We love you Pat....
Our favorite douchebag, GOP Senator Pat Roberts, appeared on Meet the Press yesterday and was asked to discuss last week's report on prewar intelligence. You know, the one that concluded that everything we were told was "dead wrong." Jump back to 2004 and you'll recall that the GOP also agreed to investigate whether or not intelligence had been manipulated by policy makers (um, Dubya, Rummy, Wolfowitz) in order to justify an invasion of Iraq. Democrats reticently agreed to wait for this phase 2 investigation until after the election. Here's what Robert's (who heads the investigating committee) had to say yesterday about phase 2:
MR. RUSSERT: But as you well know, when your report came out there were many people who said that you were not going forward with phase two about exaggerations and shaping because you didn't want to involve yourself, influence the election. You made a firm commitment to do just that.SEN. ROBERTS: Even as I'm speaking, our staff is working on phase two and we will get it done.....
I'm more than happy to finish this, and I want to finish it, but we have other things that we need to do.
Nevertheless, on March 10, 2005, Roberts declared his desire to avoid the phase 2 investigation:
"The bottom line was they [policy makers] believed the intelligence, and intelligence was wrong," ... Mr Roberts said on Thursday that, even in a "post- election environment", it "wouldn't achieve any possible progress" to call administration officials before the committee and ask them to defend their prewar statements on Iraq. (BBC)
This statement blatantly contradicted his assertion on July 9, 2004 where he claimed that the phase 2 investigation was "one of my top priorities."
Will this investigation ever happen? We're not holding our breath. Give our boy Pat a call and let him know what you think should be done. Just ask for Senator Ball Sack.
Pat Roberts:
202-224-4774
Comments
Take is easy, Congress must deal with real problems, like steroid use in Major League Baseball for one. What's next? Perhaps bringing back those delicious onion rings once served in the Congressional cafeteria?
Posted by: wilson k | April 11, 2005 12:20 PM