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brush

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55. You're so right
Sat Feb 16, 2013, 10:29 AM
Feb 2013

Last edited Sat Feb 16, 2013, 06:00 PM - Edit history (1)

There were thousands of people demonstrating in the streets in New York, Washington and other cities against "No Blood for Oil" back before the invasion of Iraq (I was one of them) but the complicit MSM barely covered the demonstrations and would only publish horrendous under-counts of the number of people at the demonstrations. Many TV stations didn't even mention them in their newscasts. They were in on it

My point is of course that many of us were not fooled at all and knew what Chaney (he of Haliburton and their no-bid billion dollar war contracts) and Bush were up to. We were the same just-over-half of the country that voted against Bush in 2000 but were snookered by the Scalias and Thomases on the Supreme Court. We were demonstrating and voicing our opinion against the war. You might say the fix was in on the war just as it was in the 2000 and 2004 elections.

"We"weren't fooled. DollarBillHines Feb 2013 #1
You're so right brush Feb 2013 #55
The REAL "know-nothings" accused "us" of being a bunch of ignorant, naive "know-nothings" Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2013 #67
I thought for sure there would be Animal Chin Feb 2013 #2
Read a chain of lies on WMD Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #7
We know that NOW, but I didn't know that then. gateley Feb 2013 #28
Not to be too critical of you personally.. sendero Feb 2013 #45
Not taking it personally, but thanks for the clarification anyway. :) gateley Feb 2013 #73
i know a lot of people in the same boat. and people have blindspots- you see a lot of bettyellen Feb 2013 #76
One would think by the time one gets here, they've passed that point, gateley Feb 2013 #79
you would at least assume they are open minded and willing to learn. bettyellen Feb 2013 #81
I did, too. I wasn't really into politics at the time and though I hated Bush, et al, gateley Feb 2013 #27
Most progressives and libs were not fooled think Feb 2013 #3
Not me. I'm only surprised the whole region didn't melt down worse than it has TheKentuckian Feb 2013 #4
"The American People" Trajan Feb 2013 #5
Snow job by the media walking hand in hand w Bush. We weren't fooled by that emulatorloo Feb 2013 #6
And there are many of us who weren't fooled by 9/11 either. n/t JohnyCanuck Feb 2013 #8
Exactly.. sendero Feb 2013 #46
What I've always suspected The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2013 #9
The retribution against the camps Jack Sprat Feb 2013 #17
Pretty close.. sendero Feb 2013 #47
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
already-existing plans to take out iraq, libya, syria, etc say otherwise HiPointDem Feb 2013 #39
That has nothing to do with my points. nt stevenleser Feb 2013 #56
sure it does. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #85
at least 80% of the people I know have never heard of PNAC. even now. it's sad. bettyellen Feb 2013 #92
Yawn.. sendero Feb 2013 #48
Yawn - Virtually the entire world thought that Iraq likely had WMD. You can pretend that this wasnt stevenleser Feb 2013 #58
"Virtually the entire world" ... REALLY??!!! Martin Eden Feb 2013 #98
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
I didn't say you did. Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #59
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
Bush told the inspectors to get out of Iraq so he could bomb it DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2013 #88
Depending on your timeline, I might agree with you. stevenleser Feb 2013 #90
Sure, and USAToday posted that finding after election 2000 that Bush* won Samantha Feb 2013 #30
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 have no idea... sendero Feb 2013 #49
I did not say that he was involved Samantha Feb 2013 #68
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
That is exactly what they reported because I remember reading the details Samantha Feb 2013 #70
Here it is. I think this NY Times article is the one to which you are referring stevenleser Feb 2013 #64
As you can see from the date, that was issued late in 2001 Samantha Feb 2013 #72
