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In reply to the discussion: My list of DUers who believed in the justifications for the Iraq invasion: [View all]OldDem2012
(3,526 posts)10. My biggest issue was not the lying bs being shoveled at a rapid rate from the Bush Administration...
...it was the huge number of Americans willing to believe every bit of it.
I am still quite angry and disgusted....I may never get over it.
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My list of DUers who believed in the justifications for the Iraq invasion: [View all]
Robb
Mar 2013
OP
See, all you needed was a tricorner hat, a rascal, a "KEEP YUR GURBMINT HANDS OFF MY MEDICARE" sign
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2013
#6
My biggest issue was not the lying bs being shoveled at a rapid rate from the Bush Administration...
OldDem2012
Mar 2013
#10
Not the first time it's happened...for example, the Tonkin Gulf "Incident" and the sinking of....
OldDem2012
Mar 2013
#63
Propaganda she was pressed to uphold until she and Tillman's brother held a press
midnight
Mar 2013
#128
Yep. You didn't even need a lot of information-- many of their arguments were plain
Marr
Mar 2013
#19
Was it the 2003 SOTU speech that had the "yellowcake" line? It was known to be a lie AT THE TIME.
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2013
#20
Sounds right. I remember all the bellyaching about Iraq having "thrown out the inspectors", even as
Marr
Mar 2013
#23
My personal favorite, however, remains, 'prove that you DON'T have WMD, or we will invade'.
Marr
Mar 2013
#25
I had a crash course in the whole thing several years back for a variety of work reasons
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2013
#50
Early 2002, I remember being like "Iraq? Where'd they get Iraq from? We can't attack Iraq.
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2013
#87
shit..that's also the list of positive attributes of all of the GOP pres wannabees last 2 elections!
NRaleighLiberal
Mar 2013
#11
Maybe some of the SF October 2003 marchers will remember the little elderly couple in their coats...
Tikki
Mar 2013
#18
10 years ago today, a group of us gathered in mourning, as "shock and awe" blazed across the
niyad
Mar 2013
#22
It's crazy isn't it? The same people who are howling imprecations against "gubmint" now
Aristus
Mar 2013
#29
At that time one of the only places to find sanity and healthy skepticism
marions ghost
Mar 2013
#31
Oh heck, that photo must be CROPPED to make it look like the crowd is bigger than it actually IS!
TrollBuster9090
Mar 2013
#43
And here's the list of 21 of 50 Senate Democrats who did not believed in the justifications:
AnotherMcIntosh
Mar 2013
#48
I think you should add Senator Lincoln Chafee to the list, the only republican senator who voted
idwiyo
Mar 2013
#52
I agree that former Sen Chafee's name should be noted. Since he is a Republican, his name is
AnotherMcIntosh
Mar 2013
#66
When Kerry followed through on his promise to oppose war if weapon inspections proved
blm
Mar 2013
#105
My list of DUers that took to the streets in mass to protest the Iraq invasion.....
Hotler
Mar 2013
#53
March 19, 2003, we were buried under 5 feet of snow. Denver got about 3 feet.
mountain grammy
Mar 2013
#57
That one vote cost millions of lives. If ordinary people got it right without the
sabrina 1
Mar 2013
#96
I also had read the article in the Nation magazine about what Saddam did to those
applegrove
Mar 2013
#122
If you read Knight-Ridder newspaper coverage at the time, you didn't believe the warmongers
JPZenger
Mar 2013
#101
Remember this fact: Jeb Bush was a member the PNAC who are responsible for the tragedy.
olegramps
Mar 2013
#103
I was on the wrong side, but only for one reason, and only under certain criteria.
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2013
#107