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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum"He Kept Us Safe" (George W. Bush according to Right-wingers-IMAGE HEAVY)
There is "no credible evidence" that Saddam Hussein's government in Iraq collaborated with the al Qaeda terrorist network on any attacks on the United States, according to a new staff report released this morning by the commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46254-2004Jun16.html
While extremist groups are generally amorphous organizations, ISIS can trace its history directly back to the Sunni terrorist organization al Qaeda, specifically the Iraq faction, al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). AQI, led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was responsible for scores of bombings, kidnappings and beheadings in Iraq following the U.S. invasion there.
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/fullpage/isis-trail-terror-isis-threat-us-25053190
As always, relevant:
and:
And yet...this is what right-wing Republicans believe:
Don't fall for it, America.
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"He Kept Us Safe" (George W. Bush according to Right-wingers-IMAGE HEAVY) (Original Post)
YoungDemCA
Feb 2015
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Nite Owl
(11,303 posts)1. So W kept us safe?
9-11 happened on his watch! He ignored the warnings and let it happen.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)2. And when is Obama going to get credit for keeping us safe?
He's had to clean up after Bush, in so many ways, and we have many more terrorists now because of George, but still haven't been hit.
Did I hear applause? Nope, never will.
mikeysnot
(4,756 posts)3. "Don't fall for it, America. "
Too late. The twisted words I hear from the wrong wing amazes me.
kairos12
(12,858 posts)4. Bush is the guy who drives the Rent a Car into the ground, tosses the keys to the next
guy and says fix it. And hurry up. And don't complain.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)5. Bush and cheney should be in jail
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)6. I've never met an honest Republican. And I imagine I never will.
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)7. You won't.
I too, in the many years here on earth, have yet to find one. It's like finding a needle in a haystack. I simply gave up looking.