Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Ask Your Representative to Investigate the Downing Street Memos
Now is the time to write to your congressional representative to request an investigation of the Downing Street Memos and other evidence that we were hoodwinked into going to war against Iraq. Congresswoman Barbara Lee and 29 co-sponsors are backing a Resolution of Inquiry which, if passed, will require the White House and the State Department to "transmit all information relating to communication with officials of the United Kingdom between January 1, 2002, and October 16, 2002, relating to the policy of the United States with respect to Iraq."
Today I wrote to my representative, Congressman Joel Hefley, of Colorado. So far, he does not support this resolution. Here's what I said to Mr. Hefley:
"I contacted you several years ago to ask you not to support the impeachment of President Clinton for a lie that he told about a personal matter that was of no consequence to the People of the United States. In your reply, you strongly disagreed with my position, and you stated your belief that lying about a personal indescretion was indeed a Constitutionally "high crime or misdemeanor," which was quite worthy of impeachment.
The Downing Street Memos and other evidence persuasively indicate that President Bush and members of his administration willfully misrepresented the facts and even lied in order to lead this country into an unprovoked war against a sovreign, unarmed country. This resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians and nearly 1800 U.S. military personnel. Tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers are wounded, and this senseless war has cost the People of the United States more than $300 billion, which would have been more wisely spent on Education, Healthcare, Energy Independence and many other worthy endeavors. We shall continue paying for this war in many ways, for many years to come.
I sincerely hope that you find the evidence in the Downing Street Memos a bit more troubling than President Clinton's lie about his sexual indescretions, and I urge you to support Rep. Barbara Lee's iniative to investigate these matters further."
JJ
Today I wrote to my representative, Congressman Joel Hefley, of Colorado. So far, he does not support this resolution. Here's what I said to Mr. Hefley:
"I contacted you several years ago to ask you not to support the impeachment of President Clinton for a lie that he told about a personal matter that was of no consequence to the People of the United States. In your reply, you strongly disagreed with my position, and you stated your belief that lying about a personal indescretion was indeed a Constitutionally "high crime or misdemeanor," which was quite worthy of impeachment.
The Downing Street Memos and other evidence persuasively indicate that President Bush and members of his administration willfully misrepresented the facts and even lied in order to lead this country into an unprovoked war against a sovreign, unarmed country. This resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians and nearly 1800 U.S. military personnel. Tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers are wounded, and this senseless war has cost the People of the United States more than $300 billion, which would have been more wisely spent on Education, Healthcare, Energy Independence and many other worthy endeavors. We shall continue paying for this war in many ways, for many years to come.
I sincerely hope that you find the evidence in the Downing Street Memos a bit more troubling than President Clinton's lie about his sexual indescretions, and I urge you to support Rep. Barbara Lee's iniative to investigate these matters further."
JJ
