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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

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4. I agree. They tortured to get the answers they wanted to justify the Iraq War.

Reply to rhett o rick (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2015, 09:05 AM

Jun 2015

Bush, Cheney and the others operated inside a bubble. If you didn't agree with the team's objectives you were not allowed to play in Rain Deer games.

Governing a nation from inside a bubble is never a good idea. Leading up to the Iraq War we heard every single good reason for not invading expressed on TV. But these good reasons for not invading Iraq were drowned out by the "experts" with louder voices from inside the administration.

They wanted to invade Iraq in the very worst way. Why? The invasion alone caused oil prices to shoot up to $146/barrel. "Contractors" made out like bandits (maybe they actually were bandits). But why? Because Dubya needed to be a "war president'? Maybe it was all of the above.

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I agree. They tortured to get the answers they wanted to justify the Iraq War. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #4