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Iraq war not linked to terror plot, says Clinton
Guardian Unlimited ^
| Wednesday August 16, 2006
Posted on 08/21/2006 6:38:56 AM PDT by presidio9
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To: A. Pole
So much BS...so little desire to rehash it.
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posted on
08/21/2006 7:34:55 AM PDT
by
mngalt
(In a sane world the answer to energy shortages would be more electricity and oil.)
To: presidio9
Well, if Clinton says so ...
To: presidio9
Typical Bill Clinton, trying to be on all sides and manages to be wrong all the way around. Iraq IS the War on Terror, anyone tells you different is either a fool or a liar.
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posted on
08/21/2006 8:05:08 AM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(History shows us that if you are not willing to fight, you better be prepared to die)
To: presidio9
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posted on
08/21/2006 8:15:02 AM PDT
by
Gritty
(The Clintons are the hemorrhoids on the body politic - Norman Liebmann)
To: A. Pole
More utter nonsense from the rabid Neo Isolationists. I will just ignore the utterly nonsensical claims about Saddam. Anyone with even a glimmer of knowledge knows those claims are utter nonsense.
Got to love the way the DO Nothings try to posture as tough guys by pretending they would have committed the force elsewhere. The fact of the matter is the Neo Isolationists who of NEVER done anything but piss and moan. They merely invent some reason other place we should be fighting to avoid admitting they actually would rather we DO nothing. Real simple fact keeps escaping them. We had the political, moral, legal and military consensus to take out Iraq. We HAD no such consensus for an attack against any other of the Neo Isolationists make believe foes. Also, the Neo Isolationists dogma flunks basic Military strategy as well.
You still cling to your mistaken emotion based feelings. Basic strategy lesson for you.. You do NOT leave a foe in the field unfought and commit your force to another major fight against another foe. Saddam had to go. We could not leave him hanging on our flank and commit significant military forces to another battle. Saddam was the most immediate problem. EVERN if Al Gore had won in 2000 and 09-01 happened, we would be doing the EXACT same thing. All the Leftist Democrat Talking Points are so much nonsense. There was no alternative but to take out Iraq
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posted on
08/21/2006 8:17:55 AM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(History shows us that if you are not willing to fight, you better be prepared to die)
To: Chi-townChief
I just heard President Bush say the same thing in his press conference.
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posted on
08/21/2006 8:19:44 AM PDT
by
retMD
To: A. Pole
Reagan supported Saddam in fighting Iran. He stopped fighting them. Radical Islamists existed decades before 2003. Now they are concentrating on getting us out of Iraq and foiling our plans there. This is preferable to having them everywhere else.
Not only that but Saddam has his hand in several terrorist acts and plots against the US including the WTC1, attempts against exPresident Bush's life, and, from all appearances, the Oklahoma City bombing.
Your "hint" only leads to the conclusion that you are deliberately distorting what happened. OBL is no fool and recruited people he knew would have no problem getting into the US. Saudis were privileged because there was no fear of them becoming illegal aliens. Their special travel arrangements made Saudis ideal for this purpose.
Now you would not be DELIBERATELY distorting these issues now would you? It is hard to believe anyone could get so much wrong by accident.
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posted on
08/21/2006 8:28:38 AM PDT
by
justshutupandtakeit
(If you believe ANYTHING in the Treason Media you are a fool.)
To: MNJohnnie
More utter nonsense from the rabid Neo Isolationists. I will just ignore the utterly nonsensical claims about Saddam. Anyone with even a glimmer of knowledge knows those claims are utter nonsense. Ronald Reagan was not an isolationist when he supported Saddam Hussein.
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posted on
08/21/2006 8:43:32 AM PDT
by
A. Pole
(" There is no other god but Free Market, and Adam Smith is his prophet ! Bazaar Akbar! ")
To: A. Pole; MNJohnnie
Reagan supported Iraq
against the radical Islamic regime that kidnapped our embassy personnel for 444 days.
Not a friend; the enemy of our enemy. Basic political lesson there.
Johnnie, you're right about the isolationists. There's always somebody else they SAY we ought to have fought first - Iran, N Korea, Syria - but as the Red Queen said to Alice, it's "jam every other day, but never jam today."
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posted on
08/21/2006 9:31:23 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
To: AnAmericanMother
Reagan supported Iraq against the radical Islamic regime that kidnapped our embassy personnel for 444 days. Not a friend; the enemy of our enemy. Basic political lesson there. Fine, so now the main enemy of Iranian regime is removed and Iran is becoming the main regional power. Is it another "basic political lesson"?
About "enemy of our enemy", it was Iran who helped America to win in Afghanistan as it was Iran/Russia allied Northern Alliance which did the key part of the fighting against Taleban. Is the removal of Saddam Hussein a secret reward to Iran?
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posted on
08/21/2006 9:42:27 AM PDT
by
A. Pole
(" There is no other god but Free Market, and Adam Smith is his prophet ! Bazaar Akbar! ")
To: mewzilla
The 9/11 Connection What Salman Pak could reveal Bookmarked. Thanks.
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posted on
08/21/2006 9:50:10 AM PDT
by
syriacus
(Worried about attacks from Iran or Korea? Daschle wanted to scuttle our missile defense program)
To: A. Pole
You know about as much as I do about the machinations of the states.
At some point you cannot continue to second-guess the government during wartime, or we will lose it all.
Would you have questioned the invasion of Italy in WWII? After all, Mussolini was a mere puppet who had never attacked the United States . . . Germany and Japan were our "real" enemies. And, of course, Germany had never attacked the U.S. either . . .
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posted on
08/21/2006 9:51:01 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
To: retMD
I should have hit the 'sarcasm on' button for that one.
To: newcthem
And why would BlowJobBilly now be interested in our nations security? He didn't give a rat's rear end about it during the 8 years he was soiling the office of president. The democrats are saying "we are no safer" in the hopes that if we are attacked before the election they can scream..."we told you so."
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posted on
08/21/2006 1:38:09 PM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: presidio9
Bill Clinton today dismissed suggestions of a link between the alleged airline bomb plot and the invasion of Iraq ..he couldn't put a link between a cigar and a blue dress either...it's called selective memory...hildebeast has it too....but the reminders will be up front over the next two years...and in her own words
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posted on
08/21/2006 2:37:06 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF...68-73,,..."never store a threat you should have eliminated")
To: presidio9
In an interview with BBC Radio 4's Today programme ...he can't find a legacy here, so he's got to try over there. Wanna bet the questions were pre-screened? ( remembering the eyes rolling when the cigar was mentioned in testimony......LOL)
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posted on
08/21/2006 2:47:55 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF...68-73,,..."never store a threat you should have eliminated")
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