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harun

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70. The people who really pushed the wars never lost power.

Reply to tecelote (Reply #31)

Wed Nov 11, 2015, 08:21 PM

Nov 2015

They are still calling the shots and will be for some time.

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Cheney Considered Nuking Iraq [View all] Octafish Nov 2015 OP

Cheney SMASH!!! Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2015 #1

Cabrón Munstro Cheney is a BFEE-Made Man who look-loaded-n-locked in cost-plus for cronies 4-evah. Octafish Nov 2015 #12

That's offensive to cabrones everywhere! :-P Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2015 #13

There's almost to much shit to report on with this bunch. Let's not forget KBR, Carlyle, CACI erronis Nov 2015 #35

Done with the ready made get-out-of-treason trump card: ''National Security'' Octafish Nov 2015 #62

Is that Swampy's work? Haven't seen him here in ages. Wonder if he ever finished school... nt Mnemosyne Nov 2015 #21

Swampy was the first person I murielm99 Nov 2015 #23

Hope his life is good. Katrina hit him hard. nt Mnemosyne Nov 2015 #28

Yep, been too long. nt Mnemosyne Nov 2015 #46

Actually, I made this way back in the day. I would've never thought I'd still be using it. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2015 #43

That color green always creeps me out, even though I think it's a cool pic! Mnemosyne Nov 2015 #45

I can't remember where I got the color but the badly photoshopped hair is definitely from The Hulk:P Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2015 #47

Always seems like a weird jaundice color to me, lol. Anyway, thanks for your contribution to helping Mnemosyne Nov 2015 #54

good Halloween costume, love it wordpix Nov 2015 #88

poppy's book seems to be making the case for those who claim his son was Cheney's puppet tk2kewl Nov 2015 #2

I don't know what his motive was in writing the book tularetom Nov 2015 #7

Given Cheney Considered Nuking Iraq...... global1 Nov 2015 #19

then blame daddy for not warning US. GeorgeGist Nov 2015 #49

Very nice work, there; shone light on the The Skull and Bones Kill Committee... Octafish Nov 2015 #15

I think Poppy is desperately trying to salvage his oh-so precious family name deutsey Nov 2015 #51

when did Poppy write the book? He's failing wordpix Nov 2015 #89

Rummy and Cheney feeding biased intel to Dumbya is a scary thought. lpbk2713 Nov 2015 #3

Perhaps they were ''outranked'' by the Generals and Admirals. Octafish Nov 2015 #22

It didn't? tecelote Nov 2015 #31

The people who really pushed the wars never lost power. harun Nov 2015 #70

We have members of DU pushing to use nukes even today. closeupready Nov 2015 #4

As much as possible as soon as possible. These people scare Hortensis Nov 2015 #6

They are everywhere FlatBaroque Nov 2015 #8

But not in it, or I would have kicked him out long ago. Hortensis Nov 2015 #10

I grew up hearing people say "we shoulda nuked North Vietnam" deutsey Nov 2015 #50

The Old Crazy Dick Song & Dance (The Other Dick) Octafish Nov 2015 #59

Deranged. nt bemildred Nov 2015 #5

Disgusting *! nt. polly7 Nov 2015 #9

Look Forward zipplewrath Nov 2015 #11

Good point! peace13 Nov 2015 #79

To big to prosecute. nt valerief Nov 2015 #14

Just gave me chills, Octafish. Always wondered if that war criminal Cheney was the one Mnemosyne Nov 2015 #16

Remember the B-52 flying across the USA, 'accidentally' loaded with 6 nuke cruise missiles in 2007? Octafish Nov 2015 #61

I remember maybe 11-12 years back, I saw a woman in CT NewJeffCT Nov 2015 #17

Mineral Extraction Octafish Nov 2015 #85

these robber barons, and the Dick is one, need to go to jail wordpix Nov 2015 #94

Wow does Cheney look sinister in that photo...n/t inanna Nov 2015 #18

And he is still so much more sinister than any photo can possibly show... Wish I was joking. nt Mnemosyne Nov 2015 #26

Michael Moore noticed that, too. Octafish Nov 2015 #90

I was relieved when Bush/Cheney left the White House in January of 2009. Jerry442 Nov 2015 #20

