Is anyone surprised at the news that Bush told the CIA to forge a letter linking Saddam to Al Qaeda? I’d be more suprised if someone had established as fact that he hadn’t done it.
Here’s another surprise. The Democrats will tut-tut and do nothing. I suppose an argument can be made that, at this point, Bush would merely run out the clock.
So let me make a suggestion. Other countries that have thrown off dictatorial regimes have established Truth Commissions to get the facts out before memories fade. We need to do that too, assuming we can throw the bums out. And I mean a real commission, composed of people interested in ferreting out the truth, not a “bi-partisan” commission dedicated to continuing the coverup. We either lance this boil or let it continue to infect the body politic.
Hats off to Ron Suskind, by the way, who is among the two or three reporters in this country who has consistently committed journalism during the Bush years. I’m proud to say that my firstborn was his principal assistant when Suskind was writing The Price of Loyalty, the first big Bush bashing book. If we had 10 more like him maybe we wouldn’t be in our current straits.
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