Wed Mar 26, 2014, 09:09 PM

Look people - the Iraq War was an honest mistake

Not everyone wanted it, and to be sure some little mistakes were made in interpreting intelligence. But they were honest mistakes. It was all initiated and managed properly, by men and women who love their country. Patriots.

We tortured, killed, and were killed for all the right reasons, and things just didn't work out quite the way we'd hoped other than a lot of the right people making a huge, huge amount of money. But there's nothing wrong with making ginormous money in America off of well-intentioned wars: we don't begrudge the 99% having to make sacrifices so the 1% can buy solid-gold dog houses, because that is who we are.

Schmucks. We are schmucks.

So, to the Purity-Test Left, I ask that you stop the talk of "lying us into war", of "war crimes", of "the need for human decency", and all the rest of your crap that loses elections. No more hatred. No more #%^*ing retarded ideas. Enough from you people.

We must look forward, not back. The future is bright, schmucks.

Regards,

Movin'-forward Manny

169 replies	Author	Time	Post
Look people - the Iraq War was an honest mistake (Original post)	MannyGoldstein	Mar 2014	OP
Haha.	840high	Mar 2014	#1
Oil Oil OiL	12kbush	Mar 2014	#119
Tell that to Obama	RobertEarl	Mar 2014	#2
Ironic that Cheney and Rumsfeld, 2 individuals that benefitted from Obama's look forward,	Dustlawyer	Mar 2014	#68
No, no, no.	fleabiscuit	Mar 2014	#100
It's about time you got on board	PowerToThePeople	Mar 2014	#3
This message was self-deleted by its author	quinnox	Mar 2014	#6
history is revised with getting others onboard	Supersedeas	Mar 2014	#116
Bwahahahah ...luv ya Manny	L0oniX	Mar 2014	#4
Did you not know to look forward and never back?	Rex	Mar 2014	#5
Yes, thanks, and I was recently informed we were all fooled by the WMDs anyhow	quinnox	Mar 2014	#7
irrefutable satellite imagery...	PowerToThePeople	Mar 2014	#11
It was good enough to fool Congress. Well at least Ms. Clinton-Sachs. nm	rhett o rick	Mar 2014	#19
It could have been rendered out of Lego blocks and Congress would have bought it. nt	Buns_of_Fire	Mar 2014	#38
Maybe we should factor in what we now know about the NSA/CIA/FBI cabal. Maybe that will	rhett o rick	Mar 2014	#98
It also fooled	vssmith	Mar 2014	#112
Some day President Cheney's pacemaker	pscot	Mar 2014	#8
Last time I saw the bastard I was pushing the button on my garage door opener like a mad	rhett o rick	Mar 2014	#20
LOL!	MannyGoldstein	Mar 2014	#23
Thanks for the much-needed belly laugh!	Divernan	Mar 2014	#151
LOL. nm	rhett o rick	Mar 2014	#158
McCain would have opposed the war.	ProSense	Mar 2014	#9
The other guy would have been comparatively more bad is a shitty argument.	Ed Suspicious	Mar 2014	#37
Forgetting that Obama ended the Iraq war?	JoePhilly	Mar 2014	#72
It was not his timeline.	former9thward	Mar 2014	#87
No matter whose timeline it was	Erich Bloodaxe BSN	Mar 2014	#101
Yes, there is that...	former9thward	Mar 2014	#108
Words, words, words, we're so sick of words	sabrina 1	Mar 2014	#96
Hmm	jamzrockz	Mar 2014	#123
Because writing is an action..	LanternWaste	Mar 2014	#127
Quite brilliant	malaise	Mar 2014	#10
Obama failed to see that the Iraq war was a huge success.	Vattel	Mar 2014	#12
I am soooo sorry	PowerToThePeople	Mar 2014	#14
By the way, post 12 is supposed to be sarcastic. I am not as good at it as Manny though.	Vattel	Mar 2014	#15
I almost did not post	PowerToThePeople	Mar 2014	#16
The joke was supposed to be in the fact that the speech I quoted was Obama's.	Vattel	Mar 2014	#21
Yes - from here:	Maedhros	Mar 2014	#105
From the point of view of the 1%, the war was a great success. A million dead, 5 million	rhett o rick	Mar 2014	#34
That war was neither honest nor a mistake.	WHEN CRABS ROAR	Mar 2014	#167
BS	Auntie Bush	Mar 2014	#13
We are All Schmuckians Now	tea and oranges	Mar 2014	#25
Oh Jeez, this place has become a parody of itself.	JaneyVee	Mar 2014	#17
Do you support pardoning Bush and the War Criminals? I mean they had good intentions. nm	rhett o rick	Mar 2014	#18
Who has talked about pardons?	leftynyc	Mar 2014	#61
Do I understand that means you are against pardoning them? It would put this mess behind us. nm	rhett o rick	Mar 2014	#86
