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2016 Postmortem

former9thward

(31,925 posts)

9. Democrats can be devious.

Reply to kimbutgar (Reply #7)

Mon May 13, 2013, 10:29 PM

May 2013

LBJ faked a made up attack on a U.S. destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin. That led to Congress giving LBJ the authority to start a war which killed 55,000 Americans and countless Vietnamese needlessly.

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This Benghazi story smells and I am highly suspious of it. Almost like it was set up. [View all] kimbutgar May 2013 OP

The attack was set up. I have believed that from the day it happened. TwilightGardener May 2013 #1

Romney was completely awful and his response completely graceless karynnj May 2013 #11

And check out the article on the link below too Tx4obama May 2013 #2

Good to see people waking-up and opening their eyes!!!!-NT Anansi1171 May 2013 #3

k/r Dawson Leery May 2013 #4

Good to see the conspiracy crowd is still active on DU. former9thward May 2013 #5

Getting even more crowded. reteachinwi May 2013 #6

I'm not a conspiracy theorist. kimbutgar May 2013 #7

Democrats can be devious. former9thward May 2013 #9

Well to get rid of conspiracy, John2 May 2013 #14

Yes there should be investigations. former9thward May 2013 #16

Pretty sure that it was set up by McCain et al Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #8

Was he behind the death of your handle? former9thward May 2013 #17

he's not that old! Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #21

Okay ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2013 #10

I give up, what? BlueDemKev May 2013 #12

Am Embassy breach ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2013 #15

C'mon man... BlueDemKev May 2013 #19

I SAID ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2013 #20

That's good to know. BlueDemKev May 2013 #22

I don't get what you're trying to tell us. n/t AverageJoe90 May 2013 #13

I think that the video might have been sort of tossed out there by the right-wing Proud Liberal Dem May 2013 #18