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In reply to the discussion: Hans Blix on the terrible mistake of the Iraq war. [View all]Babel_17
(5,400 posts)6. Rice's comment really goes to the heart of it
It's not about the truth, it's about the truthiness. We were in pain and invading Iraq was going to make that pain go away. Part of our pain was based on madness and for a time the invasion made the voices in our head go away.
"We're all neo-con's now" as Chris Matthews said. Like in a room full of insane people, one personality had become dominant.
Not to go off topic but I think much of this is always going to come back to the role the media played. They enabled and pushed the lies, they enabled and pushed the mad invasion.
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LOL, I think Blix and ElBaradei were behind the President getting the Nobel Peace Prize early in his
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#5
I took it in the spirit intended. As a big upraised middle finger to George W. Bush from the
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#32
Blix and ElBaradei are always generous with language. They let the facts speak for them.
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#4
The mindset of aggressive neo-cons who believe in american exceptionalism no matter the circumstance
Babel_17
Mar 2013
#41
mainstream media shoved that war down our throats with propaganda, starting in 2002 nt
markiv
Mar 2013
#8
They weren't the only ones who missed the weapons inspectors angle. Even non-mainstream media missed
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#13
I especially despise Condoleeza Rice for her role in the tragedy. She is arrogant.
olegramps
Mar 2013
#9
She was willing to do anything and say any lie for Bush/Cheney. She was the perfect loyal servant.
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#11
I thought her family was in the oil business for many years before, and during the Iraq War.
DhhD
Mar 2013
#15
Do you have a link? The only thing I have ever seen is that her dad was a basketball coach.
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#30
She headed Chevron's committee on public policy before going to work for shrub. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Mar 2013
#49
No, YOUR take is revisionism. He has been saying the same thing all along, as has the world.
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#27
Not correct in this case. The UN said it was every other country's business.
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#29
If, in fact, it was every other country's business why didn't Lesotho invade Iraq?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2013
#31
Simple answer? If the Weapons inspectors weren't let back in, they could have.
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#33
The problem is, now, that they remain unindicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2013
#36
I remember my response on my blog to that was, with the no fly zones in place? Not possible.
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#38