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In reply to the discussion: Chilcot's real tragedy? [View all]

ChairmanAgnostic

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4. wow, driving back from court, I turned on NPR (Chicago's BEZ)
Wed Jul 6, 2016, 10:42 AM
Jul 2016

and the interviewer had an Iraq vet rep on. He is pushing for more aid, especially for the brain damaged, limb-less, and PTSD victims.

They discussed (briefly) the report from across the pond, and then the NPR moran said, "Well, we had complete support for the invasion. There was broad support, no dissent, and everyone was on board."

Really? REALLY? We had riots in the streets of Chicago, arguing against the war. They were crushed by militant, over-armed, masked and heavily armored "cops" and had their cameras ripped up and smashed.

We had politicians telling us, "Stop, wait, think!" Not enough, but they were present and vocal. Unfortunately, Hillary was not one of them.

We had newspapers questioning what, how, why, and who.

And this NPR doofus claims that there was unanimous support for our little IraqNam invasion.

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