"I Seek Accountability"
WASHINGTON—While campaigning in the nation’s capital today, Governor Howard Dean kicked ass:
"It only becomes more and more clear every day what a mistake this administration made in launching a pre-emptive war in Iraq. The evidence mounts that not only did the Administration mislead the American people and the world in making its case for war but that it failed to plan adequately for the peace.
"Today, we are paying the price: in lives lost, in a $100 billion price tag that only rises daily, and in the toll on our reputation around the world.....
"I seek accountability. There are those in the administration who clearly misled the American people and the world. There needs to be an immediate bipartisan independent investigation and those responsible in the administration shouldn’t wait for the outcome of the investigation, they should resign today.
"But I also seek accountability from those who voted to give the President a blank check without asking the tough questions when they needed to be asked and long after it’s clear how mistaken this path was for our nation.
"The challenge now is to move forward. Our intelligence on the ground continues to be weak. Our soldiers are increasingly in harm’s way. We still don’t have adequate plans for securing the peace. And the administration is still not being honest about the realities of occupying Iraq and the commitment and resources necessary for the long-run.
"These are the serious questions that need to be asked: how long will we be there? How much will it cost? All of these are questions that should have been debated and discussed beforehand. That we are only debating those questions today is a failure of the leadership in Washington, both of this administration and of Congress.”
Cheney under pressure to quit over false war evidence
Anger grows on both sides of Atlantic at misleading claims on eve of Iraq conflict.
The UK Independent reports: Dick Cheney, the administration's most outspoken hawk over Iraq, faced demands for his resignation last night as he was accused of using false evidence to build the case for war.
He was accused of using his office to insist that a false claim about Iraq's efforts to buy uranium from Africa to restart its nuclear program be included in George Bush's State of the Union address - overriding the concerns of the CIA director, George Tenet.
Mr Cheney was also accused of knowingly misleading Congress when the administration sought its authorisation for the use of force to oust Saddam Hussein.
The allegations against Mr Cheney have come most vocally from a group of senior former intelligence officials who believe that information from the intelligence community was selectively used to support a war fought for political reasons. In an open letter to pResident George Bush, the group have asked that he demand Mr Cheney's resignation.
Resignation watch
Or, "I'm leaving to spend more time with my family."
Or, I can dream, can't I?!
Maybe I should've added Tony 'Piddles' Blair to the list?
July 15, 2003
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