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In reply to the discussion: MSNBC: "A hoax. That's what it was.": New evidence that Bush scammed the nation into war. [View all]laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)I was a Canadian stay at home mom pregnant with my 3rd, and was somewhat of a 'sheeple' (though not completely uninformed) until the point I heard the word, "Iraq" uttered in the same sentence as 9/11. I KNEW Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 (being Canadian, we had real news, thank goodness) and I instantly thought, "that FUCKER is going to lie and use 9/11 to go to war!" Turns out my entire family had the same thought (all conservatives by the way).
Honestly I didn't think anyone was going to go along with it, especially once the protests started up. Let's just say the 'whole Iraq thing' totally made the entire world look down in disgust with the US. I was never a huge fan of our Prime Minister at the time, but when he announced we would not join the US in Iraq like we had in Afghanistan, I let out a cheer. HE knew, as did a huge chunk of the rest of the world. And we all wondered how could the US government be so bamboozled?? I suppose the only answer is...they weren't. Which is definitely worse.