Knight Ridder finally reports on the memo from Britain’s MI-6 that was leaked to the press in England before the election. Kevin Drum sums up the import of the memo:
According to the memo, the bottom line is this: By the summer of 2002 George Bush had already decided on war regardless of Saddam Hussein’s actions; democracy promotion was not even mentioned in passing as a reason for the war; postwar reconstruction was an issue of no concern; and the “marketing campaign” for the war was deliberately timed to coincide with midterm elections.
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