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28. They couldn't even find this yellow cake

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Mon May 18, 2015, 01:46 PM

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It was not "faulty intelligence" goddamn it! [View all] annabanana May 2015 OP

The term the CIA Inspector General used was "cherry-picked." The Iraq disinfo program even had its leveymg May 2015 #1

And never forget the White House Iraq Group whose mission seems to have been KingCharlemagne May 2015 #13

Preach it, sister! Those warmongers were hell-bent on invading Iraq. nt raccoon May 2015 #2

K&R..... daleanime May 2015 #3

I think you mean made up Omaha Steve May 2015 #4

RNN has this Snoopy 7 May 2015 #5

The Brits termed it "ginned up" . . . brush May 2015 #6

Actually... Caijoe May 2015 #24

Yeah, the term "ginned up" was used by some Brits at the time. nt brush May 2015 #25

Lapdog does bring a nasty image to mind - wasn't Blair called W's Poodle? erronis May 2015 #30

"Sexed Up" JawJaw May 2015 #49

Yep...they're desparately trying hard to re-write history, deutsey May 2015 #7

+1,000 malaise May 2015 #8

Oh, I am quite satisfied the intelligence was faulty. malthaussen May 2015 #9

Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld should be executed... IHateTheGOP May 2015 #10

Invented Augiedog May 2015 #11

There are too few critically thinking Americans, though Demeter May 2015 #12

I remember the many times the Chinney Cortege sped across the Potomac bridges erronis May 2015 #32

+1 a whole bunch! Enthusiast May 2015 #38

good point SCantiGOP May 2015 #14

PNAC cited they wanted it in 1997. nt valerief May 2015 #15

It's worse than that. It's claiming to want for over a year to get the UN Weapons inspection teams stevenleser May 2015 #16

...and finally, after none were found, claiming Saddam kept inspectors out. JHB May 2015 #50

You are, of course, correct rock May 2015 #17

It was a payday WilliamPitt May 2015 #18

Don't forget the aluminum tubes.... yellowcanine May 2015 #19

David Albright warned that these tubes were not for nuclear enrichment. KansDem May 2015 #21

+1 a whole bunch! Enthusiast May 2015 #37

well that is the signature characteristic of pretty much all republican ideas.... unblock May 2015 #20

So many of these politicians say. "Everyone who saw the intelligence agreed that we had to invade world wide wally May 2015 #22

The term is "Cherry Picked".... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #23

MANUFACTURED intel. The Iraq intel books were COOKED according to dozens blm May 2015 #26

Indeed.. they assembled intel to justify what they had already decided to do. DCBob May 2015 #27

They couldn't even find this yellow cake Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2015 #28

They lied to the American people. kentuck May 2015 #29

The Office of Special Plans hootinholler May 2015 #31

Republicans never want to admit that they made even one little small "mistake"... kentuck May 2015 #33

Republicans are like one of George Castanza's girlfriends... sorechasm May 2015 #48

Neocons/PNAC-planned in 1997. Neocons plotted 9/11 with Saudi friends. Neocons invaded Iraq. nt ChisolmTrailDem May 2015 #34

+1 You nailed it. Enthusiast May 2015 #36

Didn't Jeb sign that too??? thecrow May 2015 #55

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! The faulty intelligence narrative has got to go! Enthusiast May 2015 #35

They would have attacked every country in the Middle East if they could Quixote1818 May 2015 #39

And in general fucking fixed. lonestarnot May 2015 #40

Facts fixed! ...because they were broken. L0oniX May 2015 #41

Seymour Hersh laid it all out in The Stovepipe and in Selective Intelligence Roland99 May 2015 #42

The only "faulty intelligence" was the intelligence of the American people. RVN VET May 2015 #43

For an entire year all we heard about was Iraq, Iraq... Bush had an agenda from the start. n/t secondwind May 2015 #44

He started bombing Iraq in early February, 2001 Art_from_Ark May 2015 #45

Don't mention the war Warren DeMontague May 2015 #46

It was known to be a lie at the time. Like the 16 words in the SOTU. Warren DeMontague May 2015 #47

Not that widely known... Fumesucker May 2015 #52

the decision to go to war was in March 2003 NOT October 2002 karynnj May 2015 #51

karynnj Diclotican May 2015 #58

they left before the bombing announced by Clinton karynnj May 2015 #59

karynnj Diclotican May 2015 #60

We never heard about yellow cake since that time. liberal N proud May 2015 #53

They lied us into war. peacebird May 2015 #54

It was made-up fiction. No "intelligence" was considered when forming the decision DFW May 2015 #56

annabanana Diclotican May 2015 #57

K&R woo me with science May 2015 #61