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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 05:29 PM
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Richard Perle on Blitzer says: "US should NOT have Occupied Iraq!"
Edited on Thu Feb-03-05 05:30 PM by KoKo01
after the Invasion it was Bremer and the Militaries fault that got us into the occupation! Perle also smirked and said "Bremer is NOT a NeoCon." He was asked by Blizter if the "NeoCons" would have done anything different about Iraq in hindsight...that was his reply.

I swear that's what he said. If Blitzer has a transcript...maybe you can read it for yourself! :crazy:

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Cocoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 05:32 PM
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1. did Wolfe do the interview under Perle's rock
Edited on Thu Feb-03-05 05:32 PM by Cocoa
or did Perle crawl out.

When Perle made the quote in my sigline, the occupation and the insurgency were both underway, and Perle was still painting a ridiculous rosy scenario. He has absolutely no credibility on Iraq and has no business being on TV.

p.s. I've been noticing an attempt by the neocons to rehabilitate their reputations, and I've noticed the media is giving them a big helping hand.
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Just Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 06:12 PM
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8. When has he ever been especially credible or an authority?
The man is just plain empty-hearted and immerses himself in dreams of destruction. He brings to mind pretty much every evil cartoon character that has ever existed.

Any "credible" media would not serve to advance this man's reputation.

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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 06:37 PM
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10. Perle looked pretty "under the weather." Sort of broken down, but with
a little spark of the NeoCon still left in his brain... I don't know any other way to say this.

I've been pretty "Media Free" since 2004 Election but I do "peek" for special events. I tuned in Blitzer at 5:00 est. just to see what was up with the "post SOU Speech." When he said he'd have Perle on..I stayed tuned..

Just reported what I saw...but it was BIZARRE! So, I'm not sure quite what to think. :shrug:
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genius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-04-05 12:47 AM
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17. Perle has called for a U.S. Militarily Controled World.
Anyone here read the PNAC Document?
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 05:32 PM
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Dicky feels burned.
He's been used and discarded. Just ask him. they took his best ideas and ruined them. Just ask him.

Now, he's gonna make them pay. Just ask him.
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Hardrada Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 06:43 PM
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12. And those were his BEST idea?
I'd had to imagine what else he had in mind. Whatever his line of work is he stinks at it.
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hiley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 05:32 PM
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2. This is wild
Richard Perle said what ?

I am floored .
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Tim_in_HK Donating Member (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 05:33 PM
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3. I'm not surprised
Perle's point was likely that we should have just handed the keys directly over to Chalabi and the INC. He's been saying that for a while.
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 05:39 PM
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5. Oh that would have been great........for Iran.
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Me. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 05:37 PM
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4. This Just Keeps Getting Better & Better
I saw the first half of that smarmy and self satisfied interview and had to turn the channel.
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 05:49 PM
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6. He probably wanted to pop into Iraq,
set up a puppet and go on to either Syria or Iran. Now they've spoiled his plans...all the army is stuck in Iraq.
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 05:56 PM
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7. Type this into your search engine.
An End to Evil David Frum Richard Perle
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Me. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 07:55 PM
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14. Shame Isn't It?
We're short of soldiers for him to sacrifice on the altar of his ambition and "intellect".
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 06:31 PM
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9. Why Is Blitzkreiger Asking Someone Else About The Neocons?
I thought Blitzkreiger was the number one Neocon in the corporate media. He was the biggest cheerleader of the Iraq invasion anywhere on television, including Fux News.
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hippiechick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 06:39 PM
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11. Well, duh ... now we're there, billions are spent, thousands are dead
... and it's sorta too late to change your friggin' mind, Perle.

What a fuckhead.
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Me. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 07:53 PM
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13. Couldn't Agree More
with your description
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 08:29 PM
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15. a kick because Perle was so Bizarre..I hope someone else saw this.
:shrug: otherwise...I'm thinking I was "out of it"when I saw it..but, I wasn't smokin' or drinkin' when I saw it!
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killbotfactory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-04-05 12:44 AM
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16. Perle is certifiably insane
Someone lock him up, or exile him to an island or something. Seriously.
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