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26. The PNAC had been looking for an excuse and they found it

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Former Head Of U.S. Special Forces: ISIS Would Not Exist If Bush Hadn’t Invaded Iraq. [View all] elleng Jun 2016 OP

i could not agree more. Odd things about Afghanistan is that al Qaeda was gone by 2002 tonyt53 Jun 2016 #1

And the so called News Media will never admitt they fostered Wellstone ruled Jun 2016 #7

Nobel Prize Winning Obama Becomes Longest War Time President In US History Rockyj Jun 2016 #30

That's a measure of how much of a mess the Bush regime left. baldguy Jun 2016 #34

No shit sherlock... nt Purveyor Jun 2016 #2

Duh.....who doesn't understand this is more of a question Person 2713 Jun 2016 #3

John McCain, for one. n/t Tess49 Jun 2016 #8

A notable Pro-War "Democrat" who stated: bvar22 Jun 2016 #11

You're not allowed to point that out on this forum anymore Victor_c3 Jun 2016 #42

I didnt even need the sarcasm thingy.... chknltl Jun 2016 #54

It is a shame that the men and women of our armed Dustlawyer Jun 2016 #4

Life in prison... freebrew Jun 2016 #10

It is a shame that the men and women of our armed forces have been used .... AlbertCat Jun 2016 #18

That is 100% true. I think 911 would have also been prevented if it was a Democrat in office. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #5

right, but remember greenman3610 Jun 2016 #37

nss niyad Jun 2016 #6

And don't forget what our former "great" Secretary of State has publically claimed: DrBulldog Jun 2016 #9

She scares me more than McCain. passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #12

Yep, matter of judgement. seabeckind Jun 2016 #38

Thank you. People forget there was a broken promise to get those Senate votes. Amimnoch Jun 2016 #43

... tk2kewl Jun 2016 #48

Here is a link to that interview... xocet Jun 2016 #13

Thanks, xocet. elleng Jun 2016 #21

You are fucking welcome people! shadowmayor Jun 2016 #14

They Let Our Oil Be Under Their Sand scottie55 Jun 2016 #20

SORRY, shadowmayor; elleng Jun 2016 #22

Been here a while shadowmayor Jun 2016 #23

true patriot heaven05 Jun 2016 #41

thanks for sharing LiberalLovinLug Jun 2016 #46

Tried to do what we could shadowmayor Jun 2016 #53

well, once the Sons of Iraq were up and running--uh ... MisterP Jun 2016 #50

Amen Mister P shadowmayor Jun 2016 #51

well there was still the Surge(s) and a certain SoS's insistence that the only problem MisterP Jun 2016 #52

A Brewery shadowmayor Jun 2016 #55

heck, before the sanctions they had a tremendous obesity problem--and that was during the war MisterP Jun 2016 #56

Sunnis, Shiites, AND Christians lived in mixed neighborhoods. bvar22 Jun 2016 #57

The simple TRUTH. Duval Jun 2016 #15

No. WE weren't too dumb and allowing our emotions to take over. maddiemom Jun 2016 #16

+a zillion truebluegreen Jun 2016 #33

And HRC told us all to go pound sand... demmayhem Jun 2016 #45

ISIS Would Not Exist If Bush Hadn’t Invaded Iraq. AlbertCat Jun 2016 #17

McCain's Head Explodes scottie55 Jun 2016 #19

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2016 #24

You're welcome, Joe. elleng Jun 2016 #25

The PNAC had been looking for an excuse and they found it The_Casual_Observer Jun 2016 #26

Yes, they sure did, elleng Jun 2016 #27

Thank you, elleng. n/t Judi Lynn Jun 2016 #28

Bush was specifically informed, in advance of his invasion, of "The Pottery Barn" rule Midnight Writer Jun 2016 #29

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2016 #31

K&R blackspade Jun 2016 #32

yes and no. A Special Forces head is not an expert on terrorism or the ME. uhnope Jun 2016 #35

Were we not told this was going to be a cake walk? midnight Jun 2016 #36

The question now, When will they listen to those of us who were right about this since Vetnam? L. Coyote Jun 2016 #39

+1000--so very true heaven05 Jun 2016 #40

The worst thing about all this is that sulphurdunn Jun 2016 #44

K&R There it is plain as fucking day. JEB Jun 2016 #47

I was screaming at my TV back then LiberalLovinLug Jun 2016 #49