It Must Be Said Again and Again: The Fuckers Lied

A memo was reveled that proves Bush was set to invade Iraq as early as July 2002, and was busy gathering only the intelligence that would get us in a lather about how Saddam was going to kill us all.

It's obvious. But you haven't heard much about it at all in the US media. Maybe they don't report this old stuff anymore, maybe only runaway brides and talent show scandals are wroth 24/7 coverage.

What the minutes clearly show is that Bush and Blair secretly agreed to wage war for "regime change" nearly a year before the invasion -- and months before they asked the United Nations Security Council to support renewed weapons inspections as an alternative to armed conflict. The minutes also reveal the lingering doubts over the legal and moral justifications for war within the Blair government.

But for Americans, the most important lines in the July 23 minutes are those attributed to Sir Richard Dearlove, the head of the British Secret Intelligence Service, or MI6, who in spy jargon is to be referred to only as "C." The minutes indicate that Sir Richard had discovered certain harsh realities during a visit to the United States that summer:

"C reported on his recent talks in Washington. There was a perceptible shift in attitude. Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy. The NSC had no patience with the U.N. route ... There was little discussion in Washington of the aftermath after military action."