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randr

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12. If Omama were the man I voted for
Sat Sep 7, 2013, 01:40 PM
Sep 2013

he would be cleaning house and we would embark on a future void of the MIC, CIA, Homeland Security, etal.

For the third time: ProSense Sep 2013 #1
Once again you blindly pin what little credibility you have to the administration line whatchamacallit Sep 2013 #9
What usually flees a sinking ship? Hmmm..... R. Daneel Olivaw Sep 2013 #14
EU: All info on Syria gas attack points to Assad ProSense Sep 2013 #15
I read your utterly unconvincing advertisement whatchamacallit Sep 2013 #18
Why do you believe the rebels gassing themselves DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2013 #27
I honestly don't know who is responsible whatchamacallit Sep 2013 #31
+1. Agreed. They have already come to terms with killing each other. So tricking GoneFishin Sep 2013 #140
It is possible, that since we are funding rebels, that we iemitsu Sep 2013 #154
The CIA Takes Orders from the Same Billionaires which Staffs the State Dept HumansAndResources Sep 2013 #191
You clarified my meaning well. iemitsu Sep 2013 #193
Nicely put. Ghost Dog Sep 2013 #194
are Assad's opponents better than Assad? samsingh Sep 2013 #205
"The rebels" are not a homogeneous group. Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #39
Yup. progressoid Sep 2013 #138
It is called "a strategic war tactic" golfguru Sep 2013 #108
"The rebels gassing themselves" JackRiddler Sep 2013 #225
Yellowcake! Yellowcake! R. Daneel Olivaw Sep 2013 #20
"but that any potential military attack against it should wait for a U.N. inspectors’ report." ProSense Sep 2013 #28
What do you believe the point is? R. Daneel Olivaw Sep 2013 #178
You have a long history of supporting Obama mindwalker_i Sep 2013 #70
that's really irrational. Prosense has history of one more thing uhnope Sep 2013 #122
Its the 'sticking to verifiable facts' Summer Hathaway Sep 2013 #126
as far as sticking to the verifiable facts questionseverything Sep 2013 #137
+ 1 SunSeeker Sep 2013 #177
True, but only in that PS sticks to a specific subset of verifiable facts mindwalker_i Sep 2013 #143
+10000000 -- plenty of time for blind partisanship during campaign season. nashville_brook Sep 2013 #213
her posts are 'verifiable' all right bobduca Sep 2013 #201
+1 nashville_brook Sep 2013 #212
Another thing she does is to call other people's arguments mindwalker_i Sep 2013 #222
Thanks,,, Cryptoad Sep 2013 #159
Agree with you. This is nonsense. n/t wisteria Sep 2013 #92
Hm, Drake and Rowley, or Clapper and Brennan? JackRiddler Sep 2013 #227
And for the Fourth John2 Sep 2013 #120
Politicians answer to the CIA and the NSA and the 16 other "intelligence Organizaions" that iemitsu Sep 2013 #155
+1000 Great post! Raksha Sep 2013 #169
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ bobduca Sep 2013 #200
Sorry, I don't believe the White House on Syria Ocelot Sep 2013 #158
Its got electrolytes. eom MyNameGoesHere Sep 2013 #208
Recommend jsr Sep 2013 #2
Link? Want to propagate this far and wide. K&R - nt HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #3
Just added it for you. Robert Parry at Consortium News Catherina Sep 2013 #6
Here: Coyotl Sep 2013 #7
Obama's House of Cards is collapsing rapidly. Fool us once ... Coyotl Sep 2013 #4
According to these guys, it's not Obama Nevernose Sep 2013 #8
Or so they "choose to assume." truebluegreen Sep 2013 #77
Historically, V.I.P.S. has demonstrated great integrity and collectively deserves the utmost respect proverbialwisdom Sep 2013 #114
