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In reply to the discussion: Are we really going to pretend we were fooled into the Iraq War? [View all]Kennah
(14,256 posts)24. Perspective from Wilton Sekzer (clip from "Why We Fight")
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The REAL "know-nothings" accused "us" of being a bunch of ignorant, naive "know-nothings"
Proud Liberal Dem
Feb 2013
#67
i know a lot of people in the same boat. and people have blindspots- you see a lot of
bettyellen
Feb 2013
#76
I did, too. I wasn't really into politics at the time and though I hated Bush, et al,
gateley
Feb 2013
#27
Not me. I'm only surprised the whole region didn't melt down worse than it has
TheKentuckian
Feb 2013
#4
Snow job by the media walking hand in hand w Bush. We weren't fooled by that
emulatorloo
Feb 2013
#6
August 2003 - 70% of Americans still believed that Saddam Hussein was personally involved in 9/11
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2013
#10
Yes, OP thinks that everyone must believe the same things that the OP does.
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#11
at least 80% of the people I know have never heard of PNAC. even now. it's sad.
bettyellen
Feb 2013
#92
Yawn - Virtually the entire world thought that Iraq likely had WMD. You can pretend that this wasnt
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#58
The US had, has, and will continue to have WMD - If that justifies an invasion we're fucked.
Xipe Totec
Feb 2013
#53
I said nothing about justifying an invasion or anything else that you wrote. nt
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#57
According to the various UN Resolutions, it would have in Iraq's case. However...
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#65
I think the point is that many of us accepted the Official Story because we wanted a war.
Warren Stupidity
Feb 2013
#80
There are some who wanted that, yes. That doesnt explain the rest of the world believing WMD were in
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#83
I certainly don't believe Bush was involved in any way with September 11 - That strikes me as the
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2013
#34
I think you mean the NY Times. They are the ones who printed that misleading article whose headline
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#61
Both the NY Times and USA Today were involved in participating in studying the recount
Samantha
Feb 2013
#69
Here it is. I think this NY Times article is the one to which you are referring
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#64
I think that is because the realization was a slow one. The UN Weapons inspector reports of 3/7/03
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#13
It certainly had been planned. In Paul O'Neill's THE PRICE OF LOYALTY, he says that
raccoon
Feb 2013
#44
Excellent book and I believe that incident happened at the first cabinet meeting
Samantha
Feb 2013
#96
Yep. And, not a few "liberal" Democrats jumped on the "Bring it on" bandwagon to another dumb war.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2013
#21
I hope Ms. Maddow lists those Democrats that claimed to be "fooled" starting with Tom Dashiell.
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#23
I guess you forgot how the American people marched in record breaking protests.
joshcryer
Feb 2013
#25
I was out protesting and then I got really sick so I was in the hospital after it started up....
WCGreen
Feb 2013
#26
Yes, large swaths of the American people were fooled; but what about members of Congress?
Martin Eden
Feb 2013
#97
Bush conflated Al Qaeda with the Palestinians who are bombing Israel &that's why his lie worked
Kolesar
Feb 2013
#52
Correct and that is because on March 7th, 13 days beforehand, we knew for sure from the Reports of
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#84
"We were duped" sure beats taking responsibility for the deaths of 100s of thousands of people.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2013
#82
"in order to feel good about their desire for senseless murder on television"
Martin Eden
Feb 2013
#87