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johnlucas

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14. You're supposed to get things right in FOREsight not HINDsight

Reply to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 01:32 AM

Jun 2014

Any idiot can see the right answer after the fact.
Wisdom comes from seeing the right answer before the event.

On top of all this he comes out with this drool 11-12 years after the fact.
That means SUPER dumb.
He could have at LEAST figured it out in the decade of the 2000s.

John Lucas

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Glenn Beck: �Liberals, You Were Right,� We Should Never Have Gone into Iraq [View all] Adenoid_Hynkel Jun 2014 OP

we are right about gun control also JI7 Jun 2014 #1

... YvonneCa Jun 2014 #3

We're pretty much ALWAYS right on the big stuff. calimary Jun 2014 #15

EXCEPT, Liberals NEVER said "there was no indication the people of Iraq had the will to be free." WinkyDink Jun 2014 #2

Exactly! He's saying we were "right" for made-up, fake reasons. arcane1 Jun 2014 #7

Except I'm seeing plenty of DU'ers claiming "Iraqis need a dictator" Scootaloo Jun 2014 #12

Not Quite. jeff47 Jun 2014 #28

The 5 craziest thing Beck has ever said Rex Jun 2014 #4

Schizophrenia is the 1st thing that comes to mind..... alittlelark Jun 2014 #9

He has some kind of a mental affliction, that is for sure. Enthusiast Jun 2014 #27

Beck is just trying to change the frame of the argument, he's still attacking Democrats Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #5

Too late, and a trillion short.... Amonester Jun 2014 #6

beck is one weird asshole d_b Jun 2014 #8

He's an alcoholic that had a moment of clarity Gman Jun 2014 #10

1st you have to admit youre an... bull shitter.................nt ErikJ Jun 2014 #16

Sounds like a good description Mr.Bill Jun 2014 #17

The only thing that the CONservative movement needs RoccoR5955 Jun 2014 #11

Still clinging to that "mistake" idea gratuitous Jun 2014 #13

I agree with you The Traveler Jun 2014 #21

^^^This. nt laundry_queen Jun 2014 #23

You're supposed to get things right in FOREsight not HINDsight johnlucas Jun 2014 #14

Beck is what happens when you chase anti-psychotic drugs with Vicks bearssoapbox Jun 2014 #18

"..there was no indication the people of Iraq had the will to be free." Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2014 #19

No, he sounds just like a southern a-hole during reconstruction Adenoid_Hynkel Jun 2014 #22

It just keeps coming back to ther absolute certainty of their own superiority.... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2014 #24

He is a psychopath. Take every word that comes out of his mouth with a grain of salt. QuestForSense Jun 2014 #20

Glen Beck the mystery man polynomial Jun 2014 #25

It wasn't a blunder malaise Jun 2014 #26

Beck forgot to check himself before he wrecked himself Blue Owl Jun 2014 #29