ike/High Crimes and Misdemeanors

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Ron Suskind, is publishing a book that claims that President Bush was informed unequivocally in January 2003 that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction. Regardless, Bush decided to invade Iraq three months later — with a forged letter from the head of Iraqi intelligence to Saddam, linking the now-executed former Iraqi leader with al-Qaeda.

The Bush camp, as its prone to do, has already pushed back with its unique brand of "kill the messenger."

Tony Fratto, a deputy White House press secretary, had this to say:

"Ron Suskind makes a living from gutter journalism. He is about selling books and making wild allegations that no one can verify, including the numerous bipartisan commissions that have reported on pre-war intelligence."

Before the smear machine hits full throttle, I wanted to pass on one relevant nugget:

In 2004, weeks before the election, Suskind wrote this piece in the New York Times magazine. It caused quite a stir, especially the revelation that Bush planned to privatize Social Security in his second term--a claim that team Bush denied at the time but which proved true.

If true, Suskind's recent allegations are clearly impeachable offenses and would be the latest and greatest evidence that our country is and has been run by war criminals.

While it has seemed that, regarding this administration, absolute power has corrupted absolutely, let's all hope that we weren't led into war on a premise that our leaders knew was completely fabricated.