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Octafish

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11. Business as usual for Andrea Mitchell.

Mon Oct 5, 2015, 05:10 PM

Oct 2015

Or at least from her monied husband's worldview.

"I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil." -- Alan Greenspan

Greenspan admits Iraq was about oil, as deaths put at 1.2m

"Money trumps peace." -- George W Bush, Feb. 14, 2007, White House press conference where no follow up was asked.

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The Radically Changing Story of the U.S. Airstrike on Afghan Hospital: From Mistake to Justification [View all] Octafish Oct 2015 OP

How can anyone possibly justify this? Scuba Oct 2015 #1

This isn't a matter of politics. It's a matter of integrity. Octafish Oct 2015 #8

To quote Alan Grayson ... Scuba Oct 2015 #16

WikiLeaks showed all of that is for-profit. Octafish Oct 2015 #18

"traiters, warmongers, war profiteers, and psycho killers run the nation's war machine...' YoungDemCA Oct 2015 #20

Because it's all done for the 'freedoms'...... daleanime Oct 2015 #30

You seem anxious to paint me a Conspiracy Theorist. Octafish Oct 2015 #33

A MSF person said on Andrea Mitchell that tishaLA Oct 2015 #2

Business as usual for Andrea Mitchell. Octafish Oct 2015 #11

Someone fairly far up the chain of command authorized that strike Fumesucker Oct 2015 #3

Abu Ghraib got pinned on the noncoms and lower ranks. Octafish Oct 2015 #10

In my view the reason they came out with this story is because no credible enlisted scapegoat Fumesucker Oct 2015 #19

Here comes the spin ! Truprogressive85 Oct 2015 #4

One brave soldier went to jail over war crimes. Octafish Oct 2015 #9

You are correct Truprogressive85 Oct 2015 #15

The real world isn't as simple as "good guys" vs "bad guys" YoungDemCA Oct 2015 #21

As soon as the US forces conduct their FlatBaroque Oct 2015 #5

I know where you're going with this... Octafish Oct 2015 #12

nut with a gun bad, president with a drone....good nt msongs Oct 2015 #6

This one is on the CIA or Pentagon... Octafish Oct 2015 #13

Now it is the Afghan forces who asked the US to conduct malaise Oct 2015 #7

It is a nightmare for us... Octafish Oct 2015 #14

When the alibi keeps changing somebody lying. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #17

Top U.S. general in Afghanistan: Hospital was �mistakenly struck� Octafish Oct 2015 #34

Glenn Greenwald should stick to what he does best YoungDemCA Oct 2015 #22

In the pantheon of "pathetic responses to an OP" ..................... marmar Oct 2015 #25

That was pretty pitiful wasn't it? hobbit709 Oct 2015 #26

Hall of Shame...... daleanime Oct 2015 #31

YoungDemCA, what do you do best? Octafish Oct 2015 #35

I disagree. Greenwald does this quite well too. Exploiting tragedies for his BS worldview uhnope Oct 2015 #36

Blowing up a hospital is just a "tragedy" huh? More of that collateral damage? marmar Oct 2015 #39

lol uhnope Oct 2015 #40

Lol translated: You've got nothing. marmar Oct 2015 #41

you think a horrible accident is not a "tragedy"? WTF? uhnope Oct 2015 #43

k/r while reading this excellent piece nationalize the fed Oct 2015 #23

+1. nt bemildred Oct 2015 #27

Militarism is always accompanied by pants-on-fire lies. marmar Oct 2015 #24

only western militarism. Russian militarism is honest and pure and good because it is anti-Western uhnope Oct 2015 #37

Good grief. Give it a rest. marmar Oct 2015 #38

I knew they'd come up with this type story. cwydro Oct 2015 #28

For several days, Afghan government forces have been fighting the Taliban cheapdate Oct 2015 #29

My off-the-wall theory nitpicker Oct 2015 #32

It was not a mistake, that was a deliberate bombing strike. Rex Oct 2015 #42