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Donald Trump claims George W Bush lied about WMDs to justify Iraq invasion
Blasting News ^ | February 14, 2016 | Mark R. Whittington

Posted on 02/14/2016 5:36:58 AM PST by Marcus

A truism has developed during the 2016 election campaign that Donald Trump can say the most outrageous things and not have it affect his poll numbers. That principle may be put to a severe test as a result of Trump not only claiming that President George W. Bush lied about Saddam Hussein possessing weapons of mass destruction to justify the Iraq War but also blaming him for 9/11. These claims certainly livened up the debate in South Carolina where George W. Bush is regarded with some reverence

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; History; Politics
KEYWORDS: 2016debates; blogpimp; bushlied; donaldtrump; georgewbush; gwot; hecanwinparty; iraq; stupidparty; trump; trumpcoolaid; trumpiswrong; trumpiswrongagain; trumplies; wmd; wmds
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1 posted on 02/14/2016 5:36:58 AM PST by Marcus
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To: Marcus

Lied, mistake... “What difference does it make now?”


2 posted on 02/14/2016 5:38:26 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Marcus
The irony is that W did sort of lie about WMD.

He didn't lie about Iraq trying to develop WMD or having sarin gas or yellow cake uranium. And Iraq was bragging about their "nuclear mujadeen" in their state newspapers.

But Bush kept the actual findings classified and never defended his position.

3 posted on 02/14/2016 5:40:36 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: Marcus
The irony is that W did sort of lie about WMD.

He didn't lie about Iraq trying to develop WMD or having sarin gas or yellow cake uranium. And Iraq was bragging about their "nuclear mujadeen" in their state newspapers.

But Bush kept the actual findings classified and never defended his position.

4 posted on 02/14/2016 5:40:37 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: Marcus

Post the full quote.

Chemical weapons are not weapons of mass destruction. Just about every country in the world has them.


5 posted on 02/14/2016 5:40:39 AM PST by Helicondelta
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To: Marcus

I do recall Colin Powell in from the U.N. making the case we knew exactly where the WMDs were located.

Then years later W. said there were no WMDs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soohikNdbWs


6 posted on 02/14/2016 5:42:47 AM PST by Enlightened1
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To: Pearls Before Swine
I mean really Jeb took a week with Meghan Kelly to finally denounce the Iraq.

Does any think G. W. Bush used 9-11 to go into Iraq.

The polls are in the low 30% that approve of going into Iraq

Obama screwed up bigger sense we were all ready there and let's admit it. We didn't invade Iraq we would not have Obamacare. GOP got slaughtered in two straight elections before of GW Bush.

7 posted on 02/14/2016 5:43:55 AM PST by scooby321
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To: DannyTN

Trump says in his stump speeches all the time that Iraq used chemical weapons against the Iranians and that’s fine with him.

WMD’s for him are nuclear weapons and Iraq did not have those nor was it developing them despite what Colin Powell said at the UN.


8 posted on 02/14/2016 5:45:42 AM PST by Helicondelta
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To: Helicondelta

Well they did find a lot of Yellow Cake Uranium. Not sure why they would have that unless they planned on development.


9 posted on 02/14/2016 5:47:05 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: Helicondelta

Well they did find a lot of Yellow Cake Uranium. Not sure why they would have that unless they planned on development.


10 posted on 02/14/2016 5:47:06 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: Marcus

70% of the country agrees.

Don’t see how this hurts him, other than with the “perpetually war, perpetually” crowd.


11 posted on 02/14/2016 5:47:46 AM PST by Yashcheritsiy (You can't have a constitution without a country to go with it)
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To: scooby321

Bush came across as a whiney , mothers boy, and a spoilt brat.

He is such a sleaze and to have his donors there cheering his every word made a mockery of a debate.


12 posted on 02/14/2016 5:48:00 AM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Helicondelta

In what world do you live the C in NBC that being nuclear biological chemical suddenly disappears?


13 posted on 02/14/2016 5:48:20 AM PST by Bidimus1
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To: Enlightened1

Exactly. Trump isn’t saying anything Dubya didn’t already say.


14 posted on 02/14/2016 5:48:54 AM PST by Yashcheritsiy (You can't have a constitution without a country to go with it)
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To: All

Two Bush presidencies should be enough to establish that that family is populated with lying politicians. Be honest with yourselves.


15 posted on 02/14/2016 5:50:57 AM PST by jimbo807
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To: Enlightened1

I still remember a documentary on the history channel that showed truck after truck traveling out of Iraq to Syria under cover of night. Night vision cameras were used.. I later look for that film and it had been pulled. Maybe, just maybe, they did exist. Film also showed the underground tunnel systems and I do wonder what happened to the footage.


16 posted on 02/14/2016 5:52:32 AM PST by sarasota
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To: Marcus

This won’t hurt him because THE COUNTRY THINKS HE LIED since he never defended himself against the attacks from the Dems.

At worst, Bush got bad intelligence, but that little detail seems to have been lost in the Dem screaming, and Bush didn’t consider it important enough to defend himself.

So, no effect.


17 posted on 02/14/2016 5:52:42 AM PST by BobL (Who cares? He's going to build a wall and stop this invasion.)
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To: Marcus

The media continues to be so dishonest.
The Cruz folks will say anything and do anything to achieve their desired result.

Fact : the towers came down on W`s watch. The Comander in Chief holds final accountability. 9/11 is forever a horrible tragic event!!!! Further proof that the Government cannot guarntee security of you or your family.
Fact : saddam has WMD, and saddam used those WMD`s on lunatic jhiadis. By the time the troops got on the scene, tose weapons were moved, hidden,or used up. W should have expended some political capital standing up for himself. Future POTUS should study the W years and learn some lessons


18 posted on 02/14/2016 5:52:50 AM PST by Steven Tyler
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The Secret Casualties of Iraq's Abandoned Chemical Weapons

The Jackass also said Bush destabilized the M.E.

The M.E. was all to happy to have Saddam gone and was very stable with purple fingers in the air following its first democratic elections.

Obama & Hillary pulled out of Iraq, leaving a free-for-all.

They over-through both Eqypt & Libya's governments.

Yeah, I see the polls, Drudge.

Jim Jones would be jealous.

19 posted on 02/14/2016 5:54:17 AM PST by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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To: manc

Why is Jeb even running. He is the guy you want to punch in his face, an absolute momma boy jerk.

Oh, we are the Bush Dynasty, you cannot say bad things about us.

Pray America wakes


20 posted on 02/14/2016 5:57:41 AM PST by bray (Trump/Palin 2016)
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