Bush Lied, and Press Can't be Bothered to Report on it
On May 1, the Sunday Times of London published the confidential minutes of a meeting between British Prime Minister Tony Blair and members of his Cabinet.
The minutes reveal, among other things, that President Bush and Blair secretly agreed to invade Iraq long before weapons inspections had begun -- in fact, long before the United Nations was even approached about revisiting the idea of weapons inspections.
This memo proves what many around the world already knew: that the Bush administration lied about the reasons for waging war on this unarmed nation. Disgraceful! Particularly when you consider the more than 1,600 American soldiers and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians who have died as a result of that lie.
... If the media reported on this story with half the vigor they reported on, say Clinton/Lewinsky or even "the runaway bride," then Americans would be more engaged. And if they understood the truth, would probably be enraged. Very few people I've talked to are even aware of this story.
- posted by geoff @ #