Deflection is not helping your cause	leftynyc	Mar 2014	#89
Do you consider them 'honorable men'?	sabrina 1	Mar 2014	#121
Are you talking about	leftynyc	Mar 2014	#124
We were against it before we were for it.	Autumn	Mar 2014	#22
double + good	bobduca	Mar 2014	#75
It wasn't honest and it wasn't a mistake.	Autumn	Mar 2014	#79
US foreign policy stance demands dishonest rhetoric	bobduca	Mar 2014	#82
Sure it was all in good fun. But some people don't know how to take a joke.	kenny blankenship	Mar 2014	#24
I do not think this country could take the truth at this point without ...	MindMover	Mar 2014	#26
That's a good point.	CJCRANE	Mar 2014	#40
"Extremely divisive."	Jackpine Radical	Mar 2014	#137
Bull. Those who voted for war were either craven, conned, or corrupt. Iraq was obvious war crime	on point	Mar 2014	#27
Exactly. If this bohunk out in the boonies knew it, so did those in Congress.	Scuba	Mar 2014	#46
What incendiary rubbish. n/t	Whisp	Mar 2014	#28
Burn, baby, burn ...	GeorgeGist	Mar 2014	#39
What? You believed? You think Congress didn't know it was a con?	Scuba	Mar 2014	#47
Schmucks and their money are soon parted..	zeemike	Mar 2014	#29
Dammit.	Phlem	Mar 2014	#150
So did I...and I am not ashamed to say it.	zeemike	Mar 2014	#159
Sure, mistakes were made. But Saddam was way worse than that Hitler guy.	RufusTFirefly	Mar 2014	#30
MUST. LOOK. FORWARD. (It's "the best we could do.")	blkmusclmachine	Mar 2014	#31
Is this sarcasm? Please tell me it is!	YOHABLO	Mar 2014	#32
Depends on how old you are	cprise	Mar 2014	#35
k & r! n/t	wildbilln864	Mar 2014	#33
P.S.	cprise	Mar 2014	#36
If it weren't for the MIC	pscot	Mar 2014	#67
Or...	cprise	Mar 2014	#115
Freedom!	pscot	Mar 2014	#148
Source? I'd like to read the full article. [n/t]	Maedhros	Mar 2014	#107
'U.S. Foreign Arms Sales Make Up Most of Global Market'	cprise	Mar 2014	#117
Awesome! Thank you.[n/t]	Maedhros	Mar 2014	#130
Of all the backtracking Obama's done, this one hurts the most.	reformist2	Mar 2014	#41
I don't even know what I'm going to reply with, but I feel I have to reply to this thread	Victor_c3	Mar 2014	#42
This old vet understands. Thanks for your post.	Scuba	Mar 2014	#48
Many of us know -	TBF	Mar 2014	#51
I'm sorry for what you went through.	LuvNewcastle	Mar 2014	#56
I just want to hug you	Marrah_G	Mar 2014	#94
Thank you for your service.	Maedhros	Mar 2014	#111
sorry, man..	frylock	Mar 2014	#129
I have a teenaged son	MannyGoldstein	Mar 2014	#135
As a mother	libodem	Mar 2014	#145
I know you were lied to and deceived	JustAnotherGen	Mar 2014	#153
I wonder if there is a "RINO Ronnie" over on FR	CJCRANE	Mar 2014	#43
Freepers don't do cognitive dissonance	Fumesucker	Mar 2014	#45
Manny is the Stephen Colbert of DU.	CJCRANE	Mar 2014	#52
I have never considered Colbert juvenile	leftynyc	Mar 2014	#62
"insults liberals"?	Capt. Obvious	Mar 2014	#74
Manny is pretending to be a fictional Democrat insulting other Democrats	CJCRANE	Mar 2014	#92
btw	Capt. Obvious	Mar 2014	#95
Fair enough.	CJCRANE	Mar 2014	#97
Manny is laughing at all of us.	MannyGoldstein	Mar 2014	#142
Yeah, but we're ~elite~ schmucks	Fumesucker	Mar 2014	#166
Yes, we should all go along with war for whatever reason, because otherwise we won't win elections.	Scuba	Mar 2014	#49
I don't agree with Obama on this issue either	CJCRANE	Mar 2014	#60
What do you want? Mission Accomplished!	Enthusiast	Mar 2014	#44
When do you want it? Duhhhhhhhh,	snort	Mar 2014	#85
Half the people in the Country don't vote and we think it's because they're lazy.	Scuba	Mar 2014	#50
+1000	LuvNewcastle	Mar 2014	#57
Half?!?!?!?!? Two thirds don't vote. A 30% turnout is a headline.	marble falls	Mar 2014	#58
Sorry - but a lot are simply lazy	leftynyc	Mar 2014	#63
I agree the two parties are not the same. But they're not different enough.	Scuba	Mar 2014	#64
Since the only REAL, lasting legacy	leftynyc	Mar 2014	#66
You nailed it this time -	TBF	Mar 2014	#53
du rec.	xchrom	Mar 2014	#54
Calm, Cool, and Collected, President Obama Schools ABC Reporter During Press Conference at The Hague	ProSense	Mar 2014	#55
Where's Sid?	marble falls	Mar 2014	#59
canada	bobduca	Mar 2014	#83
