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In reply to the discussion: The US Invasion of Iraq Was a Crime and Its Perpetrators Are Murderers [View all]stevenleser
(32,886 posts)22. He wouldn't be CIA if he is trying to defend Bush. Bush threw the CIA under the bus for his acts.
Bush blamed the CIA for the mistakes even though he and Cheney and the rest deliberately misstated CIA and other intelligence estimates.
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Octafish
Mar 2013
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He wouldn't be CIA if he is trying to defend Bush. Bush threw the CIA under the bus for his acts.
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#22
He ''covers'' CIA for TIME. As for what TIME Inc and the Media do on behalf of CIA...
Octafish
Mar 2013
#35
None of that means anything in this context. The CIA probably hates Bush. They would not cover for
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#37
It absolutely does. The real bosses stay in power, no matter who sits in the Oval Office.
Octafish
Mar 2013
#39
That's pretty milquetoast. I thought you said the CIA was pro-Bush and pro-Republican.
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#44
It's milquetoast because it doesnt rise to the level of what I thought you were suggesting
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#50
The CIA had actual 'reporters' planted in the media. Were you around during the Bush years btw?
sabrina 1
Mar 2013
#56
In what way did he throw them under the bus? He awarded Tenet the medal of freedom. nm
rhett o rick
Mar 2013
#54
Bush 'cleansed' the CIA and remolded it to his liking. He made sure to replace any dissenters
sabrina 1
Mar 2013
#53
I think he got some help from Cheney, but I guess that goes without saying.
rhett o rick
Mar 2013
#55
Lol, well as we all know, Cheney was the real president. Bush probably just did as he was told.
sabrina 1
Mar 2013
#57
Wait, wait! Saddam offered to leave for $1 billion? And we spent TRILLIONS on war to oust him?
tclambert
Mar 2013
#46
Here's an historic photo of a Japanese officer who oversaw water-boarding Allied POWs...
Octafish
Mar 2013
#51
I'd much rather see them incarcerated at Gitmo for the rest of their miserable lives. nt.
OldDem2012
Mar 2013
#8
It must be, as said with so many other issues, "It's all the fault of the Republicans."
AnotherMcIntosh
Mar 2013
#62
Remember Mark Lombardi, librechik? The artist connected bin Laden And Bush with his Art.
Octafish
Mar 2013
#58
And what do they tell us ordinary folks with no "on tap" high powered attorneys? Ignorance
shraby
Mar 2013
#32
+1, it's not like billions worldwide and clearly here in many cities didn't protest this action.
Lionessa
Mar 2013
#10
The statement that we are a nation dedicated to the rule of law is incorrect
mindwalker_i
Mar 2013
#12
These ticky fine points of law and humanity matter nary a whit to post-WWII America
indepat
Mar 2013
#29
It's a good thing we ratified joining the ICC and the killers can be brought to trial...oh, wait.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2013
#38