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In reply to the discussion: Regarding MSNBC [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)misinformation and propaganda they fed the American people before the Iraq War.
To the extent that a sensible old lady like me is a rebel -- a strong supporter (verbally at least) of Snowden and Occupy Wall Street and Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders and not of Hillary and the status quo politicians on both sides of the aisle, it is BECAUSE I WAS LIED TO IN THE RUN-UP TO THE IRAQ WAR.
I was lied to many times before that, but the lies prior to the Iraq War were colossal. And they came at a time when I was working long, long hours and unable to spend time researching the facts for myself. So when you read here that I am exploring conspiracy theories about our government's activities and seeing the negative side of a lot of the developments in our country, you will understand what nefarious conduct, what trauma aroused my super sensitive suspicions.
Those lies were crimes. They were crimes against the innocent Iraqis who died thanks to our weapons. They were crimes against the brave American soldiers who died and were injured in that needless war. They were crimes against me. And they were crimes against our democracy and all of the American people who are paying for that war and the burden and bad karma of the immorality of fighting a vanity war for no good reason.