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31. "We got the intel wrong!" Not wrong but bald faced lies ..... 935 of them

Reply to KansDem (Reply #30)

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 11:44 AM

Mar 2016

Study: Bush, aides made 935 false statements in run-up to war

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/23/bush.iraq/

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Thanx a lot w, Cheney, and so on you motherfuckers just had to go into Iraq and stir up ... [View all] Botany Mar 2016 OP

+one million malaise Mar 2016 #1

George W. Bush, Father Of ISIS napkinz Mar 2016 #2

Add to that climate change and repression. pampango Mar 2016 #3

The US RW screws up and Europe (on the front lines) pays "le prix fort" (the highest price). Surya Gayatri Mar 2016 #4

no kidding librechik Mar 2016 #5

K&R napkinz Mar 2016 #6

didnt u get the memo,,,, Hillary ordered all troops into MidEast. Cryptoad Mar 2016 #7

Not here, not now lastone Mar 2016 #12

Topic is Iraq War Cryptoad Mar 2016 #16

the one Hillary voted for? OriginalGeek Mar 2016 #48

u didn get the memo either, heh? Cryptoad Mar 2016 #49

which one? OriginalGeek Mar 2016 #50

read the thread Cryptoad Mar 2016 #51

lol OriginalGeek Mar 2016 #52

The umpteenth anniversary of this just came and went with democrank Mar 2016 #8

What's really telling is that Cheney explained all of the reasons why Dustlawyer Mar 2016 #9

speaking of freedom fries ... napkinz Mar 2016 #10

Yep. There was no way the sunnis were going to Ilsa Mar 2016 #11

Less then 2 months before the start of the 2003 war in Iraq w bush didn't ... Botany Mar 2016 #15

I remember that, too! He was really god-awfully Ilsa Mar 2016 #18

@ the same meeting with some Iraqis in 2003 @ the White House when the subject of .... Botany Mar 2016 #24

There's plenty of blame to go around. LibDemAlways Mar 2016 #35

But if we could blame just one person my vote is for the man who made all the $$$$$$ Botany Mar 2016 #38

Oh, of course. No doubt Cheney was the real LibDemAlways Mar 2016 #40

oops, sorry, our mistake.. mountain grammy Mar 2016 #13

Hillary voted for it too! davidn3600 Mar 2016 #14

Chaching,,,, Cryptoad Mar 2016 #17

Not at all. She voted for it of her own volition like Phlem Mar 2016 #32

Indeed. No one twisted her arm to get her to comply in voting for the IWR, PATRIOT ACT, or any of Erose999 Mar 2016 #42

The IWR didn't authorize Bush to go to war unless they found WMD's. pnwmom Mar 2016 #44

Sure, but Sanders couldn't vote "Yea" fast enough Orrex Mar 2016 #45

She pushed it, publicly. And was the only person - publicly- to try to associate Hussein polly7 Mar 2016 #41

Everyone who voted "yes" associated Hussein with Al Qaeda Orrex Mar 2016 #47

Maybe so, but she was the only one who 'spoke' on it. nt. polly7 Mar 2016 #57

Honestly I find that hard to believe Orrex Mar 2016 #58

No, it's true. And it's very relevant. The rest pushing it so hard had already polly7 Mar 2016 #59

Did they investigate before or after they voted? Orrex Mar 2016 #60

Bush, Cheney and those trying so hard for it were the ones who had it investigated, trying polly7 Mar 2016 #61

Then your complaint is about everyone who voted for it in 2002, Orrex Mar 2016 #62

No, my complaint is about her lying about it. Everyone else had abandoned trying to polly7 Mar 2016 #63

Then your complaint is about the wrong thing Orrex Mar 2016 #64

Nah ......... pushing such an ugly and dangerous implication while knowing polly7 Mar 2016 #65

Well, we can disagree on that point Orrex Mar 2016 #67

The links were all here ...... I'm not looking them up. polly7 Mar 2016 #68

Here? In this thread? I'll check again Orrex Mar 2016 #69

I don't care what you think. The links have been posted here for years. polly7 Mar 2016 #70

If you can't provide the documentation, you have no business making the claim. Orrex Mar 2016 #73

It's not a 'claim'. It was posted here many times. polly7 Mar 2016 #74

You explicitly stated that she was the only one other than Bush/Cheney Orrex Mar 2016 #75

Yeah - THEY WERE TRUE. polly7 Mar 2016 #76

You are clearly beyond rational discussion Orrex Mar 2016 #80

Worth saying. eom Duval Mar 2016 #19

And she took more than a decade to realize it was a mistake n/t Victor_c3 Mar 2016 #25

Yep Bjornsdotter Mar 2016 #26

No, she didn't. There were no WMD's discovered and the IWR pnwmom Mar 2016 #36

Yes she did melman Mar 2016 #84

Which senators voted for this clusterf*ck of hornet nest stirring? Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #20

+ a brajillion! Phlem Mar 2016 #33

None of the Democrats. They voted for enforcing the UN resolution pnwmom Mar 2016 #37

Right, and... davidthegnome Mar 2016 #53

What would an outcry have accomplished? The Rethugs controlled all 3 branches pnwmom Mar 2016 #55

Who knows? davidthegnome Mar 2016 #56

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ jalan48 Mar 2016 #21

Don't forget Carlyle Group! If you need a war enabled they have the tools. Ford_Prefect Mar 2016 #22

And Bush buddy Hunt Oil the first into Iraq! Whoopie!!! Finally! nt. polly7 Mar 2016 #23

To be fair they hated us before that. Just sayin. It makes me puke Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #27

The George W. Bush administration was a disaster for the entire world. drm604 Mar 2016 #28

Maybe we should consider abelenkpe Mar 2016 #29

Don't forget, "We got the intel wrong!" KansDem Mar 2016 #30

"We got the intel wrong!" Not wrong but bald faced lies ..... 935 of them Botany Mar 2016 #31

Terrorism is stupid anyway. They honestly believe it will impress the masses to follow them.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #34

I think it's more just plain hate and revenge. nt pnwmom Mar 2016 #43

If that is the case where do the massive number of drone killings bighart Mar 2016 #72

They want to scare us into persecuting Muslims. Odin2005 Mar 2016 #82

What they WANT is a war between the East and West so they can look like heroes.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #83

If we have to nominate a weakling who went along with this debacle... Orsino Mar 2016 #39

Where are the war crimes being charged? Oh, yeah, the honcho criminals are swimming in a valerief Mar 2016 #46

"Ray-Gun" funded and created Osama Bin Laden maxrandb Mar 2016 #54

yep ... napkinz Mar 2016 #66

they may have stired this up, but Dan Mar 2016 #71

An interesting timeline from way back. polly7 Mar 2016 #77

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2016 #78

And if Hillary has her way, it's on to IRAN Lorien Mar 2016 #79

Blood On So Many Hands colsohlibgal Mar 2016 #81