I heard them say........

[DainBramaged]

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v27/n03/print/wein01_.html


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In 1992, a year after the first Gulf War, I heard Dick Cheney, then secretary of defense, say that the US had been wise not to invade Baghdad and get ‘bogged down in the problems of trying to take over and govern Iraq’. I heard him say: ‘The question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is: not that damned many.’

In February 2001, I heard Colin Powell say that Saddam Hussein ‘has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbours.’

That same month, I heard that a CIA report stated: ‘We do not have any direct evidence that Iraq has used the period since Desert Fox to reconstitute its weapons of mass destruction programmes.’

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I heard that 100,000 Iraqi civilians were dead. I heard that there was now an average of 150 attacks on US troops a day. I heard that in Baghdad 700 people were being killed every month in ‘non-war-related’ criminal activities. I heard that 1400 American soldiers had been killed and that the true casualty figure was approximately 25,000.

I heard that Donald Rumsfeld had a machine sign his letters of condolence to the families of soldiers who had been killed. When this caused a small scandal, I heard him say: ‘I have directed that in the future I sign each letter.’

I heard the president say: ‘The credibility of this country is based upon our strong desire to make the world more peaceful, and the world is now more peaceful.’

I heard the president say: ‘I want to be the peace president. The next four years will be peaceful years.’

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This is a powerful article. As I type these words, my teeth are clenched and my bowels in a knot.

They got away with it all.

Shame on us.

[Catch22Dem]

1. Thank you for posting it

Very good article. On a lighter note, your screen name cracks me up every damn time, but then again, I'm pretty immature. ;)

[theresistance]

2. And then Rumsfeld say: "we know where the weapons are,

they are here and here..." Then Colin Powell totally contradicts himself by spreading baloney at the Security Council about WMD. It goes on and on...

[Divine Discontent]

3. just sickening.....

They really seem so unintelligent, defensive, devisive, and deceptive.

[DainBramaged]

4. SOTU bump for more lies

[mopaul]

5. unless 'someone' stops them, they'll conquer the Earth

seriously

[cthrumatrix]

6. you have to realize - they can't tell us the truth.....we would impeach

shrubya and his crew..so they LIE

[Moderator]

7. Dain Bramaged

Per DU copyright rules
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Thank you.


DU Moderator

[DainBramaged]

9. They were sentences, and necessary for effect...

I am quite familiar with the rules, thank you.

[hector459]

8. Just a kick... it's worth it.

Thanks

[DainBramaged]

10. Another SOTFU reminder bump

More lies from the lying liar tonight. Any questions, read this article.