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In reply to the discussion: Secret 9/11 memo reveals Bush rewriting the history of the 9/11 attacks & the warnings he'd tuned ou [View all]Texin
(2,597 posts)12. It's more than that. Granted, W was incompetent, but I believe he was getting
significant pressure from Cheney and Rumsfield to stand down. I think it's pretty clear that the two of them viewed a war with Iraq would be financial windfall for both them and it positioned W as a "war president".
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Nevilledog
Nov 2022
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He didn't mind, as far as I've heard, when Jared said it would hit the blue states hardest
renate
Nov 2022
#87
after 3 years and what he did jan 6 how can anyone say he gave a shit about hundreds of thousands of
certainot
Dec 2022
#100
i disagree. limbaugh, trump's main guy, would not have called it a hoax for weeks
certainot
Dec 2022
#111
I remember when he said he fainted and hit his head from eating a pretzel. Even I never tried
Walleye
Nov 2022
#59
It was about optics. A likable, grandfatherly figure who was there to settle the country down
jalan48
Nov 2022
#31
bush and cheney allowed the attack willingly, through negligence, or some other reason
samsingh
Nov 2022
#10
I joined DU in 2002 during their systematic campaign of LIES for war in Iraq
Martin Eden
Nov 2022
#68
Me, too, Wounded Bear. They already had the Homeland Security Bill written. PNAC
BComplex
Nov 2022
#76
Given they were ignoring intel reports all summer, I find it easy to believe...
Wounded Bear
Dec 2022
#124
I suppose you could argue they just distrusted the CIA... but 9/11 proved Bush/Cheney wrong
LymphocyteLover
Dec 2022
#125
There were reports that Cheney was arm-twisting CIA to provide "proof" that Iraq was...
Wounded Bear
Dec 2022
#126
After being given the Aug. 6th 2001 PDB w said: "All right. You've covered your ass, now,"
Botany
Nov 2022
#23
And he took a long time getting back to D.C. because he might have been a target.
tanyev
Nov 2022
#56
And just days after the attack w met @ the White House with Ambassador Bandor whose wife had paid
Botany
Nov 2022
#64
YES! All one had to do was shout "TRUTHER" and all discussion was supposed to cease.
Raster
Nov 2022
#49
Republicans wanted a war on terror, and they needed a 2nd Pearl Harbor to jump start it.
patphil
Nov 2022
#30
There were DIRECT FINANCIAL LINKS to several of the hijackers and Bandar's chief wife.
Raster
Nov 2022
#50
It's a documented fact GWB could not express any curiosity regarding the 9/11 event.
jaxexpat
Nov 2022
#42
But now he's a great guy, beloved by all, just gently painting masterpieces.
BamaRefugee
Nov 2022
#43
When Republicans are elected, Americans die. Gore would not have allowed this.
NBachers
Nov 2022
#53
Yet another good reason why there should be more "barriers to entry" for the job of US president,
LaMouffette
Nov 2022
#62
Dim Son may have been an idiot but Cheney, Rumsfeld, and others KNEW their case for war was BOGUS
Martin Eden
Nov 2022
#66
That was one of the questions our useless press should have been asking and didn't.
Warpy
Nov 2022
#95
I went to the big protest in DC four days before "Shock and Awe" was launched.
Martin Eden
Nov 2022
#96
I guess GWB is basically written out of our history now, he's completely ignored by the GOP
LymphocyteLover
Dec 2022
#120