Look at the Body! (BBA IX)
Okay, I've already said I'm tiring a bit about all the talking about all the not talking about the first Downing Street Memo. Now we have the excitement of a Second Downing Street Memo, not to mention the promise of Rep. Conyers' hearings to be held this week.
At this point, I'd like to suggest that we stop talking about who's not talking about whether the first DSM is a "smoking gun" or not.
Disregard the smoking firearms for a moment.
May we, instead, start talking about the body lying dead in the room where the gun was found?*
[This continues my series of posts concerning the pre-Iraq-war actions of the US administration, aimed at increasing awareness of those activities, as part of the Big Brass Alliance (or BBA) and it's support of AfterDowningStreet.org. For more information from me, see my first posting on The Downing Street Memo: "Worth Remembering"]
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*By this, of course I mean that the DSM are an arrow — of the giant, neon and flashing-light variety — that point to a metaphorical warehouse filled with facts and figures about the [ahem, alleged] deception of the American people before the US invasion of Iraq. Presuming that the DSM are serving as notice that the emperor is wearing no clothes, it's time to take a fresh look and re-evaluate the obvious.