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16. first; decide to invade, second; come up with justification

Mon Mar 20, 2023, 07:39 AM

Mar 2023

"For bureaucratic reasons we settled on one issue, weapons of mass destruction, because it was the one reason everyone could agree on." - wolfowitz

the decision to invade was first, the justification was CREATED later.

"those wmd's gotta be around here some where?' - a humorous GWB

-90% JIMMY

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George W Bush sucks, should burn in hell and is a war criminal [View all] irisblue Mar 2023 OP

Hell yes to all of that!! FoxNewsSucks Mar 2023 #1

I saw an old SNL yesterday with the great Darrell Hammond playing Rumsfeld... hlthe2b Mar 2023 #2

Bush Dios Mio Mar 2023 #3

And how can we forget Cheney? I sure has hell haven't. Lochloosa Mar 2023 #4

There is a limit of words in the title area. I have not forgotten him irisblue Mar 2023 #8

ambulatory pus cyst Lochloosa Mar 2023 #9

I'm in a bit of a bad mood. irisblue Mar 2023 #13

Yes! It was Cheney's war. Bush fell for it. oldsoftie Mar 2023 #27

This map of Iraqi oil fields was on Dick Cheney's desk in the late winter of 2001 Botany Mar 2023 #35

W may have been played, but he was the one who had the audacity to JOKE Neema Mar 2023 #42

Don't forget 'sleaza Rice. live love laugh Mar 2023 #39

I agree. trusty elf Mar 2023 #5

One of my favorite moments Victor_c3 Mar 2023 #24

One Dullard and no sense trusty elf Mar 2023 #6

a titanic dunce trusty elf Mar 2023 #7

He was placed in power by the same people who put his dad in power. twodogsbarking Mar 2023 #10

as seen on TV trusty elf Mar 2023 #11

Dick 5 deferment Cheney Submariner Mar 2023 #12

Cheney profited from the war he helped start RSherman Mar 2023 #15

No argument from me. Should have been hauled before the ICC. LoisB Mar 2023 #14

first; decide to invade, second; come up with justification 90-percent Mar 2023 #16

Nothing beats... czarjak Mar 2023 #17

He needs consequences before he dies malaise Mar 2023 #18

Thank you yes ShepKat Mar 2023 #19

At the time I thought nothing could be worse than baby bush. The Jungle 1 Mar 2023 #20

Yeah. Trump makes him look like the Dali Lama. oldsoftie Mar 2023 #28

It is a hard finger to point. The Jungle 1 Mar 2023 #33

Bartcop pegged the clan. Kid Berwyn Mar 2023 #21

Where... DemUnleashed Mar 2023 #22

Its the 20th anniversary of the Iraq Invasion nt oldsoftie Mar 2023 #29

Hell is too good for some evil basturds. lastlib Mar 2023 #23

All that is needed is a Pearl Harbor type of event. And then there was 9/11. nt Hotler Mar 2023 #25

I truly believe that the Second Gulf war was a HUGE long term strategic mistake. Tommymac Mar 2023 #26

On this anniversary...and every day. FailureToCommunicate Mar 2023 #30

GWB is/was a crooked, lying fuck up. The pride of the GOP. nt TeamProg Mar 2023 #31

"They*" all lied to start a war so Dick Cheney could make bank. Botany Mar 2023 #32

BINGO. WarGamer Mar 2023 #45

I disagree the war in Ukraine is every bit as bad if not worse but it washelped along by TFG ... Botany Mar 2023 #46

Crimea was taken in 2014. former9thward Mar 2023 #57

I'm always amazed how people swoon over his photos with Obama and Clinton News Junkie Mar 2023 #34

Or how people think it's so cute that he paints. I'm talking Neema Mar 2023 #43

I hear ya, but DownriverDem Mar 2023 #36

If you read, "The Destructionists", by Dana Milbank, the whole section on chimpy niyad Mar 2023 #37

Agree. llmart Mar 2023 #38

The invasion of Iraq was a war crime LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2023 #40

Yet people here continue to vote for those who won't bring them to justice Kaleva Mar 2023 #41

He and Putin committed identical crimes. WarGamer Mar 2023 #44

How do you figure that? Mosby Mar 2023 #51

Ok... WarGamer Mar 2023 #60

For now. Xolodno Mar 2023 #52

He caused so much misery to my family and many others AwakeAtLast Mar 2023 #47

So Cheney could make some money! Why haven't Cheney and Bush ever been held accountable? liberal_mama Mar 2023 #48

Fuck Bush ellie Mar 2023 #49

I joined DU on Thu Feb 27, 2003, 02:00 AM (according to my profile) IcyPeas Mar 2023 #50

he sucks and he is a war criminal Skittles Mar 2023 #53

Don't forget Cheney. Rumsfeld. Alberto Gonzales. John Roberts. Karl Rove. Bolton. Condi Rice. Powell Hekate Mar 2023 #54

I got part of it irisblue Mar 2023 #55

Iraq lies. moondust Mar 2023 #56

K & R#75 UTUSN Mar 2023 #58

Yes. Crunchy Frog Mar 2023 #59

+1000 so true... WarGamer Mar 2023 #61