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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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To: bentway who wrote (46994)5/17/2005 7:01:44 PM
From: maceng2  Read Replies (3) of 173976
 
I must admit, I think it was kind of dumb for USA republicans to invite over George Galloway to be a witness in an investigation in the USA. Surely, they would have checked out his form first, and known he would use the opportunity as a media platform to to get his anti Iraq war message to the World? Just an ordinary MP for Bethnal Green and Bow. Surely they knew he would jump at the opportunity.

Here is the transcript if anyone wants to read it.

timesonline.co.uk

"You will see from the official parliamentary record, Hansard, from the 15th March 1990 onwards, voluminous evidence that I have a rather better record of opposition to Saddam Hussein than you do and than any other member of the British or American governments do.

opps. I can remember us Brits selling supergun components to Iraq. I have some posts on SI somewhere regarding the subject.

So unless they knew they could sink Galloway badly, it would have been better to let him off the hook for lack of evidence imho. A low risk action to take. I mean even if they managed to jail him for a while, that would not tarnish his image in the worlds eyes, just enhance it. Stalin and Hitler were chucked in jail for a while and it didn't seem to do their political reputations any harm at all.

It would have been better to leave him at home. A last quote from the transcript.

"Have a look at the real scandal breaking in the newspapers today, revealed in the earlier testimony in this committee. That the biggest sanctions busters were not me or Russian politicians or French politicians. The real sanctions busters were your own companies with the connivance of your own Government."
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