Cheney: Saddam had strong al-Qaida ties

[Sagan]

Well, Dick is at it again. It's obvious to me that Cheney's job is to keep the "base" in line by repeating lies that they believe -- Saddam had WMD's, he was working on nukes, he and Osama were friends, etc. All this has been disproved, of course, and Cheney KNOWS he's lying, but they have to keep that core freeper ignorant support.




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Cheney: Saddam had strong al-Qaida ties
VP repeats long-standing position, but offers no new evidenceThe Associated Press


Updated: 7:56 a.m. ET June 15, 2004ORLANDO, Fla. - Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that Saddam Hussein had “long-established ties” with al-Qaida, an assertion that has been repeatedly challenged by some policy experts and lawmakers.

The vice president offered no details backing up his claim of a link between Saddam and al-Qaida.

“He was a patron of terrorism,” Cheney said of Hussein during a speech before The James Madison Institute, a conservative think-tank based in Florida. “He had long established ties with al-Qaida.”

In making the case for war in Iraq, Bush administration officials frequently cited what they said were Saddam’s decade-long contacts with al-Qaida operatives. They stopped short of claiming that Iraq was directly involved in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, but critics say Bush officials left that impression with the American public.

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More at:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5215019/

[jaysunb]

1. Yeah...sure

tell it to your cellmate !

[shadu]

8. Bush has gamed the system

If anything, it will be Dems who are going to prison.
When Bush steals the next term it'll be
no more Mr. nice guy.

[shadu]

2. I see Cheney is still a pos

Dems, of course, will be quiet and let him say whatever
he wishes.

[JohnLocke]

3. DUPE

Continue here.

[RedEarth]

10. Actually, Sagan's was the first post....your post was the dupe

[JohnLocke]

12. Mine is better formatted.

[fdr_hst_fan]

4. Cheney is a magna cum loudmouth

graduate of the Josef Goebbels School of Creative Propaganda, i.e. if you tell a big lie loud enough and often enough, people will begin to believe it; that's how 80 million Germans were conned into supporting the Nazis! Read your history-it's all there in black, white and blood-red!

[rock]

7. With accent on "cum"

[RedEarth]

5. Amazing..........he knows he's lying, but doesn't give a rats ass

In all my life, I have never seen an administration that has lied and misled the public as much as this corrupt group that's currently in the White House. These monsters have to be defeated in November....I shudder to think what will happen to our country and the rest of the world, if they are re-elected.

[fdr_hst_fan]

6. You really want to know?

Go to your local library and check out any books you can find on Hitler and the Nazis; suggestions available upon request.

[lebkuchen]

9. Were these ties stronger than Cheney's to Saddam?

[lumpy]

11. What did Saddam do for Cheney?

Cheney must have been close with Saddam, otherwise why would he be turning on him, like the rat that he is.

[Moderator]

13. Duplicate, please discuss here, thanks

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=622200