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In reply to the discussion: I remember how sick and hurt, bitter and ashamed I felt in 2003 watching the invasion gather [View all]Dems to Win
(2,161 posts)Not for an instant did it make any sense that secular Baathist Saddam Hussein, oppressor of all things Islamist such as the Muslim Brotherhood, had anything to do with 9/11 and Al Quaeda.
Not for an instant did it make a lick of sense that Iraq, which was being bombed weekly/monthly to enforce no fly zones and was under crushing sanctions that killed an estimated half million children, had a functioning program developing weapons of mass destruction. Every single Curveball story from Judith Miller and the NYT was a laughable, ridiculous joke to anyone who'd been reading the news for the past decade. Anyone listening to Amy Goodman knew the yellow cake/Niger story was a pack of lies from day one.
I was so very angry and disgusted when the bombs started falling. This was wrong, wrong, wrong. Millions of people marching in the streets worldwide had not been able to prevent this utter horror.
It's inconceivable to me that the current Democratic Party conventional wisdom is that our best chance of winning the presidency next time is to put up a candidate who voted to authorize this travesty. Feels like I'm living in Alice's Wonderland.