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Catherina

(35,568 posts)
26. Maybe it's all for the best
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 10:27 PM
Feb 2013

Let people gaze on the rotten corpse and go from there instead of idolizing an illusion.

I agree COMPLETELY. CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2013 #1
The democratic party is no longer recognizable. liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #2
Of course - you hear it already - "war is good for the economy". grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #60
The whole nation and the world were against it. Remember all the massive Cleita Feb 2013 #3
And there was no stopping them once they decided... WCGreen Feb 2013 #4
And that happened before Bush v. Gore tblue Feb 2013 #32
By George, I think you've got it! nt raccoon Feb 2013 #44
But he wanted to be a "war president." maddiemom Feb 2013 #49
Feb 15, 2003 - 100,000 people attended in Los Angeles. I heard Gore Vidal speak, among others. I do coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #51
I'm not talking about our sell out politicians. I'm talking about the Cleita Feb 2013 #64
They don't WORK for we, the people, they work for the 1%. eom tledford Feb 2013 #79
Chuck Hagel was for it, and people now claim he's Mr Peace and he's got to be in charge of war! Bluenorthwest Feb 2013 #75
K&R Solly Mack Feb 2013 #5
We are totally screwed. If Democrats are going to do this, where can we rhett o rick Feb 2013 #6
DURec leftstreet Feb 2013 #7
With you. MuseRider Feb 2013 #8
Maybe this is what creates enough traction to form a legitimate Dyedinthewoolliberal Feb 2013 #9
I also realized, for months before the invasion, that Arkansas Granny Feb 2013 #10
k and r-- the whole world was against it, a lot of people in this country were against it (although niyad Feb 2013 #11
Even our children and grandchildren will be paying. Damn the 2000 stolen election & BUSH. Auntie Bush Feb 2013 #30
I've said often that debush'n would take years. lonestarnot Feb 2013 #34
sadly, you are absolutely correct niyad Feb 2013 #45
Polls right before March 20, 2003 showed the American public almost evenly split 50-50, not that coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #52
Harshly judged and repaid for it Catherina Feb 2013 #12
Not even close to why I was against the Iraq war. JoePhilly Feb 2013 #13
+1. Few, if any of us, were concerned about blowback at that time pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #20
Two big lies: Saddam Hussein had WMDs and Saddam Hussein was in cahoots with Al Quaida. Both coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #54
Bingo. Robb Feb 2013 #62
I don't know of any country John2 Feb 2013 #73
It doesn't matter as long the rich get richer from all this. valerief Feb 2013 #14
I was against it too Ron Obvious Feb 2013 #15
OMG, the "secret documents" linking SH to AQ and Bin Laden? Bin Laden had issued a coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #55
When BushCo decided preemptive war was okay, and all of our Senators agreed justiceischeap Feb 2013 #16
Fortunately, voting for an insane war has disqualified people from becoming Secretary of State MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #17
Hi Manny! tblue Feb 2013 #35
Kept her out of the Presidency, at least as long as people remember. - n/t coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #56
We're already seeing posts here calling for her to run in 2016. white_wolf Feb 2013 #66
No Shivering Jemmy Feb 2013 #68
That's your opinion and you're entitled to it. white_wolf Feb 2013 #69
I get your perspective Shivering Jemmy Feb 2013 #71
Absolutely yes we will. JDPriestly Feb 2013 #18
Anyone with two working brain cells, listening to the rhetoric of the bu$h administration, knew RC Feb 2013 #19
"The rest of the world was coming to our aid..." KansDem Feb 2013 #61
K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #21
I had another DU profile then, but I was here, and there were Iraq war supporters on this board alcibiades_mystery Feb 2013 #22
Ironic I know, but the CIA agrees. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #23
Blowback will be called 'terrorism' tblue Feb 2013 #36
I was really drunk and sitting alone. Jeevus Feb 2013 #24
We are rapidly erasing the thin veneer of civilization we once claimed and exposing our barbarism. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #25
Maybe it's all for the best Catherina Feb 2013 #26
"America is the first country to have gone from barbarism to decadence without the usual intervening Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #40
"Tell Me, Mr. Gandhi, What Do You Think Of Western Civilization?" Catherina Feb 2013 #41
Except that many maybe even most will just pretend the corpse is angelic perfection TheKentuckian Feb 2013 #43
Sadly yes Catherina Feb 2013 #47
Exactly WCGreen Feb 2013 #78
We knew when the war started.... when warrantless wiretapping began.. .etc. underpants Feb 2013 #27
So was I. I didn't buy the WMD bs. WcoastO Feb 2013 #28
Our Slow Road To Perdition Is Ending In An Epic Conflagration cantbeserious Feb 2013 #29
IMO, The only purpose of the Iraq War was to give the Bush administration some central purpose .... meti57b Feb 2013 #31
It is the March of Empire. Nothing new under the sun. Solomon libdem4life Feb 2013 #33
We will have little standing to complain . . . another_liberal Feb 2013 #37
There aren't going to be any other future superpowers. sibelian Feb 2013 #50
You do realize . . . another_liberal Feb 2013 #74
There has never been a superpower like the USA. sibelian Feb 2013 #82
"We are the greatest city, the greatest nation . . ." another_liberal Feb 2013 #83
Nice. sibelian Feb 2013 #84
Carl Sandburg. another_liberal Feb 2013 #85
thank you! sibelian Feb 2013 #86
You're very welcome. another_liberal Feb 2013 #87
Opposition to the Iraq war... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #38
I told everyone who would listen that if Bush II was given the presidency by the US Supreme Court... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #39
I was still a registered Republican TM99 Feb 2013 #42
It is worth noting that... bvar22 Feb 2013 #46
Interesting that Leahy recently stood against filibuster reform. What does that suggest about patrice Feb 2013 #58
I'll be honest. AtheistCrusader Feb 2013 #48
my dread or the future was 9/11 + what it would lead to. pansypoo53219 Feb 2013 #53
Though that is what this is about to you & me. There are others for whom it is ABOUT THE WHOLE patrice Feb 2013 #57
When we saw no prosecutions for torture and the absurdist "don't look back" reasoning, grahamhgreen Feb 2013 #59
Well, I didn't know how far it was going to go.... ReRe Feb 2013 #63
Totally agree! sdfernando Feb 2013 #65
911 was a Reichstage fire moment. white_wolf Feb 2013 #67
I knew going in they were lying about WMDs and ties to 9/11. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #70
I want to thank everyone for responding to this thread... WCGreen Feb 2013 #72
I found this board around the time of the IWR JAbuchan08 Feb 2013 #76
The blow back started long time ago and continues today: in airports, in wiretaps, in drones... Bucky Feb 2013 #77
Not to mention that waging a 'War of Aggression' as Bush et al did is a WAR CRIME on point Feb 2013 #80
I was against Afghanistan too. arikara Feb 2013 #81
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