Yes, They Lied; Yes, a Million Died; and Yes, They Want It To Go On

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Yes, They Lied; Yes, a Million Died; and Yes, They Want It To Go On

Written by Chris Floyd
Thursday, 12 May 2011 21:19

Why have a million innocent people been killed in Iraq by the cataclysm unleashed by the Anglo-American invasion and occupation? Here's why:

A top military intelligence official has said the discredited dossier on Iraq's weapons programme was drawn up "to make the case for war", flatly contradicting persistent claims to the contrary by the Blair government, and in particular by Alastair Campbell, the former prime minister's chief spin doctor. In hitherto secret evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Major General Michael Laurie said: "We knew at the time that the purpose of the dossier was precisely to make a case for war, rather than setting out the available intelligence, and that to make the best out of sparse and inconclusive intelligence the wording was developed with care."

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They did it for the oil. They did it for the dominance. And they are doing their damnedest to keep doing it. Anyone who supports and champions the elites who seek to perpetuate this abominable gorging on innocent blood -- including cool, progressive Peace Laureates -- is knowingly making themselves morally complicit in this ongoing atrocity.

Here there is no shuffling. The invasion -- and the occupation (or the "military presence") -- were and are based on arrant lies. Hundreds of thousands of innocent people have been murdered, slaughtered, ripped from life, sent down to darkness because of these lies. If you support those who will not call these crimes by their right name, and seek to extend them -- in whatever form -- then you too are a supporter of murder. If that's what you want to be, fine; but be sure you recognize yourself for what you are.

history fully paid for by the money stolen from the people we invaded. The neo-cons now figured out
what was wrong with the Iraq war - it was just to damn expensive. This time they had the financing
in place before dropping a bomb.

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Otherwise, we could be in a shit world of hurt. But if the United States ever slips from its exalted position, I surely do hope that the survivors of our victims are more merciful than we ever were.

But if we're ever punished for our complacency in the face of heinous crimes being done against Iraqis with our tax dollars, it won't be brought to us by the survivors of our victims. The people left alive are too busy trying to find food and water and a safe place to sleep to strike back at us. Our punishment will more likely be meted out to us by the same people who meted it out to the Iraqis. Already these same criminals are gutting the US economy just like they gutted Iraq's for ten years before shock and awe.