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Rand Paul: Dick Cheney used 9/11 as excuse to invade Iraq for the benefit of Halliburton
In the video, discovered by David Corn at Mother Jones, Paul can be seen standing at a lectern describing Cheneys opinion in 1995, when he said that invading Iraq would be, a disaster, it would be vastly expensive, itd be civil war, we would have no exit strategy.
Paul said:
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In a videotaped 2008 Montana speech, also uncovered by Corn, Paul directly linked Cheney s Halliburton millions to the 2001 Iraq war:
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yes, there is more info plus video:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/07/rand-paul-dick-cheney-used-911-as-excuse-to-invade-iraq-for-the-benefit-of-halliburton/
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)And Rand is a broken cuckoo clock.
warrior1
(12,325 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Paul is absolutely correct on this. It is sad when the truth is dismissed because of politics. And THAT is what the War Criminals, the Wall St. criminals count on. The 'little people' fighting among themselves while they reap the benefits.
But a change is occurring thankfully, and people are learning that the truth is the truth having now had more than a decade to witness the lies close up and the horrific consequences.
And that is what they fear most, that the people will unite against them rather than continue to fall for the 'bait' which worked for so long. But more and more it is not working.
Cheney is a liar and a war criminal and no matter who says it, it is still a fact.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)water is wet.
Speaking of wet, the Hillary 2016 crowd now needs a collective change of underwear.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)can be misleading.
As for the Hillary crowd, I couldn't agree more.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)If he becomes the nominee, Paul will carry the GOP vote in the general election because they hate big government and/or he's simply the GOP nominee and they're voting for their color jersey.
However, among the indies and purplish dems Paul's comment will create a schism from which the Democratic party may not recover in 2016. A significant part of Obama's win in 2008 was war fatigue. Much to our dismay Obama has not capitalized on this sentiment as strongly as he could have. Yes, we left Iraq and are drawing down in Afghanistan but after Libya and a close shave in Syria as well as the on-going drone war and NSA mess Obama appears to be little more than a do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do moralist.
Hillary cannot claim she is the anti-war candidate, nor can Biden or Kerry for that matter. Paul just pulled some of the war fatigue electorate to his side and has depressed a sufficient number of others to put a dent in Democratic voter turnout. He received a war reception in Berkley of all places.
To all the accommodationists out there: THIS is why purity matters. Go-along-to-get-along-ism may seem like a way lasso votes in the near term but in the long term it invariably becomes the rope by which the opponent hangs you.
I'll probably be flamed for this post but I'm just making an observation on what I think I see. I am not giving an endorsement of Paul.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Democrats won the significant anti Bush war vote in 2008 and should have capitalized on that over the past number of years.
One thing I don't think will ever happen, and that is anyone on either side who is committed to changing our foreign policies, either of the Pauls eg, will ever get the presidential nomination. US foreign policy requires candidates willing to continue our current policies of intervention wherever we have 'interests'. They might allow anti war candidates to run in the early stages (see Kucinich eg) but those candidates will be sidelined in the end.
I couldn't agree with you more on this:
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)That's how it works here, right?
IDemo
(16,926 posts)Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)Skidmore
(37,364 posts)is trying to tee up for 2016. One can be anti-Iraq war and anti-Rand Paul at the same time.
Autumn
(44,748 posts)BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)Autumn
(44,748 posts)But obviously that just wouldn't be the proper thing to do. Much easier for them to use the broom and rug. Oh look ..... squirrel.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)Because it's most important to get along for social gatherings & press club dinners. Watch that and it tells you everything you need to know about how our "leaders" view the plebs.
I do wonder why these war criminals think their latest parade is a good idea. Like OJ, they should just be happy they got away with it and slink off under the floorboards. But they just can't help themselves.
Autumn
(44,748 posts)It's really disgusting what they get away with.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)And it makes me question the idea of justice in the universe. It may all be magical thinking. But I do believe in my heart those evil fucks know what they did and I hope their guilty consciences keep them up every night with horrible nightmares. They may appear to be ok, but I guarantee, somewhere in their shriveled hearts/minds, they know. They did it for the money and power, but I do believe baby bush is somewhat of a believer, so it's got to be haunting him. Cheney might just be a true psychopath on the level of Stalin or Pol Pot, so with him you never know.
SevenSixtyTwo
(255 posts)very intelligent and self serving man. Dangerous combination to be in a position of political power. Very interesting read. Thanks for posting.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,626 posts)...you know that mighty Bush - is on his way!
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)I've been screaming for a long time, it's gonna be Jeb. It was ALWAYS meant to be Jeb. The rest were just decoys to keep the heat off him. Why on earth was he teabagging Adelson if he's not gonna run?
Blue Owl
(49,913 posts)n/t
sakabatou
(42,082 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)Says the guy whose ideology dictates that companies REPLACE the government.
G_j
(40,366 posts)when they ALL know it's true.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)He's also a dipshit, so I'm not sorry.
Berlum
(7,044 posts)Degenerate Republican family values. As usual
Hayduke Bomgarte
(1,965 posts)Many of us knew that in real time and were told we were crazy...
ForgoTheConsequence
(4,846 posts)Millions of us knew, and somehow Hillary Clinton did not......