Sen. Durbin (D-IL): "WMDs...Saddam-9/11 connection...none of that existed"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Democrats sharply criticized the administration's Iraq policies. "I think that the political leaders in Washington have failed when it comes to our policy in Iraq. They misled us into believing there were weapons of mass destruction and connections between 9/11 and Saddam Hussein. None of that existed," Sen. Richard Durbin (news, bio, voting record), an Illinois Democrat, said on "Fox News Sunday."

"Here we are, on the third anniversary, with no end in sight," he said.

Cheney said it was important for the whole region and the security of the United States that the insurgency in Iraq does not succeed. "There's a lot at stake here. It's not just about Iraq, it's not about just today's situation in Iraq, it's about where we are going to be 10 years from now in the Middle East," he said. "If they ("terrorists") succeed then the danger is that Iraq will become a failed state as Afghanistan was a few years ago when it was governed by the Taliban," he said. That enabled Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda network to launch attacks against the United States and its allies, Cheney said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060319/pl_nm/iraq_usa_dc

[Hissyspit]

1. Sen. Durbin, some of us knew most of that stuff all along.

But thanks for catching up.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

3. Better late than never, I guess...

Certainly not a "Dick Durbin rips the lid off of the Bush Administration's lies" moment, but a moment nonetheless.

:patriot:

[Radical Activist]

8. No, Durbin voted against the war.

He has been saying this all along. Don't blame Durbin for what OTHER people in the party did. He was one of only two Democratic Senators up for re-election that year who voted against the war, along with Paul Wellstone. Give the man some credit. He deserves it.

[Hissyspit]

12. Sorry. Wasn't paying attention. Got confused when he became Republican!

[Radical Activist]

14. Understandable.

:)

[boobooday]

2. "There's a lot at stake here," says Billion $$ Cheney

"It's about ten years down the road," he says. It's about the insurgency they said would never happen, and was never planned for.

It's about coughing up ONE TRILLION dollar for a war that they promised the American people would pay for itself.

Isn't it grand to have an administration take the White House for eight years and leave us generations of destruction, debt and rancor to deal with. The neocon gift that keeps on giving.

[scubadude]

4. Gee, when did Durbin change party affiliations?

He's a Democrat, that's for sure!

[welshTerrier2]

5. R-IL?

this is terrible ... how could he just switch to the other side like that!!

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

7. OOOOOPS...

Fixed now.

:evilgrin:

[welshTerrier2]

11. thanks ...

i knew you'd fix it ...

just as an aside, i have the fonts in my browser set to a fairly large size ... up until a couple of weeks ago, i thought your username was: Bush_Eats_Bees ... it chopped off the "F" in beef and i always assumed it was bees ... of course, "bees" didn't really make any sense but i thought it was cool anyway ...

if it's all the same to you, i'm going to stick with Bush_Eats_Bees :dunce:

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

13. As Homer Simpson would say...

"Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....STING-Y."

:evilgrin:

:toast:

[Spinzonner]

6. Text says he's a Democrat, your Subject says he's an 'R'

[stevietheman]

9. On the contrary, I think it will benefit the world to "let the insurgency

win"...

Why? Because it will demonstrate to the U.S. military-industrial establishment that the American people and the world will no longer tolerate their imperialistic misadventures.

The game is over, the jig is up. Leave Iraq now.

The insurgents (nee the Iraqi people) deserve to win.

[Radical Activist]

10. That was an excellent interview. The Fox "News" guy when apeshit.

He tried to corner Durbin about Iraq and the censure motion, but Durbin is too smooth for that BS. He seriously stuck it to them. The Fox anchor tried that BS about Bush advising the Senate about wiretapping and Durbin totally called him on it, pointing out that only a few Senators were told. Masterful.