Daniel Ellsberg, Lawrence Wilkerson, Craig Murray, Sibel Edmonds Schema Thing Sep 2013 #152
we all look forward to your detailed rebuttal.. frylock Sep 2013 #176
lol ctsnowman Sep 2013 #206
9/10- Gareth Porter: Some in US Intel. Community Reject Obama Admin Case for Syria Attack (part 1) proverbialwisdom Sep 2013 #236
You misunderstood? truebluegreen Sep 2013 #168
It's not unplausible. But I have come to suspect that he leans that way already after GoneFishin Sep 2013 #142
He'd have to be dumber than the Majority of Americans;) grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #197
It's lucky for PBO that he has decent people trying to stop him from this ill advised war MNBrewer Sep 2013 #5
That he should but he seems more comfortable with sycophants right now. Catherina Sep 2013 #10
Decent people? Larry Johnson did the "whitey tape" bullshit about Michelle Obama. msanthrope Sep 2013 #113
"Former" being the key word...nt SidDithers Sep 2013 #11
If Omama were the man I voted for randr Sep 2013 #12
Touche, randr Carolina Sep 2013 #40
Former and retired officials have the same MineralMan Sep 2013 #13
Larry Johnson is a racist nutcase. n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #16
That's as may be. MineralMan Sep 2013 #19
Hilarious TomClash Sep 2013 #95
That seems a little disingenuous MNBrewer Sep 2013 #21
I'm Discounting Both. MineralMan Sep 2013 #23
How can both of these statements be true? MNBrewer Sep 2013 #26
And you don't know my expertise or experience. MineralMan Sep 2013 #29
you said you didn't know their expertise MNBrewer Sep 2013 #33
Still being disingenuous?? MNBrewer Sep 2013 #74
:shrug: MineralMan Sep 2013 #82
I'm starting to see what others have told me is true MNBrewer Sep 2013 #84
OK. Again, :shrug: MineralMan Sep 2013 #102
MM...the signers of this letter could have current inside sources. KoKo Sep 2013 #41
Sure they could. Or not. Certainly, they did not quote any MineralMan Sep 2013 #43
Rabble...didn't name sources...Ron Paul.. Okay... KoKo Sep 2013 #47
Cool. Glad you got it. MineralMan Sep 2013 #48
"ron paul" is the DU equivalent of the "Expelliarmus" spell in Harry Potter MNBrewer Sep 2013 #59
lol's....Expelliarmus spell... good analogy! KoKo Sep 2013 #63
Expletive Ron Paul! MineralMan Sep 2013 #64
I would work with Ron Paul to keep us out of war. I would work with RAND Paul to do the same thing MNBrewer Sep 2013 #69
I don't care. Do as you please. MineralMan Sep 2013 #71
Nevermind.. KoKo Sep 2013 #144
They started their letter... Oilwellian Sep 2013 #55
Yes. They wrote that. MineralMan Sep 2013 #57
"Without corroboration, it's meaningless"? Where's the corroboration that you were in intelligence? AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2013 #96
Yes, I suppose they could claim that. MineralMan Sep 2013 #100
Without corroboration, it's meaningless. bvar22 Sep 2013 #116
Absolutely! marew Sep 2013 #148
The guy in the fucking mail-room is a former co-worker.... Puh-Lease nt pkdu Sep 2013 #195
If I had to choose between WH, MIC, Congress or a bunch of retirees Link Speed Sep 2013 #61
Yes, well, OK. MineralMan Sep 2013 #62
I surmise their recent experience is likely better than 30 years more recent than yours. rug Sep 2013 #141
Larry Johnson's signature discredits the whole thing. geek tragedy Sep 2013 #109
Really? Does Larry Johnson's signature cancel out Colleen Rowley's? Raksha Sep 2013 #119
Larry Johnson = Orly Taitz. geek tragedy Sep 2013 #121
and of course they severe all ties with former coworkers and have zero inside connections.. frylock Sep 2013 #53
You know, it's illegal for those former coworkers MineralMan Sep 2013 #56
oh my goodness gracious! it's illegals!!11 frylock Sep 2013 #58
