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deutsey

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35. As Pink Floyd once sang:

Wed May 20, 2015, 09:40 AM

May 2015

"Money, it's a hit...don't give me that do-goody-good bullshit."

Before 9/11, the neo-con loons were desperately looking for some excuse to invade Iraq and ensure their dominance in the region in their warped dream of ensuring a "new American century."

That, and I always felt that Bush had some Oedipal psycho-drama going on with his dad in which he felt he had to prove his manliness by invading Baghdad where his father had stopped short.

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George W. Bush's CIA Briefer: Bush and Cheney Falsely Presented WMD Intelligence to Public [View all] babylonsister May 2015 OP

The Trials will really be something. Octafish May 2015 #1

The Intelligence Wasn't As Flawed As Now Claimed DallasNE May 2015 #7

Part of it is the language barrier... JHB May 2015 #26

Mislead? Misrepresented? They fucking lied. Thor_MN May 2015 #15

Yes, thank you for saying it. They lied. Funny how MSM won't say that word. YOHABLO May 2015 #17

BFEE put MSM on notice: ''The Dangerous Lie That 'Bush Lied''' Octafish May 2015 #29

Silberman's continued disservice to the USofA erronis May 2015 #47

+1 an entire shit load. Enthusiast May 2015 #75

From your pen to "god's" ears!! 7wo7rees May 2015 #21

The intelligence became flawed after they manipulated it. See "Dodgy Dossier." yellowcanine May 2015 #40

I wish that some foreign government would kidnap these bastards and try them for their crimes. olegramps May 2015 #42

I'm envisioning a special fundraising evening, aboard a private jet, for an elite group of neocons, Voice for Peace May 2015 #87

If only... G_j May 2015 #51

Maybe Obama will pardon the bastards so we can move forward. rhett o rick May 2015 #56

no. THEY USED 9/11 TO INVADE ON LIES FOR NEO-CON PIPE DREAMS. pansypoo53219 May 2015 #68

People Should Question Their Version Of 911 Too! billhicks76 May 2015 #73

Accessories To Murder billhicks76 May 2015 #74

Duh Iliyah May 2015 #2

Our country will never regain any moral standing JEB May 2015 #3

Thy say three strikes and your out,well Wellstone ruled May 2015 #4

War Criminals. AzDar May 2015 #5

MORELL: "Chris, Chris Chris, what's my job, right? My job�"... xocet May 2015 #6

Morrell also delivered the 08/06 briefing about 9/11 leveymg May 2015 #82

Thanks for bringing that up. I had forgotten about that. n/t xocet May 2015 #94

Not just to the public Major Nikon May 2015 #8

12 years later.... dead_head May 2015 #9

The Mideast is in flames and worse chaos is probably on the horizon. we need to tblue37 May 2015 #43

David Corn comes through again. grasswire May 2015 #10

They're in luck. Obama is busy looking forward. CharlotteVale May 2015 #11

You don't say, Mother Jones! sakabatou May 2015 #12

I believe Bush and Cheney are as evil as they come project_bluebook May 2015 #13

time to prosecute. hague? world court? hello? spanone May 2015 #14

LongListofLies.mp3 johnnyreb May 2015 #16

Bookmarked Duppers May 2015 #25

That tape needs to be played over all the air waves JEB May 2015 #44

Meanwhile they were protecting the actual 9/11 perpetrators. johnnyreb May 2015 #49

They did THIS: Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #18

Which is the most dangerous WMD, the CIA or the NSA? Jeffersons Ghost May 2015 #19

PNAC. Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #20

Like a bad boss once told me, ''Good answer!'' Octafish May 2015 #37

A lot of people don't know Jeb is one of the original members of PNAC.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #46

CHENEY! nt 7wo7rees May 2015 #23

a wax cherry reddread May 2015 #50

We knew THEN they were lying. Duppers May 2015 #22

February 15th 2003 7wo7rees May 2015 #24

The lies were picked apart one by one. alphafemale May 2015 #30

I'll ask again: why did they do it? Yorktown May 2015 #27

Do you know how much money Halliburton babylonsister May 2015 #28

Halliburton's spin off KBR made a $39.5 billion profit Botany May 2015 #31

Other people told me the same, but i can't get to believe it Yorktown May 2015 #36

For some people, the instinctive competition for status and power that marks our species is tblue37 May 2015 #45

Guess you've never met a real psychopath before... gregcrawford May 2015 #63

Randian hellscape is a good term. Enthusiast May 2015 #80

The price of oil soared also. Enthusiast May 2015 #79

As Pink Floyd once sang: deutsey May 2015 #35

the huge mistake made ever since, and with much help from the M$M reddread May 2015 #53

I'm afraid you are correct. Enthusiast May 2015 #81

That Morell is quite the little Eichmann, isn't he? Just making sure the KingCharlemagne May 2015 #32

K & R L0oniX May 2015 #33

Tweety was in his "I Hate Wars" mode, wasn't he? Paladin May 2015 #34

This needed to be widely held public knowledge BEFORE the invasion. Martin Eden May 2015 #38

Rumsfield, "We know where they [Iraq's WMD] are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad ..." yellowcanine May 2015 #39

They really believed the Iraq war would be short and sweet, and paid for by Iraq's oil. Nitram May 2015 #41

+1 All that oil sitting there hifiguy May 2015 #91

No surprise here.. but what's scary is mountain grammy May 2015 #48

Tweety cornered him yesterday malaise May 2015 #52

He sure did! babylonsister May 2015 #66

Excellent OP here sis malaise May 2015 #67

I can't even remember when I didn't know this sh*t NCcoast May 2015 #54

+1 Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #69

1000 kicks samsingh May 2015 #55

WE KNEW THEN WHAT WE KNOW NOW. rhett o rick May 2015 #57

WORST foreign policy decision in our history. nt 7962 May 2015 #58

Morell Broke His Oath . . FairWinds May 2015 #59

So you would prosecute the whistleblower? BillZBubb May 2015 #85

Release the 28 redacted pages of the 9/11 Commission report KansDem May 2015 #60

Ask the Saudis. hifiguy May 2015 #92

I hope no one has forgotten... freebrew May 2015 #61

It doesn't matter whether or not it is true... kentuck May 2015 #62

Treasonous Bastards Angry Dragon May 2015 #64

Yeah, pretty sure it is called TREASON. They should be held accountable. nt mother earth May 2015 #65

War Crimes Rafale May 2015 #70

You are absolutely correct. Enthusiast May 2015 #83

Nice will be the day when we, humanity, send these war criminals to the prisons they created, Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #71

It was treason. Not only did they lie us into a two trillion dollar war, Enthusiast May 2015 #72

Everyone should know that by now... kentuck May 2015 #76

I know people that are true believers. Enthusiast May 2015 #84

True. kentuck May 2015 #88

Treason. The word is treason. Not "misled." True Blue Door May 2015 #77

+1! Enthusiast May 2015 #90

familia tradition reddread May 2015 #96

They did all of this and still embraced by their party. SummerSnow May 2015 #78

The Iraq War sulphurdunn May 2015 #86

Lying sacks of shit, the lot of them. hifiguy May 2015 #89

On Treason Rafale May 2015 #93

But but but...PNAC and the BFEE...tee hee? Rex May 2015 #95