From: Brian Rayner <william.gladys@tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 6:43 PM
Subject: Fw: Tony Blair's Big Lie | Rick Santorum's Google Problem
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WHAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THIS WEEK Tony Blair's Big Lie of Omission In his new (self-serving, of course) memoir, former British prime minister Tony Blair praises George W. Bush as a man of "genuine integrity and as much political courage as any leader I have ever met." Yet Blair leaves out of the 700-page tome any mention of a meeting he had with Bush in which the US president proposed a plan to trigger the Iraq war through outright deceit. According to a memo written by a Blair aide documenting one such meeting, Bush raised the notion of provoking a confrontation with Saddam Hussein. "The US was thinking," the memo said, "of flying US reconnaissance aircraft with fighter cover over Iraq, painted UN colours. If Saddam fired on them, he would be in breach" of UN resolutions. A retaliatory attack would then be fully justified; the war could begin. Bush also discussed producing some "defector who could give a public presentation about Saddam's WMD." Blair could provide a tremendous service to historians (and the citizens of England and the United States) by offering an accurate, eyewitness account of what transpired in the Oval Office that day. What did Blair think of a US president hinting at such trickery to kick-start a war? Did he take Bush's notion seriously? Did Bush propose any other unconventional ideas? —David Corn [READ MORE]
BREAKING NEWS The Justice Department has finally uncovered emails written by John Yoo, the author of the so-called torture memos. But something's missing. —Nick Baumann and Daniel Schulman [READ MORE] A young teacher dishes on administrators, addled pupils, and a thing called "joning" in one of the country's worst school districts. —Roger Garfield [READ MORE]
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