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truebrit71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-05 11:23 PM
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14. I disagree...
Whilst it didn't go far enough, they placed the blame EXACTLY where it belonged. For example the former CIA guy saying that the CIA chief ALWAYS got the blame when stuff went wrong even though it was the President that set the policy based on the intel. There were numerous mentions of alternative intelligence groups at the Pentagon and the WH countering the "there is no link" mantra coming from the CIA. There were numerous clips of the liars in the admin overstating the intel, Senator Dick Durbin stating categorically that he heard something completely different in the classified briefing from what was being issued from the WH. The CIA's #2 guy who was in the room when Tenet allegedly said "slam dunk" disputing not only that characterization, but also that mindset as being an accurate representation of the CIA director.

In this day and age you have to take babysteps to get through all of the bullshit that has been stuffed down people's throats. You have to tackle the mountain of lies one stage at a time. In a conspiracy case you build up from the outside, working your way inside until you finally uncover the truth. If you start going off on tangents about Ambassador Wilson, or Crook Cheney's energy grab you'll lose most people. Keep it simple. Focus on reiterating the most obvious glaring lie and hammer it home. There were no WMD, they KNEW there were no WMD, there was no imminent threat, they KNEW there was no imminent threat, and yet they lied us into war.

IMHO there was more than enough there to start the ball rolling, to get people to ask the same questions, and to wonder exactly why it is that after tens of thousands of US forces have been killed or injured, the pretzeldent STILL refuses to admit he was wrong.

If WH personnel get indicted by Fitzgerald over the Plame incident, the house of cards will start to crumble.

Remember, Watergate began with a bungled burglary and yet it wound up ending the Nixon Presidency.

This was a good start.
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