Off getting his daily enema.	Dragonfli	Mar 2014	#149
Nyuk nyuk nyuk! He should take his time.	marble falls	Mar 2014	#162
Pic of the process	n2doc	Mar 2014	#65
Shrub Shrugged	trusty elf	Mar 2014	#69
This thread needs more yellowcake	RandoLoodie	Mar 2014	#70
So Putin should get free pass on agression because Iraq.	Progressive dog	Mar 2014	#71
No, but this country has no moral credibility commenting on anyone invading anything	RandoLoodie	Mar 2014	#78
That is exactly what I thought was meant by the OP.	Progressive dog	Mar 2014	#80
I don't think that is the point	RandoLoodie	Mar 2014	#84
It is exactly the point and you just repeated it.	Progressive dog	Mar 2014	#102
That isn't what I am claiming	RandoLoodie	Mar 2014	#106
Yes you said what you said and	Progressive dog	Mar 2014	#109
It gets better	RandoLoodie	Mar 2014	#110
Logical Fallacy alert. Well right back at yeah, "Should we Stand Our Ground and nuke Putin?" nm	rhett o rick	Mar 2014	#99
Eithern you don't know what a logical fallacy is or	Progressive dog	Mar 2014	#103
No one suggested that Putin should get a free pass and you claim. nm	rhett o rick	Mar 2014	#138
Yes, that's exactly what I said!	MannyGoldstein	Mar 2014	#140
No alternate reality is necessary to understand	Progressive dog	Mar 2014	#146
No, because Ukraine is about austerity, gas, and Monsanto.	grahamhgreen	Mar 2014	#163
K&R	DeSwiss	Mar 2014	#73
This some f*kkin JOKE???	Boxerfan	Mar 2014	#76
Satire. And quite well done.	WinkyDink	Mar 2014	#160
100,000+ dead were better than Saddam. Remember he paid the families of Palestinian suicide bombers.	Jesus Malverde	Mar 2014	#77
We shouldn't bicker and squabble	lumberjack_jeff	Mar 2014	#81
Can't I look forward to seeing Cheney and Bush in handcuffs?	tclambert	Mar 2014	#88
Such cleverness	lillypaddle	Mar 2014	#90
Keep up the excellent work Manny - God knows, we need a laugh!	polichick	Mar 2014	#91
Yep. And, now we kill civilians (for their own good) with drones and call it "unforturnate".	Tierra_y_Libertad	Mar 2014	#93
Indeed.	Maedhros	Mar 2014	#113
If you are being sarcastic or satirical, please indicate so. nt	raccoon	Mar 2014	#104
Click on his "Journal" button	annabanana	Mar 2014	#136
The entire TONE indicated it.	WinkyDink	Mar 2014	#161
No, it was a lie to steal taxpayer dollars and steal oil!	santamargarita	Mar 2014	#114
Schmucks	Puzzledtraveller	Mar 2014	#118
Why is it that I have this guy on "Full Ignore" and yet I still have to see these moronic posts?	Richardo	Mar 2014	#120
You don't have to see them. Let me help you to not see anything you don't want to see.	sabrina 1	Mar 2014	#122
I do believe that might be too complicated for the bots.	Phlem	Mar 2014	#152
For a guy who isn't paying a dime for DU's services, you're pretty demanding	MannyGoldstein	Mar 2014	#139
Did you say full ignore?	bobduca	Mar 2014	#169
War Crimes never go away, they are too horrible to ever be forgotten	Corruption Inc	Mar 2014	#125
I gotta wear shades....	mike_c	Mar 2014	#126
Golly, gee, everyone makes mistakes, after all.	valerief	Mar 2014	#128
I figured it wouldn't take long for you to show up with another shit-and-run special.	Arkana	Mar 2014	#131
and we fucking lied and bribed our asses off to get that coalition..	frylock	Mar 2014	#132
Do you think that Bushs "NSA" came in handy for that?	Autumn	Mar 2014	#144
Ah yes, the Coaltion of the Billing!	Divernan	Mar 2014	#155
Slick post, distressing content	DevineBovine	Mar 2014	#133
Actually, it WAS an honest mistake.	Kablooie	Mar 2014	#134
Well and succinctly stated!	Divernan	Mar 2014	#156
We voted for the guy who knew it was a mistake from the get-go.	Baitball Blogger	Mar 2014	#141
He was against it before he was for it, lol!	grahamhgreen	Mar 2014	#165
Good one, Manny!	kath	Mar 2014	#143
Pssst....	Spitfire of ATJ	Mar 2014	#147
Did he say it was "initiated and managed properly" ??	gollygee	Mar 2014	#154
To use a legal term, what President Obama did was to distinguish the Iraq war from Crimea	Gothmog	Mar 2014	#157
I agree, the Iraq war is distinguised in that it was a far worse crime. Especially torture, right?	grahamhgreen	Mar 2014	#164
Well, in Rumsfeld's fevered imagination the Iraqis greeted us with flowers and candy.	Maedhros	Mar 2014	#168

