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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:13 PM Original message |
'Bush's Faustian Deal With the Taliban'..L.A.Times May 22, 2001 |
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lisby (254 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Jesus H. Christ |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. no shit. |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. Funny how reality keeps coming back to haunt us. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. I remember it well... |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Just sent it to Olbermann for what it's worth. Aiding and abetting? |
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CheshireCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. People at DU were appalled |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. I was OUTRAGED when that happened--most DUers were |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. So, did our government help finance 9/11?? If not directly...... |
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RDU Socialist (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 05:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. the taliban didn't attack, al qaeda did |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 05:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Of course it was. The Taliban gave bin Laden sanctuary in 1996. |
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RDU Socialist (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 05:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. the point is the $43 million didn't go towards 9/11 |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
29. How do you know this? Is it just a guess? Or something else? n/t |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:17 AM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Surely that much money given to the taliban... when the B*sh |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 06:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. And how much more widespread were these deals. Bet Sibel knows.... |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 11:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
32. Yup. never forgot that one. |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. The drugs war corrupts all common sense |
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ninkasi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 06:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I agree |
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Chomp (602 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
11. Wow...kick.........nt |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 05:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Guess who personally delivered the $43 Million? |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. The Shrub? |
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PRETZEL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:40 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I remember it being Colin Powell...........n/t |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:18 AM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Rummy?. . . .n/t |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
16. a trip down memory lane -- kick. |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 06:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. And another kick. |
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texasleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 11:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
30. yup, we discussed it here back then |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. Also.... |
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chat_noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. later in 2001 the US directed the massacre of 3000 Taliban prisoners |
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petgoat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
22. They paid Taliban to outlaw opium production, which |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
23. $43 million buys a lot of aid and comfort |
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PRETZEL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
27. the Unocal Project predates Bush by a few years, |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Maybe it was a bait and switch... |
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PRETZEL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 01:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I'm not sure what to think of this, |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Taliban in control since 1996... |
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PRETZEL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Good points, |
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sojourner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
31. K & R |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
36. They didn't expect Osama to attack the US in a big way, |
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Hoping4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. That's incorrect. The US did expect terrorist attacks from Osama. |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. "In a big way" |
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Hoping4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. That is the position of Wolfowitz but its not true. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
38. Why couldnt we have impeached him for this? |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
39. Hha hah hah |
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AnarchoFreeThinker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
43. big-ass kick! |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
44. Three words: BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Don't you mean F/911? |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
45. I Met Robert Scheer At the UCLA Book Fair!! |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
47. Former CIA Director Richard McGarrah Helms Niece, Laili Helms, |
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