NEW QUESTIONS FOR WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY SCOTT McCLELLAN

By The Heretik

There are many questions President Bush and Scott McClellan should be asked about the Downing Street Memo and related documents. Here are some from the Heretik:

QUESTION: Scott, in a recent briefing you claimed that you hadn't read the Downing Street Memo and it did not require a response Have you, the President, or anyone in the administration read this recently revealed July 21, 2002 British Cabinet Meeting Briefing?

QUESTION: Scott, what is President's response to the clear statement in the British ally's memo that British ministers were asked to quote agree to engage the US on the need to set military plans within a realistic political strategy, which includes identifying the succession to Saddam Hussein and creating the conditions necessary to justify government military action, which might include an ultimatum for the return of UN weapons inspectors to Iraq ?

QUESTION: Scott, why are you avoiding the question just asked?

QUESTION: Scott, about the President appearing in a flight suit on an air craft carrier with a sign that read Mission Accomplished and the fact that more than twelve hundred Americans have since died in Iraq and more will die before we are done. What is the President's response to this recently revealed July 21, 2002 British Cabinet Meeting Briefing that says quote the US Government's military planning for action against Iraq is proceeding apace. But, as yet, it lacks a political framework. In particular, little thought has been given to creating the political conditions for military action, or the aftermath and how to shape it ?

QUESTION: Scott, why are you avoiding the question just asked?

QUESTION: Scott, recently revealed July 21, 2002 British Cabinet Meeting Briefing reveals significant concerns about the legality of the war specifically in these words regime change per se is not a proper basis for military action under international law. When did the President decide to go to war and why?

QUESTION: Scott, why are you avoiding the question just asked?

QUESTION: Scott, recently revealed July 21, 2002 British Cabinet Meeting Briefing reveals significant concerns about the lack of planning and a proababilty that the United States would be in Iraq for quite some time. The British briefing reveals this in the following quote A post-war occupation of Iraq could lead to a protracted and costly nation-building exercise. As already made clear, the US military plans are virtually silent on this point. If our most significant ally knew this, why didn't the President and if he knew why wasn't he honest with the people of the United States of America?

QUESTION: Scott, why are you avoiding the question just asked?

QUESTION: Scott, when will the President tell the truth about why and when he decided to go to war in Iraq?

QUESTION: Scott, why are you avoiding the question just asked?

QUESTION: Scott, when will you stop lying to us?

QUESTION FOR THE READERS: What questions would you now ask the President and Scott McClellan on the war in Iraq?

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