Quote Originally Posted by Tribesman
Radleg One must actually read the memo before jumping to conclusions or making opinions
Isn't that the same memo that Plaid Cymru and the SNP are using to try and impeach Tony Blair ?
I normally don't pay attention to British Politics - so why don't you tell me.

But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy.
What does the term being fixed around the policy mean?
Fixed is generally the same as rigged . Basically , including "evidence and intelligence" that will support your aims while omitting intelligence and evidence that shows the policy is based on a pack of lies and half truths .
Similar to the fixing of the British Attourney Generals report , taking 23 pages of pro and con arguement and reducing it to 1 page of just pro arguements .
If the comment was just fixed I would understand what the intent of the paragraph is. For instance - the game is fixed for the Browns to win. That is clear.

The term But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy is not so clear cut - especially when its stated from a third party viewpoint at a briefing of peers outside of the orginial meeting.

What exactly was said in the meeting in the United States? If you can answer that one - and show what the exact statements that were stated - then I might change my opinion - but the if this document was entered into a court of law - which the impeachment process has to follow certain rules - and I am sure entering of evidence is one of them - then it can not be third party hearsay to have any bearing. And that Tribesman is the main point of what I stated. This is not conclusive evidence of anything but one man's viewpoint of a meeting that he was included in and how he briefed it to his peers.