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stevenleser

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49. Some people are too heavily invested in their revisionist history to accept the truth of what you

Wed Mar 20, 2013, 09:08 AM

Mar 2013

wrote. The other side of that is that countries like Syria, Russia, China, France, Germany, etc., all thought that Iraq had WMD and thought it a good idea to draft up fairly aggressive resolutions to try to force Iraq to accept the Weapons inspectors at the same time (within 72 hours) of when IWR was passed.

It's revisionist history to suggest "They all knew" but some folks are insistent on pushing that meme.

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Blair Cornered on War Crimes - Even BBC s on his case [View all] autorank Mar 2013 OP

More here malaise Mar 2013 #1

Yeah, there's more there...read it carefully...VERY carefully. Clyde Tenson Mar 2013 #31

They can't fool me malaise Mar 2013 #40

Excellent point. snagglepuss Mar 2013 #42

Kick for visibility Denzil_DC Mar 2013 #2

Blair is going down fast malaise Mar 2013 #3

The press in Britain is voracious autorank Mar 2013 #33

Hopefully Tony will the first of many dominoes to fall. RC Mar 2013 #4

I hope this is true. Grateful for Hope Mar 2013 #6

"The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceeding fine." Ikonoklast Mar 2013 #5

Here's Poodle-boy's laps in all their gory.. Cha Mar 2013 #30

LoL autorank Mar 2013 #34

I wonder if Susan's name will come up. formercia Mar 2013 #7

May I ask who you're referring to? Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2013 #8

Susan Lindauer formercia Mar 2013 #11

Like, wow. Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2013 #13

Don't know. formercia Mar 2013 #16

wow grasswire Mar 2013 #20

Amazing interview! JDPriestly Mar 2013 #32

To read later. THanks for posting. snagglepuss Mar 2013 #43

Hey there friend! autorank Mar 2013 #35

Should be interesting, whatever it is. formercia Mar 2013 #47

"Tuff shit, Tony." - George AWOL Bush (R) Berlum Mar 2013 #9

Junior was using his Intuition formercia Mar 2013 #17

k&r n/t RainDog Mar 2013 #10

Bush's poodle? Maybe if he gets nailed, it will be easier to Cleita Mar 2013 #12

I only hope to live long enough skydive forever Mar 2013 #14

Agree...it will be long time coming but be very sweet when it does... KoKo Mar 2013 #15

Everybody KNEW. bvar22 Mar 2013 #18

Thank you. AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #19

I do believe Jon Corzine (D-New Jersey) now has other goals dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #21

Let me remind you azureblue Mar 2013 #22

Well, that is the excuse they hide behind. bvar22 Mar 2013 #46

Some people are too heavily invested in their revisionist history to accept the truth of what you stevenleser Mar 2013 #49

Yep. (nt) harmonicon Mar 2013 #23

"The Official List! ....Thanks for the post...to refresh our memories. n/t KoKo Mar 2013 #28

And the ones that voted for war? MannyGoldstein Mar 2013 #29

Interesting how that worked out... truebrit71 Mar 2013 #44

Thanks!!! Very honorable roll, indeed autorank Mar 2013 #36

Shameful, when ordinary people around the globe knew they were lying, such a small sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #45

Wonder which country is going to shelter him from Hague. US, here he comes, I guess. idwiyo Mar 2013 #24

Recommend....! KoKo Mar 2013 #25

A few people o'er here should face that music too nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #26

They need to feel the lash autorank Mar 2013 #37

No Less So Me. Mar 2013 #27

Hey there autorank Mar 2013 #38

That's because BBC reports news! nt cbrer Mar 2013 #39

Too bad they'll never be held accountable in our hypocritical empires just1voice Mar 2013 #41

All I want to know, really, is when will the people of the world... countryjake Mar 2013 #48