You seem enamored of the words MineralMan Sep 2013 #65
have a wonderful weekend frylock Sep 2013 #67
Props and Kudo's to you MineralMan, trust me when I say I understand. Rebellious Republican Sep 2013 #73
Thanks. MineralMan Sep 2013 #88
You were a peon. Peons as we all well know have different rules and access than the bosses. TheKentuckian Sep 2013 #99
OK. Whatever you believe is fine with me. MineralMan Sep 2013 #101
If you didn't care you wouldn't have made the statement and continued to argue it. TheKentuckian Sep 2013 #125
You do not know me. MineralMan Sep 2013 #156
Nonsense. I'm willing to beleive that your experience in the intelligence business has no relevance AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2013 #85
OK. MineralMan Sep 2013 #86
Exactly. Therefore, they know nothing for certain and very much less than wisteria Sep 2013 #93
That is almost certainly true. MineralMan Sep 2013 #94
How are you in a position to judge what they know vs. what Obama knows? nm rhett o rick Sep 2013 #188
K & R !!! WillyT Sep 2013 #17
Hang the facts, hang reason, hang legality: the RW PNAC agenda must move ahead at all cost indepat Sep 2013 #22
Not a single fact on Damascus Syrian chemical attack offered. Not one. KittyWampus Sep 2013 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author MissDeeds Sep 2013 #51
This entire article boils down to 3 meager paragraphs containing not one fact, no evidence. KittyWampus Sep 2013 #24
Well, see, the people who agree with one's position are experts. MineralMan Sep 2013 #30
Barbara Lee, who was the only member of Congress to Vote against the Afghanistan War Authorization DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2013 #35
Intellectually honest? former9thward Sep 2013 #164
Or like the Iranians "Gassed Themselves" - or So We Were Told When The USA Was Backing Saddam HumansAndResources Sep 2013 #192
"I have identical credentials to any of those people." WorseBeforeBetter Sep 2013 #136
Notice Caretha Sep 2013 #170
Oh, I noticed. WorseBeforeBetter Sep 2013 #174
General Akbar? denbot Sep 2013 #32
And you know this HOW? MNBrewer Sep 2013 #34
Is Consurtium News a reputable source? iandhr Sep 2013 #36
And if this is legit, why didn't the signers send their letter to major national media sources? pnwmom Sep 2013 #38
Thats why I am skeptical iandhr Sep 2013 #49
i know, right? why isn't this in the Judy Miller Times? frylock Sep 2013 #128
Or the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, the Seattle Times or any number pnwmom Sep 2013 #131
and none of that matters to me. what matters is the accuracy of this group in past.. frylock Sep 2013 #132
Puh-leeze...the WP and the other "papers of record" don't want to vet the letter Raksha Sep 2013 #145
Apparently the OP thinks so. MineralMan Sep 2013 #45
Consortium is among the most reliable publications, but... JackRiddler Sep 2013 #226
But I thought who did it didn't matter. They want their damn war and, by god, they'll it valerief Sep 2013 #37
Thanks Catherina - Glad to see you posted this 99th_Monkey Sep 2013 #42
I hope he does too - not only the recognition but the reward. n/t Raksha Sep 2013 #123
Oh, I think that Assad's forces did it. The evidence for it appears much stronger than this cali Sep 2013 #44
Does not make logical sense golfguru Sep 2013 #112
Well, there's always the possibility that it was not the intention Scootaloo Sep 2013 #127
k&r...your writing style is... golfguru Sep 2013 #153
+ Infinity! - nt HardTimes99 Sep 2013 #173
K&R Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #46
BUT, does is matter?!?! blkmusclmachine Sep 2013 #50
This is beginning MissDeeds Sep 2013 #52
