Armitage secretly Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. (true story)

[TomInTib]

April 25, 2006

Richard Armitage: First in war, first in subversion, first in the hearts of someone else's countrymen.

For his outstanding service in leading America and Britain into an illegal war of aggression that has murdered hundreds of thousands of innocent people in Iraq, as well as his heroic role in running guns and money to the dope-dealing terrorist bands that sought to overthrow the legitimate government of Nicaragua, Richard Armitage has been secretly knighted by Queen Elizabeth Deuce, as the Guardian reports today:



"Honoured with a KCMG is Richard Armitage, deputy secretary of state under Colin Powell between 2001 and 2005 and a leading player in rallying diplomatic support for the Iraq invasion. Mr Armitage's role in the Iran-contra arms smuggling scandal was controversial enough to prevent him becoming army secretary in 1989. He worked alongside Oliver North to trade arms to Iran illegally and siphon profits to the Nicaraguan contra rebels."

" is one of 100 non-UK citizens honoured since last May who are named in a list released by the Foreign Office after a parliamentary question from the Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker. Unlike honours to UK citizens, those for foreigners are not generally announced..."

more:
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m22867&hd=0&size=1&l=e

Guardian article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,,1759821,00.html

[TheLeftyMom]

1. you have got to be kidding!

That brings her down a notch in my book.

[Selatius]

2. There are reasons why monarchies were overthrown

And this is one of them.

[Deep13]

3. "God save the Queen and her fascist regime!

She made you a moron! Potential H-bomb!..."

[Missy M]

4. What was the queen thinking.....

this tells me they hand out so many of these honors they don't even bother to get the whole background on someone. Make a former illegal arms trader an honorary knight, what a joke.

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. The queen doesn't decide these, Blair and his government do

I didn't know they handed out so many, and at different levels. I'd only heard of the honorary knighthoods before - some you can accept (eg Bob Geldof), some you can't (eg Reagan).

[democracyindanger]

5. Meh. The uruknet version is ridiculously inflammatory.

Makes it sound as if he was brought into Buckingham Palace in the dead of night through a secret door.

[TomInTib]

7. The deal is outrageous no matter how it's presented.

[Turbineguy]

6. An award is only as

prestigious as those who receive it.

Sir Dick.

[glitch]

8. Of all people to single out, why choose him. From whose recommendation?nt