Political rant ahead:
The findings of the Hutton report were released yesterday.
For those who don't know, Dr Kelly was a scientist who took his claims that the Government exagerrated the claims of WMD in Iraq to the press; specifically the 45 minute claim. Perhaps not the brightest thing to do, but unlike the Government he was acting in the country's best interest.
So his name was released to the press, an investigation began and in the stress of it all, Dr Kelly supposedly committed suicide.
Anyway, the Hutton inquiry was set up by the Government to find out how things got to this point........not thinking that them lying their pants off about WMD had anything to do with this. Nothing to do with the claims, just how the Government behaved (poorly, per usual - it didn't take me months to figure that out) and how Dr Kelly's name was released and by whom.
Result: A fine fucking whitewash. The Government has been cleared of wrongdoing and the BBC was critiscised for its editorial process. All blame was placed with the BBC. Strange when you consider just who appointed Lord Hutton.
So, the Government has got off scot free and has managed to distance itself from the allegations - which were never examined - by setting up an inquiry to distract the public from the claims. People who haven't followed this closely are left with the impression that the claims were wholly untrue and the Government were right all along.
Journalists will now be extremely reluctant to write anything that contradicts the official line. It is clear just what lengths the Government will go to shift the blame (and attention) elsewhere.
Tony Blair has called the BBC resignations "honourable". This from the man who blindly followed GWB into a war based on complete lies (where are those WMD? Oh, it was all about Saddam all along!), and allowed his staff to hound a man to suicide for doing what he thought was right. He wouldn't know honour if it smacked him in his silly little face, the slimy turd.
The irony is that the report slated the BBC for allowing a report to go through based on one uncorroborated source - the unfortunate Dr Kelly. But he was happy for the Government to make the 45 minute claim based on, you guessed it, one uncorrobated report.
The Government have directly caused the deaths of thousands of people based on misinformation - the infamous stolen thesis, and the distinct lack of weapons of mass destruction- and yet they have the fucking nerve to demand an apology from the BBC over one report?!
The result is as expected. No-one expected anything else. But I feel sick at the grinning faces of the politicians on TV. Something is seriously wrong............
posted by DMouse007 @ 1/29/2004 06:23:00 PM
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