I find it hard to believe the rebels used chemical weapons Lifelong Dem Sep 2013 #54
What the hell do you mean, " . . . draw the US into a battle against them?" another_liberal Sep 2013 #72
No kidding Lifelong Dem Sep 2013 #76
LOL!! Larry Johnson, he of No Quarter and the "Whitey Tape." DevonRex Sep 2013 #60
The very same. MineralMan Sep 2013 #66
Whatever Senator Kerry had access to before the Iraq War started was useless David Krout Sep 2013 #75
Everyone who watched 60 Minutes KNEW the aluminum tubes DevonRex Sep 2013 #89
Kerry also seemed to forget what bringing down the strongman Saddam Hussein amandabeech Sep 2013 #147
Did the 12 people who sign this statement have to do with the 'Whitey' tape? David Krout Sep 2013 #80
That pretty well shits the damn bed! another_liberal Sep 2013 #68
Instead they're persisting. Grayson and Amash not impressed with their bogus intel Catherina Sep 2013 #78
You missed the first element in a crime-means DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2013 #87
OK, I'll bite. another_liberal Sep 2013 #146
You forget the third leg of the triad: "Means." malthaussen Sep 2013 #134
Islamist factions among the rebels have already said they have chemical weapons. another_liberal Sep 2013 #149
Assad could have a motive creeksneakers2 Sep 2013 #209
Assad is currently winning the Civil War. another_liberal Sep 2013 #215
Your title is a lie - I expect better from you muriel_volestrangler Sep 2013 #79
Sadly, the balance of opinion appears to be with the OP MineralMan Sep 2013 #97
so which actual officials have access? questionseverything Sep 2013 #135
Oh what a tangled web we weave. Rex Sep 2013 #81
Would all respondents to this OP who believe 9/11 was an inside job please step forward? Flatulo Sep 2013 #83
VIPS? All retired with no current intelligence on the matter. wisteria Sep 2013 #90
yep, that's what everyone said about these guys in the lead up to iraq.. frylock Sep 2013 #98
I cannot find nowhere that the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity Sand Wind Sep 2013 #91
"Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity" Rebellious Republican Sep 2013 #104
The link say that they are the one who make that statement...but I cannot found a single Sand Wind Sep 2013 #107
Look harder. n/t Catherina Sep 2013 #163
It's a fraud. Confirmed. Sand Wind Sep 2013 #179
Your use of a double negative is suspicious. What nation do you represent? nm rhett o rick Sep 2013 #184
Thats the new kind of racist slurs on DU ? Nt Sand Wind Sep 2013 #185
That sentence doesnt even make sense. Are you having trouble translating? What is rhett o rick Sep 2013 #187
Oh right, I remember you, you are the one who do not succeed about one of my video... Sand Wind Sep 2013 #189
What is your first language. Your sentences dont make any sense. You seem to be rhett o rick Sep 2013 #190
I agree . . . another_liberal Sep 2013 #221
I'm sorry that you have no Internet. JackRiddler Sep 2013 #229
Since you don't have any source to back this frauds, I suppose that you don't have Internet ? Nt Sand Wind Sep 2013 #230
You made the incredible claim, sir. JackRiddler Sep 2013 #231
A fraud is a fraud is a fraud, sir....nt Sand Wind Sep 2013 #232
A fool is a fool is a fool... JackRiddler Sep 2013 #234
A fraud is a fraud is a fraud, sir....nt Sand Wind Sep 2013 #232
Whoo-hoo! Now we know what 9/11 Truthers and Larry "Whitey Tape" Johnson have to say! Bolo Boffin Sep 2013 #103
What is this hierarchy, a southern person for Obama. Rebellious Republican Sep 2013 #111
Larry Johnson previously claimed he had a tape of Michelle Obama saying "whitey" msanthrope Sep 2013 #105
Larry Johnson? This kind of crap makes geek tragedy Sep 2013 #106
