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marym625

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67. True

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 12:51 PM

Apr 2015

However, we did know they were lying. So many of us knew. The documentation was out there. Which is why I have no doubt that those in office knew. And they knew very well.

I am sure you would have questioned a democratic president. It's your knowledge that war is wrong that caused you doubt. That wouldn't have changed

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Report Shows US Invasion, Occupation of Iraq Left 1 Million Dead [View all] sinkingfeeling Apr 2015 OP

Horrible cyberswede Apr 2015 #1

''We think the price is worth it.'' -- Sec. State Madeleine Albright Octafish Apr 2015 #2

pssh, that was about a DIFFERENT 500K dead MisterP Apr 2015 #74

Some of of our leaders are truly repulsive. nt PufPuf23 Apr 2015 #85

Yes, and we knew it was an invasion based on a lie. Autumn Apr 2015 #3

I seriously believe they had to have been in bed with bush. marym625 Apr 2015 #55

I think it was driven by the military industrial think tank complex dreamnightwind Apr 2015 #75

I'm sure that is the major part marym625 Apr 2015 #77

Good police violence OP, went and rec'd it dreamnightwind Apr 2015 #78

Thank you! marym625 Apr 2015 #80

Hillary must feel so proud n/t Oilwellian Apr 2015 #4

Very Helpful comment... busterbrown Apr 2015 #7

The truth is always helpful. Autumn Apr 2015 #9

Ralph Nader represented the truth.. busterbrown Apr 2015 #18

Ralph Nader is irrelevant. He had the same right to run for President as Hillary does. Autumn Apr 2015 #22

Boy that was weak... busterbrown Apr 2015 #26

Keep trying, you have a nice day Autumn Apr 2015 #27

I find that most of my day is hard because I’m a bit busterbrown Apr 2015 #36

Because Republican-Lite Hillary is our ONLY OPTION!!! nt. dirtydickcheney Apr 2015 #11

Yea...We got Bernie, Ron Wyden, O’malley ....Warren ain’t runnin busterbrown Apr 2015 #17

You trust Hillary more than Bernie? dirtydickcheney Apr 2015 #44

Let's see whether Hillary will support the teachers' unions. JDPriestly Apr 2015 #68

What you're saying is that the Dem Party is so bad they can only produce one candidate, one which sabrina 1 Apr 2015 #91

Simply stated, The cards are stacked busterbrown Apr 2015 #93

Let's hope neither one gets elected n/t Oilwellian Apr 2015 #28

so we should ignore the truth so someone that voted for this doesn't have to answer for it? marym625 Apr 2015 #56

Let's find a better candidate. JDPriestly Apr 2015 #64

This line of 'reasoning' again? blackspade Apr 2015 #71

Hillary voted for it, didn't she? One million human beings. We BEGGED Them not to do it. I will sabrina 1 Apr 2015 #90

Along with John Kerry BainsBane Apr 2015 #48

I noticed that we didn't invade Iraq when Bill Clinto was president. yardwork Apr 2015 #70

That number seems WAY too high to me. For example, the statisticians closeupready Apr 2015 #5

We bombed their hospitals Oilwellian Apr 2015 #29

Source or citation please? Telcontar Apr 2015 #89

The sanctions against Iraq were crimes also. ronnie624 Apr 2015 #50

More people died of war time disease than bullets during the Civil War. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #61

The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic. Stalin Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2015 #6

We need to remember that it was not just the government who was pushing for revenge. We the jwirr Apr 2015 #23

Although it is our job to know what is really going on marym625 Apr 2015 #58

I to blame the media. They were the liars for the government. I honestly don't know how we could jwirr Apr 2015 #65

True marym625 Apr 2015 #67

Iraq was not responsible for September 11th. DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2015 #62

You don't have to point that out to me but at the time few even asked - it was just any one the jwirr Apr 2015 #66

Terrible! hue Apr 2015 #8

Whether it's 1 million or 154,563 Depaysement Apr 2015 #10

Don't forget to name a number of Democrats who voted for the War JDPriestly Apr 2015 #15

. Agschmid Apr 2015 #16

Seems important to me to remember that some Democrats showed good JDPriestly Apr 2015 #21

No, Hillary did not apologize for her vote; instead, she blamed others, closeupready Apr 2015 #37

She did, did you try Google before you posted that? Agschmid Apr 2015 #40

She did not. closeupready Apr 2015 #45

. Agschmid Apr 2015 #52

That's an admission, not an apology. nt MannyGoldstein Apr 2015 #76

There go those goal posts... Agschmid Apr 2015 #82

YOU set the goal posts, not me MannyGoldstein Apr 2015 #83

I said she apologized, which the Atlantic agrees she did. Agschmid Apr 2015 #84

This message was self-deleted by its author Agschmid Apr 2015 #51

I'm sorry but I completely disagree marym625 Apr 2015 #60

No, a majority of Dems in the House and Senate combined... Oilwellian Apr 2015 #31

? Agschmid Apr 2015 #41

Other sites claim it's over 1.4 million just in Iraq alone. L0oniX Apr 2015 #12

So can I say Bush was 1/6th Hitler mindwalker_i Apr 2015 #13

nice post, hitler Javaman Apr 2015 #57

Hahaha! This just made my day mindwalker_i Apr 2015 #79

"Sinkingfeeling" is right. What depressing, awful news. JDPriestly Apr 2015 #14

Who cares, we have a new whatchamacallit Apr 2015 #19

And that probably does not include any count of the disabled and displaced. jwirr Apr 2015 #20

One of the worst type of injury is brain damage marym625 Apr 2015 #53

War of aggression that was a choice. JEB Apr 2015 #24

How blithely, the US brings death and destruction to other countries. ronnie624 Apr 2015 #25

+1000 n/t Oilwellian Apr 2015 #34

Many of them are connected to Wall St. Many of them made a lot of money. raouldukelives Apr 2015 #43

No link to 9-11, No WMDs, and no threat to the Europe or the United States Botany Apr 2015 #30

repug caused deaths - bush, cheney - all of them samsingh Apr 2015 #32

Sad. It is hard to see what the combimation of greed, fear and power can do. logosoco Apr 2015 #33

Arrest and try the war criminals now or forever shut the FUCK up about how great America is IHateTheGOP Apr 2015 #35

Every single person that voted for the war marym625 Apr 2015 #49

reading the whole article is heartbreaking. niyad Apr 2015 #38

let's stop crying over spilt milk G_j Apr 2015 #39

Look Forward! Octafish Apr 2015 #42

OMD WE SUCK! marym625 Apr 2015 #46

somewhere, dick cheney is smiling spanone Apr 2015 #47

The same figure was reported -- and disputed -- several years ago... FiveGoodMen Apr 2015 #54

Right wingers will claim they were ALL terrorists. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #59

Makes me sick Canoe52 Apr 2015 #63

Sickening blackspade Apr 2015 #69

This blog estimates 1.5 million. moondust Apr 2015 #72

Wow! Good for them. One Million Terrorists killed! LiberalLovinLug Apr 2015 #73

And no one has been prosecuted liberal N proud Apr 2015 #81

K&R woo me with science Apr 2015 #86

I accept the number, and it is part of the problem now with the displaced who fill the ranks of IS: freshwest Apr 2015 #87

Yea but Hillary got a chicken burrito bowl and *was not recognized* GummyBearz Apr 2015 #88

No, the politicians that voted for this do NOT get to get away with it and become president. nt Bonobo Apr 2015 #92