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Rex

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9. It does, many of us thought it would and were ridiculed for bringing it up.
Wed Jul 6, 2016, 11:28 PM
Jul 2016

Basically it lays out the plan to force Iraq to 'attack' troops already stationed there to start the war. Amazing, all there in black and white.

Downing St. Memo. Bookmarking underpants Jul 2016 #1
confirmation..... spanone Jul 2016 #2
"The case was thin" so they fattened it up with lies. suffragette Jul 2016 #11
5000 dead military professionals later... Rex Jul 2016 #12
Exactly so. And we shouted it in the streets and marched. But they were never suffragette Jul 2016 #19
This also makes the mainstream media culpable. They purposely pushed for war. Rex Jul 2016 #20
Yes, indeed. Judith Miller is certainly the most notorious, being at the center of WMD and suffragette Jul 2016 #21
It says Iraq had less WMD capability than Libya and was not threatening its neighbors. KeepItReal Jul 2016 #3
Doesn't it say that they set out to cook the whole thing up? Cracklin Charlie Jul 2016 #8
It does, many of us thought it would and were ridiculed for bringing it up. Rex Jul 2016 #9
Boom! Cracklin Charlie Jul 2016 #14
Some of my relatives were praying for a bloodbath. Rex Jul 2016 #16
I so remember this site. David Swanson babylonsister Jul 2016 #4
K&R PatSeg Jul 2016 #5
Wow. Rex Jul 2016 #6
bmking. Thanks! lonestarnot Jul 2016 #7
Downing Street Memo. I'm getting my Blair/Bush/Cheney rage on again. oasis Jul 2016 #10
There are few things that I have ever been upset about... Cracklin Charlie Jul 2016 #17
DU had a quote straight out of the memo at the time. "facts being fixed around the policy." lonestarnot Jul 2016 #13
I'm sick of being right. I want some people in The Hague NightWatcher Jul 2016 #15
I am never right, so I don't need to be sick from that. I am always left and very fucking proud of lonestarnot Jul 2016 #18
Thank you, deminks! Octafish Jul 2016 #22
K&R&bookmark JEB Jul 2016 #23
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