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| House panel votes to subpoena Rice on Iraq | |
| 2007-04-25 | |
| U.S. Democratic lawmakers voted on Wednesday to subpoena Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to testify about administration justifications for the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. On a party-line vote of 21-10, the House of Representatives' Oversight and Government Reform Committee directed Rice to appear before the panel next month. Republicans accused Democrats of a "fishing expedition." But Democrats said they want Rice to explain what she knew about administration's warnings, later proven false, that Iraq had sought uranium from Niger for nuclear arms. "There was one person in the White House who had primary responsibility to get the intelligence about Iraq right -- and that was Secretary Rice who was then President George W. Bush's national security adviser," said committee Chairman Henry Waxman, a California Democrat. "The American public was misled about the threat posed by Iraq, and this committee is going to do its part to find out why," Waxman said. Lincoln would not have put up with this.
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| Posted by:Dave D. |
| #11 Does anyone think the committee would allow her to fully testify or to tell the actual truth? I think they just want a show trial for the evening news where they are 'grilling' the administration for the 'lies' bush told before Iraq. Never mind that there never were any lies. They will make the accusation on camera and then not allow Ms. Rice to respond or if she does respond the MSM will edit her response out of the evening news. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2007-04-25 23:13 |
| #10 Democrats, republicans, the UN, Europe ... EVERYBODY signed off on invading Iraq, based upon the evidence at hand. THEN was the time to challenge it, not now. To any thinking adult who didn't spend the entire 1990's in a deep coma, the case for invading Iraq and getting rid of Saddam's regime should have been glaringly, scintillatingly obvious. This remains a central and undeniable fact of the matter. For the democrats — whose platform is pinned to human rights — to turn around and suddenly claim that there was no good reason to depose Saddam is disingenuous at best. At worst, this is a naked attempt to discredit their political opponents at any cost, even their own credibility. Such a callow strategy relies upon a blind and easily misled electorate which indicates an abusively cynical appraisal of the American voter not seen since Richard Nixon. The democrats have become everything they purportedly despise. Even though I have long contested how the republicans' ostensible moral franchaise was obtained through an unholy and anti-conservative alliance with the religious right — as of now — republicans are more qualified to be America's standard bearers, even against the most worthy democrats. That democrats have sought the imprimatur of such total gangster street scum as Al Sharpton confirms every justifiable suspicion of how willing they are to sell out America at any cost, so long as it brings them to power. If Rice should be brought forward under legal compulsion to testify about anything, it should be her palliative engagements with the Palestinians and other terrorist governments. Rice has much to answer for about why she has lent so much validity to these rogue regimes. Perish the thought that democrats would do anything which might cast Pelosi's treason in an unfavorable light, even as they seek to undermine America's national security. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-25 22:01 |
| #9 Just read from the 9/11 report. What are they going to do? |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2007-04-25 20:36 |
| #8 anymouse, I rather agree - but it's long, long, long past time that there be a withering, substantive, and vituperative response (to guarantee coverage) - not any statesmanlike blather, which is lost on most people, and much more easily controlled by the committee. As I said, she should directly confront the committee, and the media, about their despicable introduction of the political poison of "deception" into the whole discussion; review the many reasons - none of them based on intelligence assessments, but simply prudence and common sense - that the Iraqi regime had to go post-9/11; use the Wilson case as an example of all that is wrong with things in the last few years, to include shameless and duplicitious public servants (Wilson), in collaboration with media who never challenge the "critics" much less nuke them when they've been proven to be liars or cranks, along with irresponsible politicians who take policy disagreements on life/death matters and criminalize them while they defame decision-makers and drag the country through endless and mindless second-guessing while never offering a hint of a constructive alternative on any matter. Political and media behavior CAN be affected through corporal punishment, in the form of harsh public scolding. It must be harsh, it must be repeated, it must be unapologetic. The rock-bottom confidence numbers of those surveyed regarding major media scream out the need for and feasibility of an overt challenge. It's not about the GOP, or Dubya. It's about the country and the future. There are voters, soldiers, citizens and - yes, really - journalists who would gain immeasurable energy and confidence if such a glimmer of sanity were to intrude into our shameful, delusional public square. |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2007-04-25 20:21 |
