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In reply to the discussion: Chris Hedges: The Treason of the Intellectuals [View all]tout_le_monde
(23 posts)33. Fair Weather Politicians
Politics sure makes strange bedfellows. Certainly Senator Kerry should have known better...especially after the faked "Gulf of Tonkin" incident that enabled the U.S. to pre-emptively start a war with North Vietnam. Wonder if any of them EVER marched against the Iraq War at any time after they were for it and then were against it. Anybody got any photos of these fair weather politicians marching against the Iraq War?
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Yep, and just like the lead-up to the Iraq invasion, simple, undeniable, undisputed *facts*
Marr
Apr 2013
#42
that's the whole *thing* with liberal hawks: they're Blairites, so 1) you don't ever really know
MisterP
Apr 2013
#31
"And they will, should their careers require it, happily sell us out again."
just1voice
Apr 2013
#34