:: Da' Militant One's Lair ::

:: Thursday, July 10, 2003 ::

Memo to Colin Powell:

Colin, my man, why are you saying Bush doesn't have to apologize. We are way pass that. Check out your remarks in today's Washington Post:


Powell said the issue was "overblown." The president's remarks in January reflected the best available intelligence at the time, Powell said. He said that as he prepared his own Feb. 5 speech to the United Nations, the information on uranium "was not standing the test of time" and he decided not to use it.

So on February 5th of 2003 in your speech to the U.N. you acknowledged that the report of the uranium sale to Iraq by the African country of Niger was weak at best and did not use it to support your case. Yet, the Bush Administration waited until this week while Bush was in Africa to acknowledge that the claim was false. On January 28th of 2003 George Bush said the following in his State of the Union Address:

The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed in the 1990s that Saddam Hussein had an advanced nuclear weapons development program, had a design for a nuclear weapon and was working on five different methods of enriching uranium for a bomb. The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa. Our intelligence sources tell us that he has attempted to purchase high-strength aluminum tubes suitable for nuclear weapons production. Saddam Hussein has not credibly explained these activities. He clearly has much to hide.

What happened between January 28th and February 5th? Why did the Bush Administration wait until July 2003 to acknowledge that the Iraq/Uranium/Niger story was bogus? You knew a week after Bush's speech that the story was suspect. Did you discuss your concerns with Bush? If not, why? If so, why did the Bush Administration continue to float the story? Your best course of action is to stay out of the fight. You know in your heart that the lie was being floated to build up support for the war. Twelve hundred casualties later, was it worth your silence and most of all your integrity?

:: DM1 7/10/2003 06:12:00 PM [+] ::
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