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Trust Buster

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9. McCain's grasp on history seems to be failing him.
Thu Jun 16, 2016, 04:46 PM
Jun 2016

1) McCain fully supported Bush and Cheney's war in Iraq that destabilized the region in search of WMD's that did not exist.

2) McCain did not protest when Bush and Cheney installed an Iran-friendly Shia government thus excommunicating Sunnis from the government and military.

3) McCain did not object when Nouri al-Maliki, the new Bush Cheney installed President, severed pensions to former Sunni government and military officials and then sought revenge against those Sunnis who served in the Saddam government.

4) McCain seems to forget that Bush and Cheney's military had the future leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, imprisoned at Camp Bucca but released him in 2004 after he was deemed not to be a security risk.

5) McCain seems to forget that it was Bush and Cheney that negotiated the withdrawal of American troops and were unable to reach a SOFA agreement. The new Iran-friendly Shia government that they installed wanted the troops out and refused to allow Blackwater to continue their atrocities without due Iraqi legal recourse.

6) McCain seems to forget that he and his fellow Republicans have ignored the President's request of 18 months ago to Authorize a Use of Force in the region. In other words, the Republicans have refused to declare war against ISIS because of the political risks created by Bush and Cheney's original poor decision in Iraq.

7) Cheney ignores the fact that, like the Fort Hood shooter and the Boston Marathon bomber, the FBI had the Orlando shooter under investigation and closed the investigation and walked away.

CONCLUSION: IT'S CLEARLY ALL THE BLACK GUY'S FAULT

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He conveniently leaves out the part about how we came to be in Iraq in the first place. Yup... ChisolmTrailDem Jun 2016 #1
... Major Nikon Jun 2016 #2
THAT made my day underpants Jun 2016 #3
Very nice! deathrind Jun 2016 #4
Reposted it on another thread underpants Jun 2016 #17
Who's directly responsible for Palin? underpants Jun 2016 #5
McGramps... sendero Jun 2016 #6
Shut up and get off my lawn! world wide wally Jun 2016 #7
Used to think he had some integrity SCantiGOP Jun 2016 #8
McCain's grasp on history seems to be failing him. Trust Buster Jun 2016 #9
or he's just desperately sucking up to racist ass tea party fuckers cali Jun 2016 #11
He seems like he is still mad about Obama defeating him in 2008. LonePirate Jun 2016 #10
He'll be 80 this August, and he's running for re-election yet again! RussBLib Jun 2016 #12
When I heard this on the radio oswaldactedalone Jun 2016 #13
I second this mcar Jun 2016 #14
Hope he loses that seat... coco77 Jun 2016 #15
FUJMcC nt eppur_se_muova Jun 2016 #16
... napkinz Jun 2016 #18
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