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June 8, 2005
The Downing St. Memo
My best friend, Mike, and I talk about politics all the time. Over the past 11 or 12 years we must talk to each other at least once each week. In almost every conversation we spend some time talking politics. Shortly after George became President in January 2001, I distinctly remember talking to him about Iraq. We were both convinced that the President would attack Saddam. We certainly didn't know how or when but it seemed inevitable to both of us. Granted we are both well educated Ivy League types, he went to Harvard and I went to Yale, but we live far outside of Washington and both read the usual media rags. We didn't have any special information or contacts, and yet we were quite certain that this would happen.
So now we have another so-called "smoking gun" to prove that Bush was not being straight with the American people. My response is "who cares, what else is new." What is the strategic value of pushing this issue now? Will it put him on a more defensive position? Will it make him less effective running the country? What impact might it have on the 2006 elections? Or might it improve the chances of a Democrat in 2008, which seems doubtful? This is really old news. I think a majority of Americans realize that the administration was playing games with facts regarding Iraq and accept it as part of doing business with this guy. He is not open, nor particularly honest and has a very definite agenda which he often cloaks in smoke and mirrors. This was true from the first days of his administration. Why is anyone the slightest bit surprised by more of the same? It has been a very effective political game plan.
Posted by Chip Spear at June 8, 2005 9:53 AM