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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 05:45 AM Original message |
George H W Bush admits that he invaded Iraq for oil |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 06:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. Revolting crew they are. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 06:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Add this fugging liar of a war criminal to the posse |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. Huh, George HW Bush didn't really invade Iraq |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 06:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It was about stealing oil by any means necessary n/t |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 06:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. You are right |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 06:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Good morning |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 07:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Did you read about Rome destroying Carthage? |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 07:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Did you read about Rome destroying the Temple in Jerusalem? |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 06:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. yep |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 07:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Another dude gets the wrong war |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 07:40 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Welcome to DU, dude! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 07:44 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. LOL |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:00 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Are you still confused? |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
52. This little piggie went to market |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
50. None of any of those matters a whit to anyone who supported junior's Iraqi adventure |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Thats the way I see it too |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 06:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Not really - US forces didn't take over Iraq, and Kuwait kept its oil |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 06:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. And Iraq's oil? n/t |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 07:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. American corporations have now obtained contracts to drill Iraq's oil. |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 07:26 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. You are confusing the two Iraq Wars |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:01 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. You are beating your head against a tree. 'Pet hates' exist, and the |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:12 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. It's more like a brick wall - but it does come down brick by brick |
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BlueMTexpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 07:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Actually, it WAS about oil - it was about provoking Saddam to do |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 07:59 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. OK, so we goaded Saddam to invade Kuwait, then left him weaker |
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BlueMTexpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
58. Did you ever read the text of Ms Glaspie's cable? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
46. Cool, then why don't you go research April Gillespie, |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. April Gillespie at the beginning, but let's not forget the denouement |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. I heard about April's comments two days after she said them |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 07:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. It's more than that. The leadership needs Iraq as a military platform to exert influence. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 07:08 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Good point |
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think4yourself (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 07:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Spot On. |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
32. George HW Bush didn't keep Iraq under occupation |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
47. Three generations of Bush men have eyed Iraq's oil... |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. Oil is a cover - it's a little bit more complex than that |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
8. that "roundtable" booked for its own circle of Hell. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 06:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. What a bunch |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 07:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. They weren't really such bad guys |
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megax5000 (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
18. hmm |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 07:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. You seem well informed |
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think4yourself (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 07:41 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Never thought I'd say this |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 07:45 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. If you call his version of what and where he was when kennedy was killed |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 07:46 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Don't you love how some people |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. It's not hijacking on purpose, it's just confusion |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #36 |
48. I don't think any of us are confused about the two bushes, except for you |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:27 AM Response to Reply #28 |
45. Generally it winds up sending me off to projects I need to do around the place |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:05 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. OK. So HW had dinner with the shooter's parents the night before |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #34 |
49. Many share the same thoughts too |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:03 AM Response to Reply #25 |
33. No kidding |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
35. "Clear my conscience" deathbed confession? |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Naw, they're just afraid of Wikileaks. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:15 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Exactly what I was thinking ... all of a sudden they are all talking. nt |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
54. Kuwait's gold was stolen by Saddam Hussein |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:09 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. That was my first thought |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
39. Let me put it this way, if Cheney is Darth Vader, then George H W Bush is the Emperor. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:15 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. If GHW is the Emperor |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. True dat! |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
44. That was admitted at the time |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
57. The first Iraq War had a much stronger case in favor of it... |
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