Its a forgery : No, any U.S. Military and Intelligence Officials are saying that to Obama. Nt Sand Wind Sep 2013 #110
Get your copies out or go find one riverbendviewgal Sep 2013 #115
"Co-workers" of veterans? George II Sep 2013 #117
I was sure the Syrians did this until I studied VIPS memo IsItJustMe Sep 2013 #118
They were right on then, and they are right on now. Raksha Sep 2013 #129
exactly. this group has some serious street cred. frylock Sep 2013 #130
Iraq isn't analagous, and the OP does not contain any verifiable facts. ProSense Sep 2013 #139
After seeing how intelligence was fabricated so that GWB could IsItJustMe Sep 2013 #219
It doesn't matter to me sulphurdunn Sep 2013 #124
Completely agree! nt marew Sep 2013 #150
Yep Cosmocat Sep 2013 #160
Interesting that VIPS cites a mirror image of a US-Israeli-Jordanian op reported by DEBKA on 08/17 leveymg Sep 2013 #133
Generally, I don't give much credence to DEBKA, amandabeech Sep 2013 #151
Nor do I. But, that one was hard to ignore. Is this the .ru site you referenced? Still up. leveymg Sep 2013 #162
I don't think so. amandabeech Sep 2013 #165
Here's a more likely RU - do you remember any screennames from way back when? leveymg Sep 2013 #199
If this memorandum is real, ... CRH Sep 2013 #157
It's real. Ray McGovern has it up on his blog. Thomas Drake tweeted it out, so did Robert Parry. Catherina Sep 2013 #161
Then Obama is toast, if he continues, ... CRH Sep 2013 #167
"A war the Pentagon doesn’t want" By Robert H. Scales, retired Army major general Catherina Sep 2013 #166
Related. proverbialwisdom Sep 2013 #172
Bookmarked. I really wonder what went through his mind when he read this Catherina Sep 2013 #180
If there is a shadow of doubt .. then we've go no business bombing that country. YOHABLO Sep 2013 #171
Indeed. Stomach-turning. As revolting as the drum bangers n/t Catherina Sep 2013 #182
Ok I got confirmation, this statement did not exist. Nt Sand Wind Sep 2013 #175
oh thank goodness.. frylock Sep 2013 #181
Impossible! But only because I have confirmation the post you replied to Dragonfli Sep 2013 #183
You got what? I suspect you have a mission here. nm rhett o rick Sep 2013 #186
Your continued disruption noted. Coyotl Sep 2013 #204
K&R grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #196
the casus belli was staged soryang Sep 2013 #198
The title of this thread vdogg Sep 2013 #202
Is the title in this thread, ... CRH Sep 2013 #207
Colleen Rowley, Anne Wright, Thomas Drake, Ray McGovern... Octafish Sep 2013 #203
do you have an Octafish file on John Brennan? nashville_brook Sep 2013 #217
Terror Tuesday guy thinks he's the right hand of Death on Earth. Octafish Sep 2013 #223
i forgot that Brennan was Hastings' next story -- did you see this? nashville_brook Sep 2013 #237
If the rebels did it creeksneakers2 Sep 2013 #210
Qaddafi did all those things right before he was toppled. keyword: humanitarian vulcans nashville_brook Sep 2013 #214
Obama to U.S. military and intelligence officials, and to us, SO WHAT? AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2013 #211
what officials? everybody on that list has (ret) or (former) after their name. arely staircase Sep 2013 #216
While I opposed bombing Syria, I can't see how these people's opinion is any different than OregonBlue Sep 2013 #218
If our (USA) motive is to prevent death by poison gas, JEB Sep 2013 #220
FORMER U.S. Military and Intelligence Officials...nt SidDithers Sep 2013 #224
Exactly...nt greytdemocrat Sep 2013 #228
if assad didn't do it, then he should have no problem giving up the chemical weapons he ellenfl Sep 2013 #235
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