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celticnutgrabbr

The Downing Street Memo

Jul 04, 2005 04:00

First of, I declare this a post for debate and discussion. All views are welcome, all comments, as long as personal attacks are not used, are fine. If you get upset about anything said, tough ( Read more... )

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My $.02 mforbes321 July 6 2005, 02:26:25 UTC

I'm trying to get this written quickly since I'm in the middle of cooking dinner and waiting for water to boil. Please forgive typos and ill-worded sentences. Just so you know, I've been following and discussing the Downing Street Memo since it's release to the media.

Let's start with the word "fixed" since that is where most controversy with this document is focused.

fixv. fixed, fix·ing, fix·es ( ... )

mforbes321 July 6 2005, 02:28:17 UTC

Commentary; The Real News in the Downing Street Memos; [HOME EDITION ( ... )

article (continued) mforbes321 July 6 2005, 02:28:43 UTC

But another part of the memo is arguably more important. It quotes British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoon as saying that "the U.S. had already begun 'spikes of activity' to put pressure on the regime." This we now realize was Plan B ( ... )