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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:35 PM Original message |
Richard Perle: We had the very best of intentions |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's rich. |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. "Our intentions were so good, we could have paved a road to hell with them..." |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. "Magical Thinking" doesn't affect reality. Reality bites, especially if you're unaware of it. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. They DID indeed pave a super-hiway to hell with those "best" intentions. |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
65. No shit! Don't you just love this sudden outbreak of altruism from this |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. Doesn't matter if you have the very worst of criminal tactics. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. This guy deserves the Swamp Rat treatment |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 06:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
62. he has....wait a minute. I'll find it |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. He captured his lizardly nature |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
5. The last three paragraphs... |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
42. Let's add |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. I believe him, but don't think that exonerates him. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. "I believe him" . . oh, my. nt |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. All I see is "Ignored" |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Laughs |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Deleted sub-thread |
acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
45. That's funny. Letting ideology blind you to reality? Oh Hell's Bells. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. I apologize for disagreeing with you. |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. You give yourself too much credit. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
59. Given the tenor of your replies I just assumed I had upset you. n/t |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Read what I posted down thread. Maybe you'll get a clue. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. No, we're "dumbasses". nt |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Whoops! Not 'talking' to you. Talking the the guy who 'believes' |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Well... |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I thought you thought I was calling you a dumbass. Although I didn't know |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I know you know that I know that! |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
39. Most people believe they are acting with good intentions |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. And you know this how? |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Their actions are what matters in the end |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #49 |
70. "Neoconservatives believed that they were going to bring democracy to Iraq" |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Regardless |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. I'll go with Stalin, Hitler, Mao or Pol Pot for why that argument |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. They acted with good intentions too |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. I rest my case. nt. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Apparently you haven't actually read any books/articles about the core NeoConservatives. They were |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 05:04 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. Thank you n/t |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. "We went there to manage a threat to our own safety." How does that fit into their "vision"? |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 07:25 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. eh? |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 09:38 AM Response to Reply #50 |
69. and that somehow equates to "the very best of intentions:? |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
73. No surprise there n/t |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. There were and are *NO* WMD in Iraq! |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. He's looking more and more like Hermann Goering nt |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. I'm not interested in your intentions and your actions have already resulted in... |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
12. O RLY? |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
14. I don't consider corporate profits and US hegemony to be best intentions. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
15. "with WMD in hand, they need succeed only once" |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. Richard, Richard, you should have known |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. well, to be fair, they were motivated by greed, power and profit. Which, to a conservative, |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
20. So the whole "democracy" thing in Iraq, that was a "while we're at it" |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
21. A litte background on Mr. Good Intentions: |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
23. Excuse me while I vomit. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. OMFG! |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
27. This and his so-called "documentary" (read: infomercial) on PBS |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
28. YOU BASTARD!!! YOU ARRANGED PROFITEERING MEETINGS!!!! |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
29. We had the very best intentions -- of enriching Halliburton, Blackwater and the Carlisle Group. nt |
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keopeli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
30. Once again, the criminals are trying to frame the story. Sorry, Pearle, the truth is obvious. |
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Phredicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
32. There's no such thing as a well-intentioned bombing the shit out of a place; |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
35. Neo-Conservatism started out with good intentions just like all idealogies |
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prole_for_peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
37. i call BULLSHIT on this. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
38. Despite the power riches and all the military might |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
40. More pearles of wisdom.. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
41. What's that saying about the road to hell? |
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iamahaingttta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
43. Fuck you, Richard Perle! |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
47. "Any excuse will serve a tyrant." Aesop - Attacking bogeymen is a favorite. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
51. LIAR! |
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RobertSeattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
52. The NeoCon "get out of guilt card" |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
53. Isn't that what they pave the road to hell with? n/t |
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Terri S (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
54. Why does anyone listen to this bastard? |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
55. From his POV, Genghis Khan had the best of intentions as |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
56. Needing a new Pearl Harbor is not the best in intentions. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
60. FEAR, REWRITE HISTORY, FEAR, REWRITE HISTORY, FEAR, REWRITE HISTORY, |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
61. To quote the free mason from the movie, National Treasure, |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
64. We need to see Richard "Good Intentions" Perle fight for the middleweight |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
66. Didn't some of the Nazi's at the Nuremberg Trials say the same thing??? |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
68. "I'm sorry my sister has a bruise, but my decision to hit her was for her own good." |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
76. I guess his conscience is bothering him now. |
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