Interesting thesis daleo Feb 2013 #12
I think that is because the realization was a slow one. The UN Weapons inspector reports of 3/7/03 stevenleser Feb 2013 #13
Also, there wasn't a draftee army, as during Viet nam daleo Feb 2013 #15
But it isn't a real democracy anymore. Jack Sprat Feb 2013 #14
I objected, they didn't care. lonestarnot Feb 2013 #16
I agree with you. I remember my astonishment after Powell's speech to the UN. Squinch Feb 2013 #18
It certainly had been planned. In Paul O'Neill's THE PRICE OF LOYALTY, he says that raccoon Feb 2013 #44
I heard that also.. sendero Feb 2013 #50
Excellent book and I believe that incident happened at the first cabinet meeting Samantha Feb 2013 #96
Readers of Forbes weren't fooled... AntiFascist Feb 2013 #19
The List of Democrats who were NOT "fooled", bvar22 Feb 2013 #20
Yep. And, not a few "liberal" Democrats jumped on the "Bring it on" bandwagon to another dumb war. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #21
Hans Blix Ron Obvious Feb 2013 #22
I hope Ms. Maddow lists those Democrats that claimed to be "fooled" starting with Tom Dashiell. rhett o rick Feb 2013 #23
Perspective from Wilton Sekzer (clip from "Why We Fight") Kennah Feb 2013 #24
I was just thinking about that clip as I was reading the OP. . . markpkessinger Feb 2013 #35
I believe I was watching the extra scenes Kennah Feb 2013 #40
I guess you forgot how the American people marched in record breaking protests. joshcryer Feb 2013 #25
And the first of those was in OCTOBER of 2001 in D.C. & San Francisco. patrice Feb 2013 #31
150 US cities had protests Feb 15 2003. joshcryer Feb 2013 #33
I remember watching the polls from here. Studying each and every one of them. patrice Feb 2013 #36
I was out protesting and then I got really sick so I was in the hospital after it started up.... WCGreen Feb 2013 #26
Most people with a brain were not fooled quinnox Feb 2013 #29
The polls were MSM fueled idiocy. joshcryer Feb 2013 #32
I wasn't fooled. It was all plainly bullshit The Second Stone Feb 2013 #37
I thought it was about even money that there would be some chemical weapons dsc Feb 2013 #38
"We" as in the American people? Were fooled into it Spider Jerusalem Feb 2013 #41
Yes, large swaths of the American people were fooled; but what about members of Congress? Martin Eden Feb 2013 #97
Those who had a lot of time to pay attention to the news weren't fooled, JDPriestly Feb 2013 #42
the problem is that the use of the aggregate "we" is tricky cali Feb 2013 #43
as you wish cthulu2016 Feb 2013 #74
gad. touchy. cali Feb 2013 #91
You nailed this square on the head madokie Feb 2013 #51
Bush conflated Al Qaeda with the Palestinians who are bombing Israel &that's why his lie worked Kolesar Feb 2013 #52
enough people were fooled by the ones that wanted war no matter what. KG Feb 2013 #54
90% supported Bush at one time. kentuck Feb 2013 #60
Those who weren't fooled were just powerless to stop it. shcrane71 Feb 2013 #62
We, the people didn't have any say in the matter Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2013 #63
++ Excellent. It' a bully's rationalization. The agreed lie. DirkGently Feb 2013 #66
We were LIED and BULLIED into it by the media, and those who stood annabanana Feb 2013 #71
Well said (nt) Recursion Feb 2013 #75
The last time I checked, mass murderers were sent to prison when caught. KansDem Feb 2013 #77
It was fairly obvious to me that our military knew there were no WMD, Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #78
Correct and that is because on March 7th, 13 days beforehand, we knew for sure from the Reports of stevenleser Feb 2013 #84
I'll most definitely buy into that logic, Steve. Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #89
"We were duped" sure beats taking responsibility for the deaths of 100s of thousands of people. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #82
Many ignorant idiot patriots did. L0oniX Feb 2013 #86
"in order to feel good about their desire for senseless murder on television" Martin Eden Feb 2013 #87
Message auto-removed marwa saf Feb 2013 #93
Welcome to DU. nt sibelian Feb 2013 #95
I was not fooled at all. I knew that SOB, and all his minions were lying. n/t RebelOne Feb 2013 #94
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