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75. If bu$h said the sky was blue, I'd go outside to check

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Wed Mar 20, 2013, 08:55 AM

Mar 2013

I never believed any of his justifications for any of his wars.

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My List of DU'ers WHO DID NOT BELIEVE Bush LIES about Invading Iraq! [View all] KoKo Mar 2013 OP

Not a single syllable n/t Fumesucker Mar 2013 #1

I opposed going into SteveG Mar 2013 #80

Me. NV Whino Mar 2013 #2

There were very few here on DU who believed the WMD stuff. ZombieHorde Mar 2013 #3

+1...I had no idea you were HERE at that point ...years ago... KoKo Mar 2013 #5

Me. And I have proof! stevenleser Mar 2013 #4

Since then...You've Changed, though...Becoming Pragmatic and KoKo Mar 2013 #6

Nope, no change. For instance, I supported Afghanistan. stevenleser Mar 2013 #9

Pray to tell how Afghanistan was a justifiable invasion? idwiyo Mar 2013 #12

All the standard arguments. I'm sure you have heard them before. nt stevenleser Mar 2013 #15

You actually still believe that bullshit? As in seriously? WOW. Happy to say I never did. idwiyo Mar 2013 #17

You mean that Al Qaeda camps were in Afghanistan including the leadership? Yes. And they were. nt stevenleser Mar 2013 #18

Or in Pakistan? Or somewhere else? Everything you think you know came from which source again? idwiyo Mar 2013 #27

Do you actually believe the garbage you are trying to shovel in my direction? stevenleser Mar 2013 #40

I definitely don't believe anything that either your or mine government told me. Don't have one idwiyo Mar 2013 #44

Why did you not want to invade the country from where, we were told, most of the sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #74

Why would we invade their country of birth when they are not there? stevenleser Mar 2013 #84

Why would we invade a country they just happened to be in at that time? Why didn't sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #91

"Why would we invade a country they just happened to be in at that time?" Seriously? stevenleser Mar 2013 #97

Careful. You are going to be told you are peddling trash. Or something like it. Because otherwise idwiyo Mar 2013 #86

I'm used to that. I was online posting to Republicans when the Afghanistan invasion sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #94

Did you know that on 12/12/2001 Cheney signed an agreement BlueToTheBone Mar 2013 #107

I'm sure we made arrangements for that and much more. stevenleser Mar 2013 #109

And it doesn't have to be a war for oil... Orsino Mar 2013 #114

I believed in going to Afghanistan too. Texasgal Mar 2013 #41

I think we stayed too long and took our eyes from the ball to attack Iraq. stevenleser Mar 2013 #43

I agree. Texasgal Mar 2013 #46

Afghanistan was for oil. The route to the Caspian sea. Robert Sheer among other great sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #72

No, it wasn't. That is an invention of people who want a reason to be against that war. stevenleser Mar 2013 #85

I feel sorry for you. Really sorry. Unfortunately repeating Shrub's generated BS time after time idwiyo Mar 2013 #88

I feel sorry for you and anyone else whose ideology trumps reality. stevenleser Mar 2013 #90

What sources exactly? Do post some links. I would be very happy to have a look. idwiyo Mar 2013 #92

You're kidding, right? stevenleser Mar 2013 #102

OKlets have a look at these links. idwiyo Mar 2013 #105

LOL! stevenleser Mar 2013 #106

Yes, exactly. International support against terrorist attacks was not under question. idwiyo Mar 2013 #108

You clearly have no knowledge of our history with Afghanistan and the Oil Cartels, the Taliban sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #93

I've seen all of that supposed evidence. We have business dealings with all but 2-3 countries stevenleser Mar 2013 #98

The Congressional Record is a 'conspiracy' now?? Don't try using that old sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #100

Please, the congressional record contains records of millions of business dealings. stevenleser Mar 2013 #103

But when a crime is committed, intelligent people, especially good investigative journalists sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #112

Correlation does not equal causation. There are millions of simultaneous issues we could assert as stevenleser Mar 2013 #113

Mmm, that's what Bush supporters told me exactly, that the whole war for oil thing was sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #115

Something tells me that Bush supporters aren't generally smart enough to come up with that line. nt stevenleser Mar 2013 #116

You call that smart? I am disappointed. And btw you are quite wrong about Bush supporters. sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #117

Will Pitt is One I know for SURE fought against this... KoKo Mar 2013 #7

Yo. WilliamPitt Mar 2013 #8

The Body of Your Work on this... KoKo Mar 2013 #13

The Tikkis Tikki Mar 2013 #10

Never believed a word that came out of their mouths BuelahWitch Mar 2013 #11

I was here, and 5X Mar 2013 #14

YES...WE ALL WERE...and Posted with Pictures of Us FIGHTING BACK KoKo Mar 2013 #16

I was on the other side of the pond when 10 million of us in UK took to the streets. That's almost idwiyo Mar 2013 #21

