I wish I’d been able to go to this event — however, while I couldn’t make it, natasha has a write-up that’s well worth reading.
Congressman Jay Inslee (D-WA) held a public panel today in Shoreline, WA, on the subject of the possible mishandling of the intelligence information that was used to lead America to war. I went, and it was too good to keep all to myself. The following are the most accurate notes I could scribble down, only a few direct quotes, but I’ve tried very hard to keep to the spirit of what was said. Again, unless there are quotes around something, this is not a transcript.
The three panelists chosen by Rep. Inslee were Ambassador Joseph Wilson, Admiral Bill Center, and Professor Brewster Denny. Read on to find out which one of these distinguished gentlemen said that he wanted to “see Karl Rove frog-marched out of the White House in handcuffs.”
‘RonK’ also posted a writeup of the event over at The Daily Kos.
For thousands of years, war around the world has always been full of violent, abusive, painful, humiliating, unfair & tragic acts. That we are so caught up in just this one recent case seems to be a diversion from the much broader range of human suffering that is and always has been a part of aggressive conflicts. Until human nature changes, atrocities far greater than these will plague us. Rather than stumble from this small speck that is in our eye, we should remember the big picture. If each of us spent the time we give thinking about this one occasion to making active changes in our own areas of influence, according to our station in life, maybe together we could make a difference as to how conflict is settled presently and in the future. We call ourselves a civilization, but in reality, much of humanity is not yet civilized.