Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Waiting for McClellan’s Retraction....
What Scott McClellan (above) in the White House press office SHOULD have been saying:
"It's puzzling that while the White House now acknowledged that they haven't found WMD or a link between Al Queda and Iraq, they have refused to retract their claims. I think there's a certain standard of governing that should be met and in this instance has not. The claims the administration used to send this nation to war has had serious consequences. People have lost their lives. The image of the United States abroad has been damaged."
about the war, not the "Koran-gate" story.
But unfortunately, here's the real-life response.
Meanwhile, the 'Smoking Gun' Iraq memo is being ignored by the US media (except the bold few like Paul Krugman).
As (probably) is the fact that the US State Dept. says the "Afghan Riots Not Tied to Report on Quran Handling...." (via 1115.org)
But the libeled British pol George Galloway gets in the collective US senate ass about the Iraq war (n/h).
While here's how Bush "supports" the troops.
And here's the status update on Bush's efforts to "Secure the homeland."
Plus a final kick in the teeth: "the Bush administration was made aware of illegal oil sales and kickbacks paid to the Saddam Hussein regime but did nothing to stop them...." (click here for more from Political Animal)
