Very convincing, Mr. President. Now back to Channel 4

Very convincing, Mr. President. Now back to Channel 4:

“Mr. Sands said: “I think no one would be surprised at the idea that the use of spy-planes to review

what is going on would be considered. What is surprising is the idea that they would be used painted in

the colours of the United Nations in order to provoke an attack which could then be used to justify

material breach. Now that plainly looks as if it is deception, and it raises some fundamental questions

of legality, both in terms of domestic law and international law.”

I don’t know what this guy’s so upset about. This is how war is done in America – we learned it from

them.

And for the record:

“Also present at the meeting were President MBT’s National Security Adviser, Condoleeza Rice and her

deputy Dan Fried, and the President’s Chief of Staff, Andrew Card. The Prime Minister took with him

his then security adviser Sir David Manning, his Foreign Policy aide Matthew Rycroft, and and his chief

of staff, Jonathan Powell.”

Oh, yes, Rycroft – the Blair aid who drafted the Downing Street memo in the first place – very good. And

Rice, the voice of reason and calm in the administration.