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Dear Joan,
Every time I watch analysts on television discussing the subject of Bush and the WMD, I am frustrated by the fact that everyone always forgets that the only thing the scare mongering about the WMD legitimately provoked were the weapons INSPECTIONS !
Has everyone in world forgotten about Hans Blix !?
All the Bush prattle about the possibility of WMD was we were assured designed to threaten Saddam Hussein into admitting the inspectors, whom he had tossed out in 1998.
These inspectors, as you will recall (I hope!) where admitted to Iraq by Hussein in an attempt to demonstrate that the WMD no longer existed and to thereby avert and American attack.
You will also recall, I hope again, that Hussein allowed these inspectors unfettered access to even his palaces.
These inspectors, under the supervision of Mr. Blix, had been Iraq for over four months and assured the world and Bush that they had found zero evidence of WMD.
They further assured the world and Bush that they needed only one more month to complete their inspections and that at that time, absent any illicit weapons being found, Blix would certify that Iraq was not a threat to the United States.
It is astonishing and demoralizing to me in the extreme that seemingly informed people (and professional commentators) such as yourself appear to be oblivious to the above easily accessed information.
To my knowledge there exists only one investigative reporter/essayist covering politics who has consistently and carefully documented the information I have related to you in this note.
For the reasons described above and others, I think it is not only advisable, but necessary for this journalist's reporting to be routinely featured on Salon.com.
Below is Mr. Robert Parry's very recent reporting and analysis on the subject that you and the others inadequately and irresponsibly addressed tonight on Chris Matthews' program. I urge you to read it, and then to remember this critically important documentation the next time this vexing subject is discussed.
http://consortiumnews.com/2008/120108c.html
Very Truly Yours,
Jay Diamond
