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Edited on Thu Feb-22-07 03:47 PM by garybeck
When the Dems took control, we all knew a lot of investigations would begin, and several have. But I have not heard of any that are focusing on the run-up to war, whether or not the American people and/or Congress were lied to by the administration, whether it was bad intelligence or blatant lies, and in particular no investigation seems to focus on the Downing Street Minutes and the fact that the war plans were being sealed while they were telling us they were trying to avoid it.
I would have thought this would be one of the investigations we'd get with a Democratic Congress. I know Conyers was all over DSM before and I think Waxman too.
So I asked David Swanson if I was missing something and he said there might be something going on in the Senate Intell Committee with Rockefeller, but nothing he knows of is going on in the House.
Am I alone in thinking there's something missing here? Shouldn't there be an investigation into "fixing the facts around the war," manipulating intelligence, misleading the public, etc....?
Isn't that the kind of investigation that could lead to impeachment? I know part of the debate about impeachment is that folks are saying "it begins with an investigation." Well if that's the case, I think we need an investigation that at least has its compass pointing in the right direction, don't we?
It seems to me, that while many are pressing congressional representatives for impeaching Bush, we should all at the same time be pressing for an investigation into the lies and the runup to war. An investigation like this is certainly warranted, and would be targeted right at the bullseye.
In response to my question David Swanson (leader of AfterDowningStreet.org) said we should "give Rep Silvestre Reyes hell"
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