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Opinion: Bush, Cheney created the Iraq mess; why not make them try to fix it?
Los Angeles Times ^
| June 12, 2014
| by PAUL WHITEFIELD
Posted on 06/12/2014 5:00:44 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Well, gee, $1 trillion or so just doesnt buy what it used to. Take Iraq, for example.
Or, should I say: Take Iraq, please, someone and fix it. Fend off the nasty Islamic fighters of ISIS and keep that miserable sinkhole for American lives and money from coming back to bite us again.
Do you understand now, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, John Bolton and all you neocon nutjobs, why the invasion of Iraq in 2003 wasnt a very good idea?
President Obama sure does. Because now hes neck deep in another crisis in this place, a country he thought he had gotten us out of, as he promised to do.
Now, I do have one somewhat off-the-wall option: Send Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney over there and let them try to negotiate a solution. And tell them they cant come home until theyre successful. After all, theyre the ones who created this mess in the first place.
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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bushsfault; iraq; journalism; mediabias; oef; wot
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Give Cheney command he will fix it.
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posted on
06/12/2014 5:01:23 PM PDT
by
morphing libertarian
( On to impeachment and removal (IRS, Taliban, Fast and furious, VA, Benghazi)!!!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Actually, it’s Mohammed’s fault.
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posted on
06/12/2014 5:03:33 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Hey, Mitt Romney fixed the Winter Olympics, maybe he can do this, too?
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posted on
06/12/2014 5:03:38 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
MSM lackeys are already in Blame Bush mode. I guess we didn’t have a state department the last 6 years. /s
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posted on
06/12/2014 5:04:10 PM PDT
by
catfish1957
(Face it!!!! The government in DC is full of treasonous bastards)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Well, gee, $1 trillion or so just doesnt buy what it used to. Take Iraq, for example. Actually, by the time all the life-long medical costs are done, current estimates run to $3 trillion.
6
posted on
06/12/2014 5:04:39 PM PDT
by
Carry_Okie
(ObamaCare IS Medicaid: They'll pull a sheet over your head and send you the bill.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Put the adults back in charge and they will.
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posted on
06/12/2014 5:04:46 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
another article by some braindead lefty moron that couldn’t find his own arse with both hands and a flashlight.
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posted on
06/12/2014 5:04:54 PM PDT
by
kingattax
(a real American would rather die on his feet than live on his knees.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Dear Democrats:
If there are any adults left in the Democrat Party, will you please take Obama to Summer camp so he can make ashtrays? Thank you.
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posted on
06/12/2014 5:05:08 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Cicero
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posted on
06/12/2014 5:05:17 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: morphing libertarian
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posted on
06/12/2014 5:05:27 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Spoiled, pajama boy liberal moron.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
These people are deranged. Six years into the fool on the hill's term and they are still blaming Bush. This is one reason why this worthless excuse for a newspaper—more appropriately called a propaganda rag—will die a slow painful death. No one will miss it, no one reads it.
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posted on
06/12/2014 5:05:35 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: Oldeconomybuyer; All
Well .. how long did that take for “it’s all Bush’s fault” to surface ..??
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posted on
06/12/2014 5:06:07 PM PDT
by
CyberAnt
(True the Vote: MY AMERICA, "... I'm terrified it's slipping away.")
To: Oldeconomybuyer
No, Its not Bush’s fault, its Clintons fault because Bush inherited the problem from Clinton
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posted on
06/12/2014 5:06:18 PM PDT
by
4rcane
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Put Col. West in charge, it will get fixed, REAL QUICK....
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posted on
06/12/2014 5:06:44 PM PDT
by
taildragger
(The E-GOP won't know what hit them, The Party of Reagan is almost here, hang tight folks....)
To: catfish1957
For all their hysterics, they’re absolutely right on this one. Iraq has been an unmitigated disaster since the U.S. toppled the Ba’athist government of Saddam Hussein, and many of us predicted it right here on FreeRepublic way back in 2003.
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posted on
06/12/2014 5:06:45 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("What in the wide, wide world of sports is goin' on here?")
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Has the LA Times considered that perhaps Obama was sandbagged in Syria. Responding to ever more requests for arms, training and yes money that was stockpiled by the rebels for this ISIS/ISIL operation...???
Thats the $492 million dollar question it seems. They did knock down a berm for a truck convoy from Syria to Iraq.
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posted on
06/12/2014 5:07:35 PM PDT
by
Fitzy_888
("ownership society")
To: Oldeconomybuyer
In a sense, Obambi was right a few years ago,about Al Qaeda being on the run. They’re in the run from ISIS.
To: morphing libertarian
To their credit, Bush and Cheney did try to fix it. Almost completed it, but then had to do a handoff to an incompetent.
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posted on
06/12/2014 5:08:16 PM PDT
by
xzins
( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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