Look people - the Iraq War was an honest mistake

1. Haha.

119. Oil Oil OiL

2. Tell that to Obama

68. Ironic that Cheney and Rumsfeld, 2 individuals that benefitted from Obama's look forward,

100. No, no, no.

3. It's about time you got on board

116. history is revised with getting others onboard

4. Bwahahahah ...luv ya Manny

5. Did you not know to look forward and never back?

7. Yes, thanks, and I was recently informed we were all fooled by the WMDs anyhow

11. irrefutable satellite imagery...

19. It was good enough to fool Congress. Well at least Ms. Clinton-Sachs. nm

38. It could have been rendered out of Lego blocks and Congress would have bought it. nt

98. Maybe we should factor in what we now know about the NSA/CIA/FBI cabal. Maybe that will

112. It also fooled

8. Some day President Cheney's pacemaker

20. Last time I saw the bastard I was pushing the button on my garage door opener like a mad

23. LOL!

151. Thanks for the much-needed belly laugh!

158. LOL. nm

9. McCain would have opposed the war.

37. The other guy would have been comparatively more bad is a shitty argument.

72. Forgetting that Obama ended the Iraq war?

87. It was not his timeline.

101. No matter whose timeline it was

108. Yes, there is that...

96. Words, words, words, we're so sick of words

123. Hmm

127. Because writing is an action..

10. Quite brilliant

12. Obama failed to see that the Iraq war was a huge success.

14. I am soooo sorry

15. By the way, post 12 is supposed to be sarcastic. I am not as good at it as Manny though.

16. I almost did not post

21. The joke was supposed to be in the fact that the speech I quoted was Obama's.

105. Yes - from here:

34. From the point of view of the 1%, the war was a great success. A million dead, 5 million

167. That war was neither honest nor a mistake.

13. BS

25. We are All Schmuckians Now

17. Oh Jeez, this place has become a parody of itself.

18. Do you support pardoning Bush and the War Criminals? I mean they had good intentions. nm

61. Who has talked about pardons?

86. Do I understand that means you are against pardoning them? It would put this mess behind us. nm

89. Deflection is not helping your cause

121. Do you consider them 'honorable men'?

124. Are you talking about

22. We were against it before we were for it.

75. double + good

79. It wasn't honest and it wasn't a mistake.

82. US foreign policy stance demands dishonest rhetoric

24. Sure it was all in good fun. But some people don't know how to take a joke.

26. I do not think this country could take the truth at this point without ...

40. That's a good point.

137. "Extremely divisive."

27. Bull. Those who voted for war were either craven, conned, or corrupt. Iraq was obvious war crime

46. Exactly. If this bohunk out in the boonies knew it, so did those in Congress.

28. What incendiary rubbish. n/t

39. Burn, baby, burn ...

47. What? You believed? You think Congress didn't know it was a con?

29. Schmucks and their money are soon parted..

150. Dammit.

159. So did I...and I am not ashamed to say it.

30. Sure, mistakes were made. But Saddam was way worse than that Hitler guy.

31. MUST. LOOK. FORWARD. (It's "the best we could do.")

32. Is this sarcasm? Please tell me it is!

35. Depends on how old you are

33. k & r! n/t

36. P.S.

67. If it weren't for the MIC

115. Or...

148. Freedom!

107. Source? I'd like to read the full article. [n/t]

117. 'U.S. Foreign Arms Sales Make Up Most of Global Market'

130. Awesome! Thank you.[n/t]

41. Of all the backtracking Obama's done, this one hurts the most.

42. I don't even know what I'm going to reply with, but I feel I have to reply to this thread

48. This old vet understands. Thanks for your post.

51. Many of us know -

142. Manny is laughing at all of us.