James S. Robbins takes a comprehensive look at the leftwingcommie's most recent cause du impeachment [Downing Street Memo] on National Review Online "Causing a Commotion"

Like the guy said, it's impossible to win an argument with an ignorant man, but there is a slim chance of making him less ignorant, and Robbins gives it a go..

"The memo raises three issues dear to the hearts of President Bush's critics — the timing of the decision to go to war with Saddam, the WMD rationale, and the use (read: abuse) of intelligence to create the casus belli. One paragraph in the memo conveniently contains all three:

C [Richard Dearlove, Head of MI-6] reported on his recent talks in Washington. There was a perceptible shift in attitude. Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy.

"This and other excerpts have caused a furor on the American Left. Ralph Nader is calling for impeachment (again), and John Kerry has vowed to bring the matter to the Senate floor. Of course, the memo simply contains the impressions of an aide of the impressions of British-cabinet officials of the impressions of unnamed people they spoke to in the United States about what they thought the president was thinking. It is sad when hearsay thrice-removed raises this kind of ruckus, especially since a version had been reported three years ago. As smoking guns go, it is not high caliber." [End snippage]

I think the best thing to do is have a huge shoot-out with these mofos in the Nevada desert, but of course dueling is against the law (when did that happen?), so I guess we'll just have to be satisfied with ridiculing them. Sheesh, that's getting so old.