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Thinkingabout

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7. W had plenty of GOP yes boys in Congress who were big hawks and gave W everything he wanted.

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Sat Sep 7, 2013, 06:01 PM

Sep 2013

I just received email from John Culberson-R TX who beat the drums for the invasion of Iraq but he has many reasons against striking Syria now and it is obvious it has a lot to do with the D behind Obama's name. I get told the reason why the U S invaded Iraq is because Democrats voted for the strike. Bush lied all the way, he could nit say the reason was because Saddam "threatened his Daddy". In the past few days I have heard stories of chemical weapons being furnished to Saddam to gas Iran, Daddy Bush was in CIA and Saddam was their guy in exile in Egypt and they facilitated his placement in power. Dirty rotten scoundrels.

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How was it that with the entire world and most of us against an Iraq attack George Bush managed [View all] rainy Sep 2013 OP

Is it all about who the media supports? Yes. arcane1 Sep 2013 #1

The media found out in 1991 that war = $$$ hughee99 Sep 2013 #9

except now. Funny that. LaydeeBug Sep 2013 #19

Times have changed PowerToThePeople Sep 2013 #2

We were attacked Politicalboi Sep 2013 #3

You really want to know? Scootaloo Sep 2013 #4

For one thing, Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein carried a lot of weight in the US Senate. truedelphi Sep 2013 #5

I never understood why Bush was supported, but I remember back then, it was like Cleita Sep 2013 #6

W had plenty of GOP yes boys in Congress who were big hawks and gave W everything he wanted. Thinkingabout Sep 2013 #7

Not true, unfortunately. About 50-60% of Americans polled in March '03 supported the invasion leveymg Sep 2013 #8

That's what I couldn't remember, how the majority felt. rainy Sep 2013 #17

Most of us were not against it. Avalux Sep 2013 #10

Because the lapdog press was kissing his ass. KittyWampus Sep 2013 #11

I think it's because it was still only about 1.5 years after 9/11. PlanetaryOrbit Sep 2013 #12

Those who did have the courage (mostly Dems) to vote against mountain grammy Sep 2013 #13

Because Bush/Cheney was going to war anyway and everyone knew it. Precisely Sep 2013 #14

The Dem congresscritters feared wingnut slander against them more than they listened to constituents UTUSN Sep 2013 #15

9/11. Period. nt Pale Blue Dot Sep 2013 #16

my LOCAL news did three minutes on the 'nationwide protests' spanone Sep 2013 #18