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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 08:23 AM
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Yes, They Lied; Yes, a Million Died; and Yes, They Want It To Go On

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."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/12/iraq-dossier-case-for-war

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They caused the deaths of a million innocent people to "give new security to oil supplies" -- and to gain the strategic dominance this "new security" would bring. They knew that all the rest -- WMD, threat of terrorism, etc. -- was absolute bullshit. They knew it from the start. They knew it all along.

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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.

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Ohio Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 08:26 AM
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1. The shame of it is...
Even back then, lots of people were completely aware it was all bullshit.
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NutmegYankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 08:54 AM
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5. That's the part that makes me want to scream.
I knew this back in march 03 when marching in the street. And it achieved nothing.
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 09:15 AM
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6. And the bigger shame, is that there will be a shit load of Republicans
today who will say that the lies were justified to maintain our way of life.

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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 08:28 AM
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2. The protestors knew all this.
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nonperson Donating Member (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 08:44 AM
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3. And now the whole world knows
And still NOTHING is done.

When in a position of power with knowledge of criminal wrongdoing by others who were in a similar position of power and you do nothing about it you become their accomplice and as culpable as the perpetrators you illegally and immorally protect.

Just my opinion so all you Philadelphia lawyers out there please have at it.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 08:52 AM
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4. Now I'm sick
I was lied into a war and I'll tell you right up front that SUCKS
Let there be a real need and I'll be on the front lines today.

In my oldness I'd probably only be in the way but I'd be there nonetheless.
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 09:25 AM
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7. "they" - bush, cheney and now obama nt
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slipslidingaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 12:52 PM
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8. knr n/t
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readmoreoften Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 12:56 PM
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9. Oh, kpete, you're clearly a paid Republican operative intent on interrupting this lovefest.
:sarcasm: Or should I call it this "wargasm". Hey at least this wargasm has a D behind its name.
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whatchamacallit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 01:23 PM
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10. And the granddaddy lie that started it all is still beyond comprehension for most Americans
The more events predicated on 9/11 reveal themselves, the more 9/11 itself is revealed.
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Kaleko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-15-11 01:47 PM
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11. Shhhhhh...
You'll bring down the whole edifice of lies if you remove that cornerstone from American's belief system.
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