Post #127 Here, From 2004: WillyT Mar 2013 #19

K&R...! Please folks READ! KoKo Mar 2013 #23

Here's Another... Check Out The Names Here: WillyT Mar 2013 #29

Lot of DU Hall of Famers in that thread. Zorra Mar 2013 #60

Me Too Zorra, Me Too... WillyT Mar 2013 #61

Moi. Le Taz Hot Mar 2013 #20

YES...the ARCHIVES OF DU showed WHO STOOD UP! KoKo Mar 2013 #32

This thread would be cooler TransitJohn Mar 2013 #119

I believed Powell at first,... Deep13 Mar 2013 #22

I did not believe any of it from the first day. jwirr Mar 2013 #24

none arely staircase Mar 2013 #25

Didn`t believe any of it for a nanosecond... opiate69 Mar 2013 #26

I lurked til 2004 but I didn't believe anything that came from that admin from Day 1 Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2013 #28

I remember so vividly Iwillnevergiveup Mar 2013 #30

Add me to the list warrior1 Mar 2013 #31

Am proud to have voiced opposition to this war from the git-go, including a letter to indepat Mar 2013 #33

Back in the day, I was known here as "frankzappa". . . DinahMoeHum Mar 2013 #34

Never Believed A Word Of It Liberal_Dog Mar 2013 #35

If anyone is still Here on DU who Remembers the Push Back... KoKo Mar 2013 #36

Was not on DU yet but was marching in London together with 1 million other Brits. idwiyo Mar 2013 #37

Thank you. ananda Mar 2013 #39

No, Thank You! I remember it well how absolutely batshit crazy it was in US than and every single idwiyo Mar 2013 #45

I marched on Washington, chervilant Mar 2013 #62

I remember British press desperately trying to lower the number of people who were in London. idwiyo Mar 2013 #66

I so agree! chervilant Mar 2013 #73

Our arseholes were paying more attention to anarchists (even though they were perfectly polite and idwiyo Mar 2013 #83

Never from day 1. ananda Mar 2013 #38

like most of the rest of DU at the time, I knew it was bullshit fishwax Mar 2013 #42

Senator Wellstone announced to a small group of supporters in an myrna minx Mar 2013 #47

Some things I wrote back then deutsey Mar 2013 #48

I wasn't on this blog but 2naSalit Mar 2013 #49

aw you KNOW Skittles has always known the TRUTH Skittles Mar 2013 #50

I still have the poster I carried in ONE of the NYC marches I was in pre-Invasion. WinkyDink Mar 2013 #51

Sounds kind of strange these days...but "Who Would Jesus Bomb" KoKo Mar 2013 #54

Still have a 10> yr. Old sign in the yard, even now. Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #58

Awesome! WinkyDink Mar 2013 #118

protested and fought against the war JCMach1 Mar 2013 #52

It's the whole reason I found DU laundry_queen Mar 2013 #53

I got hundreds of posts worth of cred. And nothingshocksmeanymore, Zorra Mar 2013 #55

Me--and I watched the Canadian news programs on News World International Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2013 #56

I and some friends marched down Congress Avenue to protest. Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #57

Dennis Kucinich totally deserves to be honored here ~ The Bloodstained Path, 2002: Zorra Mar 2013 #59

I never believed any of W's excuses for waging aggressive war against Iraq. Lionel Mandrake Mar 2013 #63

i am proud to be a 1 percenter. pansypoo53219 Mar 2013 #64

Having been here for that boil on the ass of history........ DainBramaged Mar 2013 #65

More than a boil marions ghost Mar 2013 #76

Me... nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #67

I knew Bush would be invading Iraq as soon as he was appointed President. baldguy Mar 2013 #68

Me. nt LWolf Mar 2013 #69

Well, of course not. aquart Mar 2013 #70

Almost nobody who was here in the run up to shock and awe believed the lies. hedda_foil Mar 2013 #71

If bu$h said the sky was blue, I'd go outside to check Art_from_Ark Mar 2013 #75

That administration was looking for ANY excuse to attack Iraq . . . HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #77

Me. n/t patricia92243 Mar 2013 #78

Really how much of what any Republican says is believable? gordianot Mar 2013 #79

Both my husband and I not for a nanosecond. Puglover Mar 2013 #81

unfortunately... pipi_k Mar 2013 #82

Anything that unites DU membership that overwhelmingly should be evidence enough for everyone else. randome Mar 2013 #87

oh, hell no. look who was selling it bigtree Mar 2013 #89

I didn't believe one word of it magical thyme Mar 2013 #95

Absolutely DID NOT BELIEVE librechik Mar 2013 #96

I knew it was horse sh@t from the get go... rppper Mar 2013 #99

Tiniore -- Hell Hath No Fury Mar 2013 #101

And You Too, Hell... WillyT Mar 2013 #110

count me on your list! BlueToTheBone Mar 2013 #104

I didn't believe any of it for one second. polly7 Mar 2013 #111