In an attempt to escape responsibility for the misleading statements that led the nation to war, President Bush has announced plans to form an independent inquiry to look into what went wrong. An inquiry would serve the Bush administration well: it would envelop the issue in a fog of uncertainty, deflect blame onto the intelligence services, and push any political damage into 2005, after the upcoming election.

But the facts need no clarification. Despite repeated warnings from the CIA and Defense Intelligence Agency, President Bush and his administration hyped and distorted the threat that Iraq posed. And now that reality is setting in, the President seeks to pin the blame on someone else. We can't let him.

Congress has the power to censure the President -- to formally reprimand him for his betrayal of the nation's trust. If ever there was a time to use this function, it is now. Join the call for Congress to censure President Bush now at:

http://www.moveon.org/censure/?id=-3656471-FFiThJzPHmcQwb9bnBdPsA

Thanks.

Please, if you live in the US, sign this petition. President Bush and his cabinet have lied to the American people, and they should pay for this disservice. Our president needlessly spent lives and money on a war based on lies; he took our money and created a trillion dollar deficit. Who is going to pay this deficit? For the most part, not the current taxpayers. My generation, and my generation's children, will pay.

He lied to us. He broke promises made to the American public. He wasted American lives on lies. If something is not done, everyone will suffer.

Please. Write to your Congress representitives, your senators, your governor. Just help.

-Noelle