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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary was offered a private briefing on Iraq Before her Vote - By an expert and passed [View all]delrem
(9,688 posts)35. It was a statement of fact.
That's what the FBI investigation is about, you see?
It isn't something that one can pretend doesn't exist, so doesn't exist, as if it were a magic pony.
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Hillary was offered a private briefing on Iraq Before her Vote - By an expert and passed [View all]
Ferd Berfel
Feb 2016
OP
Neoliberal economics combined with a belligerent, hawkish neocon foreign policy.
hifiguy
Feb 2016
#14
Good grief. How callow. Why would anyone skip a briefing with the folks who had actual knowledge?
peacebird
Feb 2016
#5
Knowingly sending troops into harms way after refusing to attend briefing...? Disgusting.
peacebird
Feb 2016
#20
She didn't skip a briefing. He showed up at her office. She wasn't available. nt
msanthrope
Feb 2016
#28
And never made herself available to THE FOREMOST UN Weapons Inspector on the ground in Iraq
KeepItReal
Mar 2016
#46
At the time, he wasn't working anymore for the UN...nor did the UN send him. nt
msanthrope
Mar 2016
#53
I stopped fact checking the author when I read his history of "soliciting minors for sex".
procon
Feb 2016
#9
And to think these people were saying to not shoot the messenger a few days prior...
VulgarPoet
Feb 2016
#26
Actually, the four incidents we know of.....one predates Iraq. He's been at this a while. nt
msanthrope
Mar 2016
#54
Sorry...But I don't believe anything that comes out of the mouth of a convicted and confessed child
msanthrope
Feb 2016
#24
Consenting adults aren't my business. But Ritter's had four run ins with the law involving minors.
msanthrope
Feb 2016
#32
Well, rivers of blood tend to stain, so no, I don't like them. I also don't like hyperbole....Ritte
msanthrope
Feb 2016
#37