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Cleita

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1. The Project for a New American Century wrote a letter in 1998 to President Clinton demanding that

Mon Oct 19, 2015, 02:31 PM

Oct 2015

we invade Iraq to get rid of Saddam.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5527.htm

Among the signers were those prominent in the Bush administration, Elliott Abrams, Richard Armitage, William Bennett, John Bolton, William Kristol, Richard Perle, Donald Rumsfeld, and Paul Wolfowitz. Although Jeb Bush didn't sign this particular letter, he was a member of this think tank and helped form the policy and mission of these miscreants. I wonder where Shrubya got the idea. Hmmmm.

The US press has also ignored this.

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DU! We must PUSH THE PRESS to cover this story they are hiding. [View all] grasswire Oct 2015 OP

The Project for a New American Century wrote a letter in 1998 to President Clinton demanding that Cleita Oct 2015 #1

Robert Kagan, advisor to Hillary, also a co-founder cprise Oct 2015 #56

Ah, yes. The Neocons' "Mein Kampf" SusanaMontana41 Oct 2015 #62

K&R napkinz Oct 2015 #2

As much as I wish it were so, I've read the mails included with the story onenote Oct 2015 #3

The Bush administration relied on British evidence of WMDs in Iraq to argue they existed. JDPriestly Oct 2015 #59

k and r -- wish i could rec twice for using the word 'perfidy' :) nashville_brook Oct 2015 #4

"push the press"??? delrem Oct 2015 #5

we have better tools now grasswire Oct 2015 #37

Yep, we on the "fringe left" need to keep this in the spotlight. No one else will. Scuba Oct 2015 #6

This is true.^^^ Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #14

Only if strictly true. We're liberals, most of us, and value the truth. Hortensis Oct 2015 #25

The main truth is we are on our own... Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #27

No excuse for slander and libel. At all. IS it true??? Hortensis Oct 2015 #28

Since the emails predate SOS HRC, you would have to ask her. Rex Oct 2015 #29

I'm starting to hear the crickets already chapdrum Oct 2015 #7

I would just like to say hello Shankapotomus Oct 2015 #66

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Oct 2015 #8

Some of this knew this long before the invasion. senz Oct 2015 #9

senz, PM me the name of that group grasswire Oct 2015 #21

I wonder if they have referred to the Downing Street Memos Stanley British Oct 2015 #47

Lots of ways to save stuff: cprise Oct 2015 #57

K & R !!!! Thespian2 Oct 2015 #10

Kick and R BeanMusical Oct 2015 #11

K&R... spanone Oct 2015 #12

Wow. K & R! lonestarnot Oct 2015 #13

Jeb Bush is a devious founding member of the Iraq blueprint---the PNAC. An accomplice. seafan Oct 2015 #15

Two modern day warcriminals shaking hands as thousands die by their handywork. Rex Oct 2015 #22

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Oct 2015 #16

Yes, some of us have, at least Art_from_Ark Oct 2015 #38

My only regret is that I can only K&R this once. Rex Oct 2015 #17

you may kick it as many times as you want Angry Dragon Oct 2015 #19

Good point and I will! Rex Oct 2015 #20

everytime you kick it pretend it is a repub Angry Dragon Oct 2015 #23

LOL! Rex Oct 2015 #24

Marx: "Religion (and the media) are the opiate of the masses" SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2015 #18

This is going to be an interesting year fadedrose Oct 2015 #26

Good morning, MSNBC oldandhappy Oct 2015 #30

It is like the American Media has already held a trial and found Bush and Company not guilty! Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #31

Spread it on Facebook and Twitter, because M$M has no interest in reporting the truth. blm Oct 2015 #32

C'mon, Trump - you've got the biggest mouthpiece in America... bullwinkle428 Oct 2015 #33

It would be really cool if Trump would promise to prosecute Bush grasswire Oct 2015 #34

That would be very cool! ozone_man Oct 2015 #42

Plans For Iraq Attack Began On 9/11 (Sept 4, 2002) neverforget Oct 2015 #35

Fucking war criminals! Lunabell Oct 2015 #36

Creepy and Weird shadowmayor Oct 2015 #50

OMFG passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #53

The mainstream press hides all kinds of stories milestogo Oct 2015 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Oct 2015 #40

HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Oct 2015 #41

It highlights their lack of diligence in investigating Babel_17 Oct 2015 #43

Yes!! Duppers Oct 2015 #44

k&r DesertRat Oct 2015 #45

BRING IT ON Skittles Oct 2015 #46

is it really news? Big news? uhnope Oct 2015 #48

Is the Washington Post covering it? Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2015 #49

Why would they necessarily cover it? cprise Oct 2015 #58

K&R&bookmark JEB Oct 2015 #51

Hillary Is Our Tony Blair billhicks76 Oct 2015 #52

The 1% doctrine gwheezie Oct 2015 #54

Long before I started reading DU, I read everything about passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #55

K&R avaistheone1 Oct 2015 #60

There was talk of invading Iraq before 9/11. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #61

We're talking about the nitty gritty, getting deep down into the details now, though. Major Hogwash Oct 2015 #65

There was a memo prior to this between the US and UK.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #72

Yep. It's mentioned in THE PRICE OF LOYALTY. nt raccoon Oct 2015 #69

Thanks for the link. Bookmarked. eom SusanaMontana41 Oct 2015 #63

Read the dang email. It's NOT damning. Kablooie Oct 2015 #64

dick chaney says, "no one give a damn about georges* emails!" Javaman Oct 2015 #67

The chance of the press paying attention to me is equal to the chance of me winning the lottery. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #68

The "Document" At The "email exchange" link From Colin Powell Is Dated 4-1-12 NonMetro Oct 2015 #70

Here are some other articles: YoungDemCA Oct 2015 #71

These are the emails the media should be looking at! d_legendary1 Oct 2015 #73

K&R red dog 1 Oct 2015 #74

kick napkinz Oct 2015 #75