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2. Hersh broke My Lai, the US allowing Taliban & al Qaeda leaders to escape Tora Bora, & Abu Ghraib

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 11:42 AM

Dec 2013

He is an unimpeachable source.

The only reason this isn't getting more attention here could be that no one is surprised by our leaders behaving like this now.

People seem to realize that those at the top decide where and when they want to go to war, and look for excuses. If they can't find a plausible one, they make one up or manipulate our "enemy" into doing something stupid.

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Hersh broke My Lai, the US allowing Taliban & al Qaeda leaders to escape Tora Bora, & Abu Ghraib yurbud Dec 2013 #2

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If policy were on autopilot towards war, there would not have been geek tragedy Dec 2013 #10

Read all of what I said: he might have been "slow walking" while looking for a way out yurbud Dec 2013 #11

If his goal wasn't a war, then he wasn't slow-walking anything. nt geek tragedy Dec 2013 #12

he was keeping up the belligerent talk that went on under Bush. Iran's nuclear program is no threat yurbud Dec 2013 #13

he has a better track record than "reporters" who simply parrot what those in power tell them yurbud Dec 2013 #6

This is quite a read! KoKo Dec 2013 #3

generals on the defense contractor teat were probably the advocates and yurbud Dec 2013 #8