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leveymg

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12. Another Rice pre-Iraq War quote (12/20/02 NPR) "We move forward, as we must, on the military side."

Reply to leveymg (Reply #11)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 02:40 PM

Nov 2012

Ms Rice: “I think he has proved that Iraq has these weapons and is hiding them, and I don't think many informed people doubted that. ...The Iraqis have threatened to unleash a rein of suicide bombers on US and allied targets around the world. And I think that's one of the real risks, as well as the use of chemical and biological weapons, that we face. (NPR, February 6, 2003)

Ms. RICE: “ It's clear that Iraq poses a major threat. It's clear that its weapons of mass destruction need to be dealt with forcefully, and that's the path we're on. I think the question becomes whether we can keep the diplomatic balls in the air and not drop any, even as we move forward, as we must, on the military side." December 20, 2002 NPR

- http://www.rigorousintuition.ca/board2/viewtopic.php?t=19368&p=202133

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Benjamin Friedman: The real problem with Susan Rice [View all] FarCenter Nov 2012 OP

Finally, someone cuts through the dog whistles and bullshit to policy-grounded reasons. leveymg Nov 2012 #1

That someone is a (conservative) Libertarian from the Cato Institute frazzled Nov 2012 #6

. bigtree Nov 2012 #13

Not entirely true. sadbear Nov 2012 #2

That's from 2008. She was not an expresssed Iraq War opponent in 2003, as far as I could find. leveymg Nov 2012 #3

Also check if she was privy to the same information Clinton and McCain were privy to at the time. sadbear Nov 2012 #4

Both of whom voted for the Authorization for Use of Force in Iraq. leveymg Nov 2012 #7

Here's her statement from 04/11/03 - clearly committed to staying in Iraq "for many years to come" leveymg Nov 2012 #8

Here's her statement of support for war on Feb. 6, 2003: "(Powell) proved that Iraq has (WMD)" leveymg Nov 2012 #11

Another Rice pre-Iraq War quote (12/20/02 NPR) "We move forward, as we must, on the military side." leveymg Nov 2012 #12

She was part of the Obama campaign... that's hardly a surprising quote cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #5

Yeah, Albright was a neocon warmongerer... joeybee12 Nov 2012 #9

that should disqualify her, we don't need another interventionist/war monger as SoS quinnox Nov 2012 #10

So the progressives should oppose her too? ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #14

Has Susan Rice expressed any progressive views? FarCenter Nov 2012 #15