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Egnever

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34. Clearly you were drinking the bush koolaid back then

Wed Apr 30, 2014, 01:41 PM

Apr 2014

Anyone that took an honest look at the sanctions that were in place in iraq and had been for years knew the WMD claims were BS.

It was clear that most senators were immune to persuasion because the two votes were almost mirror images of each other — no to the Levin amendment, aye to war. Their minds were made up.

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I'm still waiting for the war crimes charges to be brought against these folks... [View all] YoungDemCA Apr 2014 OP

Not only never happen but holding an ounce of pot is worse than what these guys did randys1 Apr 2014 #1

The usual line I get from Holder apologists is Jake Stern Apr 2014 #2

+1 Scuba Apr 2014 #13

It's worse than that LondonReign2 Apr 2014 #26

Agreed. nt Jake Stern Apr 2014 #39

I carry hope every day that these war criminals will languish in prison, someday. nt Mnemosyne Apr 2014 #3

So I am assuming you would not support a move to put this all behind us and pardon them. nm rhett o rick Apr 2014 #4

My preference would be to see them prosecuted here hootinholler Apr 2014 #17

Too bad we live in a two-tiered justice system and they are the top tier Corruption Inc Apr 2014 #5

Kick and Recommend...nt Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #6

The next republican president Mr.Bill Apr 2014 #7

I will always k&r to promote the prosecution of these war criminals. johnnyreb Apr 2014 #8

Smaller versions of those images wouldn't have been as effective? Make7 Apr 2014 #9

a list of names would have been even smaller hfojvt Apr 2014 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author oneofthe99 Apr 2014 #10

Never going to happen. Jgarrick Apr 2014 #11

Why aren't the photographs of Hillary Clinton and John Kerry included? Jenoch Apr 2014 #12

Why would they be? They were not Bush administration officials. nt stevenleser Apr 2014 #18

They voted in favor of invading Iraq Jenoch Apr 2014 #19

No, they didn't. But even if we accept your statement as fact for a moment. Only the President stevenleser Apr 2014 #20

The hell they didn't Egnever Apr 2014 #21

No, they didn't. That is revisionist history. IWR and UN SEC RES 1441 were for the same purpose... stevenleser Apr 2014 #22

Talk about revisionist history Egnever Apr 2014 #31

I remember exactly what was going on and what you describe is not it. stevenleser Apr 2014 #33

Clearly you were drinking the bush koolaid back then Egnever Apr 2014 #34

No, I wasn't. I was against the Iraq war. nt stevenleser Apr 2014 #35

Then I find your efforts to try to justify those votes bizzare Egnever Apr 2014 #36

That is because you are coming at this from a revisionist history perspective. stevenleser Apr 2014 #37

your article quite frankly is myopic Egnever Apr 2014 #40

It concentrates on the issues that affect what actually happened, not extraneous information stevenleser Apr 2014 #41

Going to have to dissagree Egnever Apr 2014 #42

Here you go. Jenoch Apr 2014 #25

Yes, you should read what it says. On Edit... stevenleser Apr 2014 #30

I would convict both of them as neoconservatives, burnsei sensei Apr 2014 #28

We won't be able to say anything bad about Hillary FiveGoodMen Apr 2014 #29

... warrprayer Apr 2014 #45

Agree but could you please adjust the size of these pictures. Skidmore Apr 2014 #14

Grab a cup of Coffee mstinamotorcity2 Apr 2014 #15

We're "looking forward"... 99Forever Apr 2014 #16

"we all know" hfojvt Apr 2014 #23

Soul-less bastards, the lot of them. burnsei sensei Apr 2014 #27

Bush, the war criminal of a dick and the rest of the malaise Apr 2014 #32

+10000000...... G_j Apr 2014 #38

I have a dream.... HD469 Apr 2014 #43

What a loverly bunch of right-wing zealots who perhaps turned America to being a pariah indepat Apr 2014 #44