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John2

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73. I don't know of any country
Fri Feb 8, 2013, 06:42 PM
Feb 2013

that has harbored a terrorist like the ones the U.S. used drone attacks on? Tell me one country the U.S. has done so? Anybody associated with Al Qaeda has been targeted by the U.S. and her allies. Congress gave the President that authority after 9\11. And the last time I looked, the President of the United States is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. The Executive Branch also has equal powers under the checks and balances theory. Nobody put handcuffs on Harry Truman when he used nukes. This U.S. citizen people are whining about put himself at risk. He didn't have to flee. He could have remained in the United States with his son and challenged the U.S. government. If they had charged me with treason as an American citizen, I would have stayed in country and fought them. He fled though. So they must have had the goods on him.

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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