Ha Ha Funny, Part 2

Dear Media Kool Kids,

Is this funny, too?

LONDON Jun 18, 2005 — When Prime Minister Tony Blair's chief foreign policy adviser dined with Condoleezza Rice six months after Sept. 11, the then-U.S. national security adviser didn't want to discuss Osama bin Laden or al-Qaida. She wanted to talk about "regime change" in Iraq, setting the stage for the U.S.-led invasion more than a year later.

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In one of the memos, British Foreign Office political director Peter Ricketts openly asks whether the Bush administration had a clear and compelling military reason for war.

"U.S. scrambling to establish a link between Iraq and al-Qaida is so far frankly unconvincing," Ricketts says in the memo. "For Iraq, `regime change' does not stack up. It sounds like a grudge between Bush and Saddam."

As is the case with the Downing Street Memo, I'm sure it is "old news" to all of you that only 6 months after September 11th, Condi was more concerned with Iraq than Bin Laden or Al Qaeda, but feel free to inform the American people when you need to take a break from covering Jacko or missing white women.

Love,

Steve

Ha Ha Funny, Part 2