And yes, I’ve been following the inquiry into the death of David Kelly, the British scientist who killed himself in the midst of the BBC-Blair dust-up over WMDs in Iraq. On the merits of this matter, the BBC is simply wrong and the Blair government right. And the Beeb’s cover-up, of course, made matters far worse. Well, you know what I think. But when the following paragraph even appears in the New York Times, you know that the case against Blair is so thin as it be non-existent:
While the 11 days of testimony have uncovered evidence that the government was feverishly involved in the wording and shaping of the intelligence dossier, it has not turned up any corroboration for Mr. Gilligan’s report that it deliberately published dubious claims over the objections of intelligence chiefs.
End of story. End of the BBC? Not likely, but we can always hope. Along with the National Health Service, it’s the institution most responsible at this point for holding Britain back from its true potential. (And even some lefties are beginning to see this.)
SONTAG AWARD NOMINEE: “What brought me here is Dean – and George,” said Karin Overbeck, an independent at her first political rally, in Spokane. “For the second time in my life, I’m ashamed of my nationality. I was born in Germany and I was ashamed; now I’m ashamed to be American.” – from a New York Times report on Howard Dean’s strongest supporters.
POSEUR ALERT: “(1) Lady Di: You ROCK! In inches as well as centimeters!! THANK YOU!!! (2) Edgewood, MD: Boris & I went for walkies this morning with Grand Arse and Little Nixon.” – John Derbyshire, National Review.
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