The British 'smoking gun' memo

London, 23 July 2002. The minutes of a meeting of what was, in essence, a British 'war cabinet', reveal and confirm what everybody who knows and cares about it already "knew": whatever the Iraqis chose to do or not do, Bush2's decision to go to war had long since been made. The minutes will be Stateside later this week. For the first time in an American print publication. With an accompanying piece by Mark Danner:

Sir Richard Dearlove, the head of M16, just back from a U.S. visit, [remarked] that "[t]here was little discussion in Washington of the aftermath after military action."

Full Danner piece already here (and scroll down).
Keep an eye on New York Review of Books, later this week.
Thanks, Lincoln!

Update. UK eyes only. Text of the Downing Street memo here.
Update. Paul Krugman on the 'Downing Street memo'.