Five Star Link

Every once in a while I come across a link for a website I feel is excellent, and should be brought to the attention of others. So starting today I am implementing what I am calling Five Star Link. When a new link comes to my attention, I will be featuring it in a post. I am also going to open this up to readers of this blog. If you come across a link email it to me HERE and I will investigate it and possibly feature it in my Five Star Link post. So now that I have explained the purpose, here is my first pick: The Downing Street Memo Here is a DESCRIPTION directly from their opening page: The Downing Street "Memo" is actually a document containing meeting minutes transcribed during the British Prime Minister's meeting on July 23, 2002—a full eight months PRIOR to the invasion of Iraq on March 20, 2003. The Times Of London printed the text of this document on Sunday, May 1, 2005, but to date US media coverage has been limited. This site is intended to act as a resource for anyone who wants to understand the facts revealed in this document. The contents of the memo are shocking. The minutes detail how our government did not believe Iraq was a greater threat than other nations; how intelligence was "fixed" to sell the case for war to the American public; and how the Bush administration’s public assurances of "war was a last resort." were at odds with their privately stated intentions. When asked, British officials "did not dispute the document's authenticity." and a senior American official has described it as "absolutely accurate." Yet the Bush administration continues to simultaneously sidestep the issue while attempting to cast doubt on the memo’s authenticity. Nobody wants to go to war. We trust our leaders to shed blood in our name only when absolutely necessary. But the facts revealed by the Downing Street Memo force us to ask ourselves: Was I misled? Did President Bush tell me the truth when he said he would not take us to war unless absolutely necessary? More than two years after the start of the Iraq War, Americans are just learning that our government was dead set on invasion, even while it claimed to be pursuing diplomacy. Please join us in demanding that we get to the bottom of this issue. Sound interesting? It sure does to me, but you decide. Head on over to The Downing Steet Memo and check it out for yourself.