Now for the politics of last resort - impeach Tony Blair
According to the Guardian Guardian, British MPs are getting ready to impeach Tony Blair. That's the shit I am talking about.
Adam Price an MP, writes
Truth is the foundation of democracy. Without truth, there can be no trust, and without trust, politics loses its very legitimacy. And that is the tragedy of what has befallen us all in the last three years of this premiership - alongside the personal tragedies of the 64 British service personnel and 13,000 Iraqis who have paid the highest price for what has become the cruellest of deceptions.
Of course Blair was too smart to outrightly lie. But,
"There is more than one way not to tell the truth: half-truths, omissions and deliberate ambiguities" which are or "can be just as effective as crude lies if the mission is to mislead. "
Following the report, A Case To Answer, by Dan Plesch and Glen Rangwala, published today - Price is conviced Blair,
"did not tell the truth. Instead he exaggerated, distorted, suppressed and manipulated the information for political ends. his was an organised deception to win over a sceptical parliament and public to the military action he had long ago promised his ally Mr Bush."
Amen. Now, impeach the bastard already!
Actually this is a compelling read!!!! This is the outrage, I have been waiting for. I am actually more pissed at Blair than I am at Bush about this. Blair should have known better ( in believeing it, or thinking he could fool us successfully, whichever); he is smarter than that. But clearly he is much more expedient than I gave him credit for. And his eloquence got in the way of perfectly good factual arguments and lies. Bill Maher used to say, "it sounds so much better when Blair says it." Better meaning believable.
Question though: How come millions of protestes or antiwar peaceniks already knew/guessed this? How come I knew Bushie and Blair were lying, and the MPs bought it hook, line and sinker in the first place? And how are they going to prevent this from happening again? Urrrrrghhhhh. Skepticism (and alternative press) are so underrated!
Adam Price an MP, writes
Truth is the foundation of democracy. Without truth, there can be no trust, and without trust, politics loses its very legitimacy. And that is the tragedy of what has befallen us all in the last three years of this premiership - alongside the personal tragedies of the 64 British service personnel and 13,000 Iraqis who have paid the highest price for what has become the cruellest of deceptions.
Of course Blair was too smart to outrightly lie. But,
"There is more than one way not to tell the truth: half-truths, omissions and deliberate ambiguities" which are or "can be just as effective as crude lies if the mission is to mislead. "
Following the report, A Case To Answer, by Dan Plesch and Glen Rangwala, published today - Price is conviced Blair,
"did not tell the truth. Instead he exaggerated, distorted, suppressed and manipulated the information for political ends. his was an organised deception to win over a sceptical parliament and public to the military action he had long ago promised his ally Mr Bush."
Amen. Now, impeach the bastard already!
Actually this is a compelling read!!!! This is the outrage, I have been waiting for. I am actually more pissed at Blair than I am at Bush about this. Blair should have known better ( in believeing it, or thinking he could fool us successfully, whichever); he is smarter than that. But clearly he is much more expedient than I gave him credit for. And his eloquence got in the way of perfectly good factual arguments and lies. Bill Maher used to say, "it sounds so much better when Blair says it." Better meaning believable.
Question though: How come millions of protestes or antiwar peaceniks already knew/guessed this? How come I knew Bushie and Blair were lying, and the MPs bought it hook, line and sinker in the first place? And how are they going to prevent this from happening again? Urrrrrghhhhh. Skepticism (and alternative press) are so underrated!
posted by knikik at 5:37 AM
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