DUer's: I need help

[blogslut]

I read some damned thing on the Interwebs a while back that I forgot to bookmark.

John McCain and Joe Lieberman were members of a committee (group?) that worked to build support for. the Iraq war.

Does anyone here know what committee/group I'm talking about? It had a name and everything.

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[Nite Owl]

1. Could this be it?

http://pittsburgh.indymedia.org/news/2006/07/24299.php

Senators Joe Lieberman and John McCain aren't merely "hawkish"; as "Honorary Co-Chairmen" of a pre-Iraq-war spin machine called The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, they were leading cheerleaders for a war that now threatens to mushroom out of all control--unless we remove the Liebermans, McCains, and their fellow war cheerleaders from our U.S. Congress.

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Senators Joe Lieberman and John McCain aren't merely "hawkish."

In the fall of 2002, when the administration began its "marketing" campaign to sell the public on the "need" to attack Iraq, a group of mostly-neoconservative D.C. heavyweights created The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq (CLI) to help shape the sales pitch.

The Committee's Advisory Board was chaired by George Shultz, of San Francisco-based war contractor Bechtel fame.

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4. That's it!

Thank you!

[Nite Owl]

8. Your welcome

glad I could help.

[not_too_L8]

2. Is this the committee

Committee for the Liberation of Iraq: 2002-2003

[blogslut]

5. Yes!

I was going crazy trying to remember it! Bless you!

[not_too_L8]

6. your welcome

[Coexist]

3. this little thing?

Lieberman and McCain co-sponsored the 2002 resolution that authorized the U.S. invasion of Iraq the following March,

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/17/mccain.endorsements/

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7. Yep

That too.

Those two hucksters are in it up to their smirky little mugs.

This is the stuff we're going to need for the GE. I love you all!

[blogslut]

9. Wheee! A Wiki page!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_for_the_Liberation_of_Iraq

The Committee for the Liberation of Iraq (CLI) was described as a "non-governmental organization" which described itself as a "distinguished group of Americans" who wanted to free Iraq from Saddam Hussein. In a news release announcing its formation, the group said its goal was to "promote regional peace, political freedom and international security through replacement of the Saddam Hussein regime with a democratic government that respects the rights of the Iraqi people and ceases to threaten the community of nations." It had close links to the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), important shapers of the Bush administration's foreign policy.

The Washington Post reported in November 2002 that "the organization is modeled on a successful lobbying campaign to expand the NATO alliance. Members include former secretary of state George P. Shultz, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and former senator Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.). ... While the Iraq committee is an independent entity, committee officers said they expect to work closely with the administration. They already have met with Hadley and Bush political adviser Karl Rove. Committee officers and a White House spokesman said Rice, Hadley and Cheney will soon meet with the group."

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Among the members:

Newt Gingrich
Jeane Kirkpatrpick
John McCain
Joseph Lieberman
Richard Perle
George Schultz
James Woolsey

William Kristol