The Bush/GOP Shiite Government in Iraq was bound to fall.

[Markle]

A secondary mistake hardly outweighs the primary one. 'W's illegal invasion and following, resultant failures made the situation F.U.B.A.R. It is extremely difficult to imagine who could have redeemed things. Obama was not the one, granted, but none better were on offer. Some of us who didn't vote for him see this reality.

Why do you lie about the legality of the Iraq Invasion?

 

[rdean]

"The Bush/GOP Shiite Government in Iraq was bound to fall."

Consistent with starting a failed, illegal war in Iraq.

The Bush Iraq debacle is one of many, many good reasons to keep a republican out of the WH come 2017.

You mean so a war-mongering democrat like Obama, who started a failed an illegal war in Libya and completely destroyed it can get into the White House?

It's easy to speculate on what people should have done after the Iraq invasion. The truth is everything that has happened in the Middle East since Bush's first term, can be laid at the feet of George W. Bush and the GOP. It's all because of what they didn't do and then what they did.

Trump Is Right About 9/11

When the Clinton administration received word of a potential attack in December 1999, he notes, President Clinton ordered his national-security adviser to “hold daily meetings with the attorney-general, the CIA, FBI.” As a result, the leaders of those agencies instructed their “field offices to find out everything they can find. It becomes the number one priority of those agencies.” This vigilance, Clarke suggests, contributed to the arrest on December 14 of an Algerian named Ahmed Ressam, who was arriving from Canada with the aim of detonating a bomb at Los Angeles International Airport.

The Bush administration could have done similar in 2001. “Buried in the FBI and CIA,” Clarke notes, “there was information about two of these al-Qaida terrorists who turned out to be hijackers [Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi]. The leadership of the FBI didn’t know that, but if the leadership had to report on a daily basis ... to the White House, he would have shaken the trees and he would have found out those two guys were there.”

Would that have foiled the 9/11 attacks? “There was a chance,” Clarke argues, but top Bush officials “didn’t take it.”

When Donald Trump hurls insults at his opponents, respectable people generally roll their eyes. But it is precisely Trump’s refusal to be respectable that helps him spark debates that elites would rather avoid. And sometimes, those debates are important to have.

Given that George W. Bush’s advisers still dominate the Republican foreign-policy establishment—an establishment that has not broken with his ideological legacy in any fundamental way—his record both before and after 9/11 remains relevant to the terrorism debate today. For many years now, that foreign-policy establishment has insisted that questioning Bush’s failure to stop the September 11 attacks constitutes an outrageous slur. That’s why Fleischer is now calling Trump a “truther.” He’s purposely blurring the line between accusing Bush of having orchestrated the attacks and accusing Bush of having been insufficiently vigilant in trying to stop them. But Bush was insufficiently vigilant. The evidence is overwhelming.

 

[rdean]

Wanna know who profits??

The first name that comes to everyone’s mind here is Halliburton. According to MSN Money, Halliburton’s KBR, Inc. division bilked government agencies to the tune of $17.2 billion in Iraq war-related revenue from 2003-2006 alone. This is estimated to comprise a whopping one-fifth of KBR’s total revenue for the 2006 fiscal year. The massive payoff is said to have financed the construction and maintenance of military bases, oil field repairs, and various infrastructure rebuilding projects across the war-torn nation. This is just the latest in a long string of military/KBR wartime partnerships, thanks in no small part to Dick Cheney’s former role with the parent company.

No other company in the US was able to do what Halliburton could do.

Vice President Dick Cheney had no interest, whatsoever in the success or failure of Halliburton.

He had no stock in the company, his investments were in a blind trust.

His substantial retirement package was in the form of an insurance policy which had been paid for by Halliburton but had no link, again...whatsoever.

IF Halliburton and doubled their profits, Vice President Cheney would not have profited. IF they had gone bankrupt, his retirement package would continue as if nothing had happened.

Amusing...Progressives allege that they are the party looking forward to solutions.

Now that Lame Duck President Obama has so massively failed, they're whining and moaning, looking for excuses. AGAIN!