We're still fighting their wars. tecelote Nov 2015 #37

Recommended! H2O Man Nov 2015 #24

Powell pushed back. Octafish Nov 2015 #33

Thanks Octafish 1norcal Nov 2015 #25

an evil shit stain on the human race... spanone Nov 2015 #27

An evil genius, unfortunately. tecelote Nov 2015 #30

The Dick of Death is rotten to the core. City Lights Nov 2015 #29

I always figured that Cheney was jealous of Truman... Wounded Bear Nov 2015 #32

What explosion? Reter Nov 2015 #74

Add to it that one of our live nukes went missing... peace13 Nov 2015 #80

We didn't have to use nukes Victor_c3 Nov 2015 #34

Can depleted uranium munitions be considered "conventional munitions?" LongTomH Nov 2015 #66

And what about white phosphorus? Art_from_Ark Nov 2015 #92

Maybe Poppy and Dubya never finished that drunken fight in the driveway. tanyev Nov 2015 #36

I would like to nuke Cheney's bung hole! n/t RoccoR5955 Nov 2015 #38

Political dynasties sulphurdunn Nov 2015 #39

Hang on for a second here... jmowreader Nov 2015 #40

I KNEW it!! Chemisse Nov 2015 #41

Oh, there was a lot of response to it. bananas Nov 2015 #82

I was only listening to NPR at that time. Chemisse Nov 2015 #95

Fuck Bush. The father and the sons. Solly Mack Nov 2015 #42

Fuck the grandfather as well malaise Nov 2015 #53

That, too. Solly Mack Nov 2015 #68

In other news, Cheney considered biting the heads off cute little kittens ... Martin Eden Nov 2015 #44

+1,000 malaise Nov 2015 #48

Why make a case for getting rid of WMD's in Iraq? Zambero Nov 2015 #52

No surprise there. nt 2naSalit Nov 2015 #55

GEE WIZ! cynzke Nov 2015 #56

Why is that not a surprise...oh but Octa, it is JUST the BFEE...tee hee giggles. Rex Nov 2015 #57

We did use some pretty nasty stuff. JEB Nov 2015 #58

More American war criminals Cyrano Nov 2015 #60

Call me stupid........................ turbinetree Nov 2015 #63

Did anyone consider nuking Cheney? Demeter Nov 2015 #64

We should just get rid of the nukes. JEB Nov 2015 #65

Why would we trust ghwb for any true information? Shifting blame to clear his bloody family name Dont call me Shirley Nov 2015 #67

+1 Solly Mack Nov 2015 #69

And how many American soldiers would have been exposed Ilsa Nov 2015 #71

Octafish Diclotican Nov 2015 #72

I believe Richard B. Cheney is the most evil man ever to hold power in America. lastlib Nov 2015 #73

I wonder if we could possibly develop the world's smallest nuclear bomb. Maybe it could be about Mr. Evil Nov 2015 #75

Darth Cheney. k&r nt bananas Nov 2015 #76

Anything shocking here? get the red out Nov 2015 #77

While he grieves that he did't get his nukes off... peace13 Nov 2015 #78

The oft quoted mushroom cloud would have come from us. kairos12 Nov 2015 #81

Didn't they, aren't they still, 'nuking' people with depleted uranium shells? And Joe Chi Minh Nov 2015 #83

Come on....we knew this. I knew they were chomping at the bit to attack Iran adigal Nov 2015 #84

K & R Liberal_Dog Nov 2015 #86

good luck with your life review, Cheney, you're getting closer wordpix Nov 2015 #87

given his druthers, Cheney would nuke Mexico, and Canada, and Scotland, and Ireland, and Australia, tzar paul Nov 2015 #91

What an absolute sociopath. To think we had to endure 8 years of him prouddemfromaustin44 Nov 2015 #93

Warning Puny Humans Ducksworthy Nov 2015 #96

Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld should be in prison awaiting execution... IHateTheGOP Nov 2015 #97

I hope the world community is reading this...and letting it sink in radhika Nov 2015 #98

Glad to see the verification of a Sy Hersh report KoKo Nov 2015 #99

At this point it's becoming amazing that we survived him n/t underpants Nov 2015 #100