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In reply to the discussion: KRUGMAN: "Bush lied us into war. Let’s repeat that: he lied us into war." [View all]Newest Reality
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He lied us into WAR.
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KRUGMAN: "Bush lied us into war. Let’s repeat that: he lied us into war." [View all]
kpete
Apr 2013
OP
With Obama's birth certificate, it was more a long shot than for a random person (or even more a
karynnj
Apr 2013
#70
Everybody knows that Bush lied us into the Iraq War. Why isn't he in prsion for life? mt
ladjf
Apr 2013
#9
I believe the Republicans counted on the fact that his father was a president would give him cover..
Spitfire of ATJ
Apr 2013
#16
Because we have a history of going to war based on lies, see the Maine and the Second Gulf of Tonkin
Hippo_Tron
Apr 2013
#78
You are certainly not alone. I'm sickened by the sound of their names and when I realize they are
The Wielding Truth
Apr 2013
#50
Bush was reportedly told that if he were president during a war he'd be re-elected.
byeya
Apr 2013
#11
I've always believed that's why we went to war...so he could get the second term daddy didn't!
Sekhmets Daughter
Apr 2013
#32
We heard so much about "Clinton lied", but Bill Clinton's lie did not get 4500 killed
Thinkingabout
Apr 2013
#34
The major media was complicit in this lie - they didn't ask questions, they just fell into line.
reformist2
Apr 2013
#40
It appears some of the same people who enabled Bush are trying to lie us into Syria and Iran.
Ford_Prefect
Apr 2013
#49
Is anyone who was dumb enough to believe those lies at the time likely to now feel any regret? (nt)
harmonicon
Apr 2013
#57
Not legal as such...Merely a job requirement. Although it seems to be a well honed talent for some.
Ford_Prefect
Apr 2013
#61
Yes.... Let me rephrase...I don't understand why being able to lie is a job requirement....
midnight
Apr 2013
#62
If we were truly the great democracy we proclaim, Bush and his cronies would have been held
spicegal
Apr 2013
#63
Starting a war also helped cover-up the actions of the Junta stealing the office, changed the focus
Coyotl
Apr 2013
#75
Heard a blurb about the Library on NPR, and they allowed Bush's lie to repeat without comment
Ian_rd
Apr 2013
#65
If it wasn't for you fine folks and people like Dr. Krugman I'd think I was in a Twilight Zone.
raouldukelives
Apr 2013
#67