Blind Trust. There used to be a video of Mitt Romney on Youtube talking about what a joke the "blind trust" is. He said his lawyer, the one that works for him, is in charge of his blind trust. Which, of course, means he tells his lawyer what to do. After all, he is an employee. I don't know if it's still there but I posted it a dozen times.

 

[rdean]

When Bush disbanded Saddam's military and installed a Shiite government friendly with Iran, two things were bound to happen.

1. Iran's influence on the Iraqi government and in the region grew.

2. The partisan government was bound to fall.

This only highlights the GOP's complete ignorance about the people of the Middle East.

Bush: 'I can't remember why we disbanded the Iraqi army'

How Disbanding the Iraqi Army Fueled ISIS

Bush signed a treaty with Iraq making us leave. Obama followed the Bush/GOP signed agreement.. Now watch Republicans try to blame the violence in Iraq on Obama. Even with all the media, the video and the recent history. Republicans are counting on the ignorance and the short attention span of the American people.

back to the GOP ....run out of bernie material?....

Bernie is close to having been taken care of.

so dean a question for you.....should Bernie support Hillary when he concedes?...or would that be compromising his principles as i feel it would if he does...after all he made a big deal about her being a corporate lackey....

Bernie Sanders is looking for a good speaking time in the convention and to be able to influence the Democrat platform. You know, "FREE" something. Like me, he's an old man. The race is the last big thrill of his life and he's enjoying it to the hilt.

I'm not as old as Bernie. But I'm getting there.

 

[rdean]

A secondary mistake hardly outweighs the primary one. 'W's illegal invasion and following, resultant failures made the situation F.U.B.A.R. It is extremely difficult to imagine who could have redeemed things. Obama was not the one, granted, but none better were on offer. Some of us who didn't vote for him see this reality.

Why do you lie about the legality of the Iraq Invasion?

I don't know that we have an actual law against invading other countries. But, invading Iraq was wrong. Going after Bin Laden was correct, but Saddam and Bin Laden were enemies, not friends.
After Bush Sr. destroyed most of Saddam's military, the entire country of Iraq was sanctioned. You know he moved satellites overhead to watch closely what was going on in Iraq. You know there were spies there. Bush Jr. gave the impression that Saddam had become dangerous. You can watch actual video on Youtube of Bush and Cheney and Rumsfeld selling the war. It can't be denied.

 

[rdean]

When Bush disbanded Saddam's military and installed a Shiite government friendly with Iran, two things were bound to happen.

1. Iran's influence on the Iraqi government and in the region grew.

2. The partisan government was bound to fall.

This only highlights the GOP's complete ignorance about the people of the Middle East.

Bush: 'I can't remember why we disbanded the Iraqi army'

How Disbanding the Iraqi Army Fueled ISIS

Bush signed a treaty with Iraq making us leave. Obama followed the Bush/GOP signed agreement.. Now watch Republicans try to blame the violence in Iraq on Obama. Even with all the media, the video and the recent history. Republicans are counting on the ignorance and the short attention span of the American people.

Oh look more debunked far left religious scripture.

There was no army to disband and what is known as ISIS was formed in 1999, did not get it's name and spread like wild fire until Obama..

Oh look more debunked far left religious scripture.

There was no army to disband

Saddam had no army?????????????????????

An ignorant right wingernut turd with actual shit for brains.

How the ‘catastrophic’ American decision to disband Saddam's military helped fuel the rise of ISIL

Who disbanded the Iraqi army?

Envoy: Bush OK'd Plan To Disband Iraq Army

BBC NEWS | Americas | US row over Iraq army dismantling

And now ignorant right wingers believe Saddam had no military? What did he invade Kuwait with? Bartenders?

Oh please God. Spare me the ignorance of the right wing.

Saddam had no army and no matter how many far left blog sites you quote, the reality is they were not getting paid so they left.

Another far left drone failed post that can not admit that Obama is a failure..

So Saddam, with no military, was such a threat (called the next Hitler, remember?) was so dangerous we had to invade the country and stop him...

