Suskind: "Bush committed an impeachable offense"

[kpete]

President Bush committed an impeachable offense by ordering the CIA to to manufacture a false pretense for the Iraq war in the form of a backdated, handwritten document linking Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda, an explosive new book claims.

“Bush wanted to go to war in Iraq from the very first days he was in office. Nothing was going to stop that"

Suskind says he spoke on the record with U.S. intelligence officials who stated that Bush was informed unequivocally in January 2003 that Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction.

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Suskind reports that the head of Iraqi intelligence, Tahir Jalil Habbush, met secretly with British intelligence in Jordan in the early days of 2003. In weekly meetings with Michael Shipster, the British director of Iraqi operations, Habbush conveyed that Iraq had no active nuclear, chemical or biological weapons programs and no stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction.

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Suskind says that Bush’s reaction to the report was: "Why don’t they ask to give us something that we can use to help us make our case."

more at:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26030573/

[DS1]

1. Yeah, tell it to Bob Novak

:eyes:

[hopewell1985]

2. at this point

who cares

to gutless to impeach there is not much else to talk about.

[LynnTheDem]

3. And the majority of Americans doubted bUsh's case for war at the time;

December 17, 2002

Poll: Bush hasn't made case for Iraq war

More than two-thirds of Americans believe the Bush administration has failed to make its case that a war against Iraq is justified...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002-12-17-iraq-poll_x.htm



When UN approval as well as allied support is specified, an overwhelming majority would favor invasion under this condition, while an overwhelming majority opposes proceeding without it (UN approval).
http://www.americans-world.org/digest/regional_issues/Conflict_Iraq/multilat_support.cfm



US Public Want to Give UN Inspectors More Time

Seven in 10 Americans would give U.N. weapons inspectors months more to pursue their arms search in Iraq, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll that found growing doubts about an attack on Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

Fifty-eight percent said they would like to see more evidence, and 71 percent said the United States should make public its own evidence if the U.N. inspectors can't find hard evidence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.

In one clear sign of public caution on Iraq, 43 percent of respondents said the U.N. inspectors should have as much time as they like to scour Iraq. A quarter said the inspectors should have "a few months" or more. Another quarter supported a deadline of a few weeks or less for the inspections.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A23564-2003Jan21

And no, actually, the world did NOT believe Saddam had "wmd";
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3908733

[speedoo]

4. K&R. Thanks for posting this.

Must. Read. Suskind.

[kpete]

6. and next....

New Bob Woodward book coming Sept. 8 - may contain bombshells???

what do you think?

[speedoo]

8. It will very likely contain some bombshells.

I can't imagine a Woodward book without meaningful new information.

[unpossibles]

5. great find. K&R nt

[Lasher]

7. Condi and Colin said in 2001 that Iraq had no WMD and was not a threat

Here is a video clip of them saying exactly that.

[Overseas]

9. K&R -- one more crime for the list. /eom

[RufusTFirefly]

10. Nancy still awaiting a crime to justify impeachment?

Let's not be too hasty, OK? Kerry's lawyers may blow the lid off the whole Ohio election fraud any day now, and we don't want some rush to judgment on impeachment to spoil that.



If we are going to make it a blank check, let's make it a blank check right upfront, without all of these flowery figleaves of "whereas" clauses, and simply say that the President has this power. Give it to him and we will put up a sign on the top of this Capitol: "Out of business." Gone home. "Gone fishing." -- Sen. Robert Byrd.

[DeepModem Mom]

11. K&R