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barbtries

(31,313 posts)
7. wish i could say that.
Sun Jun 29, 2014, 06:36 PM
Jun 2014

i thought at the time it was a "righteous" war. i shudder looking back. after it ended with saddam still in power i became very cynical and can no longer say when i learned of the lies the whole thing was built on. i believed at the time that they didn't take him out then so they would have a handy reason for another war. but a friend whose husband was there told me it was because they couldn't get to him. i don't know. there's so much more that i don't know than i do, but i know this now: they're full of shit and their wars are concocted to keep them rich, whether it's through oil or the entire MIC.
the 2nd war i was against from the get. including the invasion of afghanistan.
so sick of it

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Bill Moyer is the best in getting the truth out there. n/t Cleita Jun 2014 #1
One of the best we have ... nt pbmus Jun 2014 #2
I dunno Separation Jun 2014 #3
Yeppers, the world is literally swimming in oil ... we do not need to dig up anymore ... nt pbmus Jun 2014 #4
Oil is a necessary resource at this point. Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #5
This is wrong in so many ways... malokvale77 Jun 2014 #11
You're reading too much into my post Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #12
I read your post as it was written. malokvale77 Jun 2014 #13
You're confusing "makes sense" and "is right" -- I specifically said it isn't right. Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #16
I'm not confusing anything malokvale77 Jun 2014 #17
Sure it does Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #18
You won't fight a war jamzrockz Jun 2014 #20
I guess that depends on your definition of sense Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #21
It also makes sense for a religious man jamzrockz Jun 2014 #22
Needing a tangible resources is more logical than waging war for the FSM Michigander_Life Jun 2014 #23
It's the greed that doesn't make sense malokvale77 Jul 2014 #25
Fooled me never. progressoid Jun 2014 #6
wish i could say that. barbtries Jun 2014 #7
We haven't fought a defensive war since 1945 - just sayin'. rickyhall Jun 2014 #8
I didn't agree with the first one. I was horrified by him taking us to war like that. Like the blood freshwest Jun 2014 #9
True. Read Ramsey Clark: The Fire This Time:US War Crimes in the Gulf c.1992-Eye Opener. joanbarnes Jun 2014 #10
Who actually thinks the first one was worth fighting? 6000eliot Jun 2014 #14
Nope, protested that one as well. Folks, you aren't being fooled, you are fooling yourselves TheKentuckian Jun 2014 #15
we all know it--even our parakeets know it: but does it matter? MisterP Jun 2014 #19
Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Jun 2014 #24
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