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Rhiannon12866

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2. I remember.
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 02:53 PM
Mar 2016

I was right here on DU when that happened and can vividly recall those days leading up to the invasion. That's all we were talking about back then, if and when. I remember thinking it could never happen, especially after Nelson Mandela came out with an impassioned speech condemning it which reassured me somewhat. I couldn't imagine a sitting president continuing this course in the face of world opinion against it.

But then it happened anyway, and we saw pix of "shock and awe" and I actually felt physically sick. I remember one DUer posted a photo of a little Iraqi boy pushing a tiny boat with a lighted candle on it into the water during a peace gathering and I kept thinking of that child. Was he okay? Was he afraid? That stuck in my mind and I still remember it now.

Lest we forget monicaangela Mar 2016 #1
I remember. Rhiannon12866 Mar 2016 #2
The run up to the war... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #25
It certainly was a wake up call for me, as well Rhiannon12866 Mar 2016 #28
kicking I haven't forgot nt irisblue Mar 2016 #3
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz Uhmercan Irishman Mar 2016 #4
War Criminals. SoapBox Mar 2016 #7
I have forgotten how hillary clinton voted on iraq war. captainarizona Mar 2016 #5
All by themselves, right? All alone? Nobody else in the House or Senate did, right? Hekate Mar 2016 #10
Really? Hydra Mar 2016 #12
Yep, the war criminals and their enablers. zeemike Mar 2016 #11
Agreed, well said. downeastdaniel Mar 2016 #13
Me neither, captain az Carolina Mar 2016 #23
Elections Have Consequences, So Do Votes! corbettkroehler Mar 2016 #6
K&R Carolina Mar 2016 #24
The United States of Amnesia chapdrum Mar 2016 #8
Shock 'n' Awe! Fear 'n' Terror! "We're gonna git them over there, so they don't git us over here" Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #9
WMD's?????? shadowmayor Mar 2016 #14
Fight Them Over There when Al Quada was not even allowed to be in Iraq by its soverign government. DhhD Mar 2016 #17
Hey Shadow . . FairWinds Mar 2016 #26
Thanks shadowmayor Mar 2016 #27
IVAW does good work . . FairWinds Mar 2016 #30
Every single one of the War Mongers knew . . FairWinds Mar 2016 #15
Never so sick in our lives. Hell no, we will never forget! 7wo7rees Mar 2016 #16
A date which SHOULD live in infamy Martin Eden Mar 2016 #18
Hillary Voted To Massacre 100,000 Poor People billhicks76 Mar 2016 #19
A great victory for democracy elljay Mar 2016 #20
I went to bed early that night, thinking the war was 48 hours away. My wife said underpants Mar 2016 #21
So painful... so wrong... Oak3Tree Mar 2016 #22
only when we danced... Mika Mar 2016 #29
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