Stop him from what? Rude remarks? Halloween pranks?

Start on these, I have LOTS from from your Progressive comrades

"The community of nations may see more and more of the very kind of threat Iraq poses now: a rogue state with weapons of mass destruction, ready to use them or provide them to terrorists. If we fail to respond today, Saddam and all those who would follow in his footsteps will be emboldened tomorrow."
- President Clinton in 1998 “

[…], when I say to Saddam Hussein, "You cannot defy the will of the world", and when I say to him, "You have used weapons of mass destruction before; we are determined to deny you the capacity to use them again.”
- President Clinton , Jan. 27, 1998 – State of the Union

"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."
- President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998 .

"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program."
- President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998.

“Earlier today, I ordered America’s armed forces to strike military and security targets in Iraq. They are joined by British forces. Their mission is to attack Iraqis nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors.”

“Their purpose is to protect the national interest of the United States, and indeed the interests of people throughout the Middle East and around the world.”

“Saddam Hussein must not be allowed to threaten his neighbors or the world with nuclear arms, poison gas or biological weapons.”

- President Bill Clinton, Dec. 16, 1998


"We must stop Saddam from ever again jeopardizing the stability and security of his neighbors with weapons of mass destruction."
- Madeline Albright, Feb 1, 1998 Clinton Secretary of State

"Saddam's goal ... is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed."
- Madeline Albright, 1998 Clinton Secretary of State

Clinton never invaded Iraq.

 

[there4eyeM]

from an interview 9/16/2004:
"The United Nations secretary general, Kofi Annan, declared explicitly for the first time last night that the US-led war on Iraq was illegal.

Mr Annan said that the invasion was not sanctioned by the UN security council or in accordance with the UN's founding charter. In an interview with the BBC World Service broadcast last night, he was asked outright if the war was illegal. He replied: "Yes, if you wish."

He then added unequivocally: "I have indicated it was not in conformity with the UN charter. From our point of view and from the charter point of view it was illegal."

Mr Annan has until now kept a tactful silence and his intervention at this point undermines the argument pushed by Tony Blair that the war was legitimised by security council resolutions."

Lying about the invasion is claiming it was not illegal. International treaties approved by Congress (as applies in this case), become law under the Constitution. So, it was also against that document and, thus, U.S. law.

 

[rdean]

When Bush disbanded Saddam's military and installed a Shiite government friendly with Iran, two things were bound to happen.

1. Iran's influence on the Iraqi government and in the region grew.

2. The partisan government was bound to fall.

This only highlights the GOP's complete ignorance about the people of the Middle East.

Bush: 'I can't remember why we disbanded the Iraqi army'

How Disbanding the Iraqi Army Fueled ISIS

Bush signed a treaty with Iraq making us leave. Obama followed the Bush/GOP signed agreement.. Now watch Republicans try to blame the violence in Iraq on Obama. Even with all the media, the video and the recent history. Republicans are counting on the ignorance and the short attention span of the American people.

Oh look more debunked far left religious scripture.

There was no army to disband and what is known as ISIS was formed in 1999, did not get it's name and spread like wild fire until Obama..

I can't get over the fact that someone is so ignorant they could say Saddam had no army. Then what did Bush Sr. kick out of Kuwait?

Where do they get these right wingers?

I know.

It has to be damp.

 

[there4eyeM]

A secondary mistake hardly outweighs the primary one. 'W's illegal invasion and following, resultant failures made the situation F.U.B.A.R. It is extremely difficult to imagine who could have redeemed things. Obama was not the one, granted, but none better were on offer. Some of us who didn't vote for him see this reality.

Why do you lie about the legality of the Iraq Invasion?

Perhaps you mis-read. That it was not legal is what is stated. That it was legal is false. That it was vastly in error and ruinous to America is evident, especially to our enemies.

 

[rdean]

If Republicans had actually studied the Middle East, they would have known the Sunni and the Shiite had been at war for a thousand years. That's what happens when you mock education. You get your ass handed to you.