Bush ordered forgery of Iraq letter

Now can we impeach him?

Just this story alone would be cause for impeachment, so when we can get the ball rolling?

'The Way Of The World', a new book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind, claims that Bush ordered the CIA to forge a handwritten letter from the head of Iraqi intelligence to Saddam Hussein. This forgery, which was backdated to 2001, was designed to falsely link Saddam with Al-Qaeda as an excuse for the Iraq War.

Suskind also says Bush had information from intelligence officials that said there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq - and that Bush ignored this information. Gee, there's a surprise. It was clear Bush knew Saddam had no WMD's, but he just didn't give a shit.

The forged letter had been reported for years - but the media acted as if it was real. London's Sunday Telegraph reported on the letter back in 2003, claiming in an influential article that it proved that a 9/11 terrorist was trained by Saddam.

Now that we know the letter is a hoax, will the Telegraph kindly retract that article?

If the media catches on to what Bush did this time, Bush could be in trouble. BIG trouble! Not like I expect the media to catch on, because it never does. It's illegal for the White House to use the CIA to drum up support for wars - let alone forge a letter.

It goes back to the same old story: Bush wanted a war, so he got one - by lying to build support for it.

Evidence for impeachment isn't a problem. Political will is the problem.

Maybe Congress will just pass retroactive immunity for all of Bush's lawbreaking, like it did for the phone industry's involvement in the wiretap scandal.

(Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12308.html)