| #7 SHHHHHHHH!!! Actually this is a good thing for the trunks. These meatballs are getting target-fixation on bringing down bushhitler at any cost. Keep this up and they will lose the House and Senate in 2008 and the presidency. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2007-04-25 20:04 |
| #6 Sarge: while i share your thoughts on this, you can bet you ass that the congresscritters will very tightly control the procedings and if the good Dr. even shows the least little bit of coloring outside the lines, they will shut her down. Bet on it. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2007-04-25 18:06 |
| #5 The dishonesty of the Democrats is simply breathtaking. How any decent human being can vote for these contemptible frauds, or ally himself with them in any way, is beyond me. They truly are People Of The Lie. To any thinking adult who didn't spend the entire 1990's in a deep coma, the case for invading Iraq and getting rid of Saddam's regime should have been glaringly, scintillatingly obvious. Bill Clinton stated it eloquently and made removal of Saddam's regime official U.S. policy, though he did little to bring it about. For the Democrats to pretend now that that entire decade, and everything we ALL-- including them-- thought we knew about what Saddam was doing, never happened, bespeaks an utter contempt for the truth and for all Americans. Frankly, if I were to wake up tomorrow morning and find that the entire leadership of the Democratic Party-- including every one of these lying, thieving bastards in Congress-- had been rounded up in the middle of the night, charged with treason, tried, convicted, sentenced, and shipped off at sunrise to spend the rest of the war in internment camps, it would not bother me one goddamn bit. These assholes are jeopardizing the survival of our nation. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2007-04-25 17:51 |
| #4 If I recall correctly, Rice did a pretty good job when she was "forced" to go before the 911 Commission on that witch hunt. There, again, those old f**ts tried to bully her, but it didn't work. Wasn't it before that committee that she responded to some woman about questioning her intelligence? But, still didn't shut these folks up! I hate that she is having to do this once again, but I agree, let her go and let Verlaine write her script. She can eat Waxman alive, and he won't even know it! I hope they let that Condi loose again. |
| Posted by: Sherry 2007-04-25 17:30 |
| #3 I for one want Dr. Rice to testify FOR THE RECORD and UNDER oath that Saddam was in fact shopping for uranium. Joe Wilson CONFIRMED that the Iraqis had in fact contacted the Trade Minister but was turned down because “The French handle the export of Uranium”. I also hope that Dr. Rice cleans house on the Assnine Donkocrats who sputter this nonsense every other month. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2007-04-25 16:56 |
| #2 administration's warnings, later proven false, that Iraq had sought uranium from Niger for nuclear arms. For the billionth time, wrong. There weren't warnings, there was public referral to British intelligence assessments, since reviewed and confirmed several times, that Iraq had sought uranium in Africa. Hint: Africa's got more than one, actually more than two, very likely uranium sources - not to mention several more potential if less likely. Nothing was "proven false" - NOTHING. THIS, my friends, is "journalism" today. And what an outrageous thing for the idiotic committee (that's Waxman's little fantasy shop, I believe) to do - subpoena the SecState. Did she turn down the request to testify? If not, then it's really a new low - not that it will be noted by the so-called media, nor of course mentioned by the administration. One saving grace: if she goes, she'll have one (last?) chance to redeem her and the administration's astonishingly incompetent response to this non-issue. Not that it will change the record: she, Tenet, Hadley, even Cheney and his office demonstrated with that still-unbelievable debacle in response to the Wilson non-issue that they were far, far from ready for late-night, much less prime time. So go ahead, Condi, "testify". Let me prepare your statement. It'll take all of 10 minutes, off the cuff, without consulting notes. It will eviscerate the committee, the idiotic premise of their "inquiry", the media's handling of the non-issue, and the Wilson op-ed and performance. As if Condo or any of the other mediocrities now in DC would be capable of something so easy and neccessary ..... (spit) |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2007-04-25 15:24 |
| #1 One more time. |
| Posted by: doc 2007-04-25 14:57 |