You think so? We were told by the politicians what the intelligence community believed. If you read what the intelligence community really thought, it would be a different assessment. Scott Ritter said Iraq had no wmds and he was a UN weapons inspector.
They lied, GWB wanted to get Saddam Hussein because he threatened his father
Itâs been a long time, but I thought I remembered CIA testimony and such that supported the claims and they admitted to getting it wrong. Yeah, I donât particularly value UN weapons inspectors especially when they werenât allowed to inspect. There were other inspectors saying they couldnât get in to do their job. But Iâm primarily talking about US intelligence.
What I really think (or at least what I remember thinking) happened was Saddam built the myth of WMDs even to the point his own generals thought they had them. I donât think he believed the US would invade and he felt their existence gave his power stability. He was wrong.
I donât mean this as a moral defense of GWB, Iâm not sure whether Iâd prefer it to be a lie or accept that our intelligence services were that wrong and were fooled by an insane 3rd world dictator. Itâs a loose loose, but no, I didnât ultimate read what they did as lying.
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Libertarian explainer from Cato Institute fellow Julian Sanchez
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Disagree. As an underachiever of the Bush name his entire life, GWB wanted to finally do something to Trump his father. Having his fatherâs right hand man and de facto VP James Baker advise against invading Iraq was like waving a red flag in front of a bull.
https://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/08/25/iraq.baker/index.html
Never trust CNNâŠthere is an article by CNN that Bush says
Saddam tried to kill my father
20 years ago, CNN was actually watchable. Read it, Baker is quoted, theyâre Bakerâs words from a NY Times op-ed. Yes, 20 years ago, Republicans still respected the NY Times.
Same quotes from another source: Baker voices caution on Iraq regime change - UPI Archives
Link?
https://edition.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/09/27/bush.war.talk/
there may have been a time where CNN reported the newsâŠlooooonnnnngggg time ago
I still believe Bush had a personal vendetta
Damn, GWB dumber than I remember lol. Maybe he was genuinely too dumb to know Baker wouldâve never said anything publicly w/o the senior Bushâs approval; Baker was the guy they sent to Florida to ensure GWBâs election -100% trusted by senior Bush.
I guess we now know why GWB was given âbadâ intelligence -because if you want to keep your job, you always tell the boss what he wants to hear! It was definitely for personal reasons, and I still think it was for personal reasons not spokenâŠ
If they could have arrested trump with any evidence for any reason, they would have. They investigated every nook and cranny of his life. He just didnât do anything illegal. Clinton did. She probably wonât go to jail, but who knows. The Durham report is not out.
What we are discussing is a court filing. And she has committed many crimes, many, many.
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Think that at your own peril. He had me believing he is a conservative and he is not. I remember reading in his book that deciding to be pro-life was a political calculation. He was open to come out on either side of the issue and almost chose a liberal republican running mate who was pro-choice, but because of political calculus he went pro-life. Meaning in other words, he is an establishment shill. Dumb, I donât think so. He was very calculating all the time. He played both sides against each other to his benefit all the time. What GWB is not is a conservative, he is a uni-party shill.
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One guess:
âI looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy. We had a very good dialogue. I was able to get a sense of his soul; a man deeply committed to his country and the best interests of his country.â
Could have been fun to watch her histrionics. But donât count her out yet. Sheâs says no now. But I donât mind her not running, there is always a chance she could win and we donât need more stupid than we got right now.
I wonder if Putin would have feared Hillary. Doesnât she have a longer kill list than him?