002. This memo has yet to be denied by the Blair administration and states in no uncertain terms that the Hussein regime posed no threat to the US, and consequently proves that the entire premise with which the public was presented as justification for an invasion was a fabrication and a falsehood.

Why has this not been reported in your paper?

The text of the memo follows, as I'm sure you will want to publish it and report on it."


I wrote a much nicer letter but in a similar vein to the Globe letting them know that while I might expect a partisan paper like the Herald to ignore this story, I've come to expect more of the Globe :).

[stellanoir]

1. Your letter

has a perfect tone of inquiry rather than being entirely acccusatory as so many LTTE's tend to be. That really makes it more to the point. Great work. Hope they print it.

[followthemoney]

2. Good work

I told the Chicago Tribune that I didn't want to pay to be propagandized. When I canceled it I told them I would read their paper for free but no longer pay for it. I suggested the people working there should look for other jobs because I wouldn't support them any more. The paper has been sent to me for free on Sundays for the last few weeks. Circulation is down and I guess they need readers even if they don't pay.

[route_66]

3. Here's my letter to the Palm Beach Post

in reply to their editorial:

http://tinyurl.com/ayzmt


The Post should be commended for it's editorial regarding subterfuge and concealment of the truth by the Bush Administration, but the editorial board could have hit one over the fence had it referenced the recently uncovered 2002 memos concerning the planning for the Iraq War as reported by the Times of London, Knight Ridder, Salon, numerous respected weblogs and others. The July 2002 memo confirms what was long known that the British Government had decided on war by mid-2002; that the evidence and intelligence was 'fixed around the policy' rather than the evidence determining the policy; that dislodging Saddam Hussein (misleadingly referred to as 'regime change') rather than disarmament was the key goal from the very beginning; that UN inspectors were seen from the outset as a public relations device rather than as a means of disarmament; that Britain (and the US) were trying to create a situation in which Baghdad would refuse to re-admit the inspectors, in order to create a political and legal justification for a war they were already committed to for other reasons; that Tony Blair and his ministers lied through their teeth.

The Post editors should also be ashamed of themselves for also failing to run any news stories about this proof that the Bush Administration not only lied to the American people and the world about it's war plans but it's continuing efforts to cover up this information. Smaller lies than these led to the resignation of Richard Nixon and to the impeachment of Bill Clinton.
The blood of American soldiers is being spilled on a daily basis as a direct result of the ongoing web of deceit and the mainstream media has an obligation to inform the American people of the truth. Exposure of these facts by many media outlets is foregone in order to not upset the corporate supporters of the administration which are gorging themselves at the public trough while the country is preoccupied with Michael Jackson, Paula Abdul, Terry Schiavo and a ridiculous plan to eliminate Social Security that will never come to pass. Shame on the media and shame on all of us for not doing more to change the status quo.

[paineinthearse]

5. route_66

Great letter & welcome to DU!

:hi:

[route_66]

8. thanks

I got an email back from the ombudsman thanking me for the letter and letting me know he was forwarding it to the editor...we'll see if they publish...

[NewJeffCT]

9. welcome to DU & let us know if it's published

good letter. Not too angry or too long, but still strong... so, I think it has a good chance to get published.

[Auntie Bush]

7. You tell 'em Route_66. And welcome...glad you're here.

:hi:

[paineinthearse]

4. You should know better than to use big words

"consequently"
"conclusively"
"manipulating"

Their poor heads will explode!

The Herald is such a rag, not even worth using to line bird cages!

[ET Awful]

6. I know, it was their overzealous attack on Ted this morning that pissed

me off enough to send this :).

I sent a much nicer letter to the Globe telling them that while I can understand the Herald ignoring it in their ever more partisan rhetoricanl rambling, I've come to expect more from the Globe :).

[AlCzervik]

10. Good letter

I'm old enough to remember when the Herald was a conservative broadsheet, when they switched to the "easy to read" format they lost any credibility they had.

[dben88]

11. great letter...

i'll buy you a drink if it ever shows up in that tabloid

[paineinthearse]

12. Same problem with the WP

See related post - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3630904