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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 01:50 PM Original message |
Obama Appointed Secretary of Defense Penetta Says US Invaded Iraq Because of 9/11?!?!?! |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. That is exactly the reason for the wars... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. that's not at all what he said.... |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Sad that a DOD Secretary under a Democrat is still parroting neocon talking |
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mazzarro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. And this is one example of the reasons some people say the |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
45. No question as to who is running the country |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. BushCo went into Iraq to please the MIC, to give himself the "War President" aura, |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. he also did it to rescue his daddy's balls from the desert of Iraq. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
42. Disgracefully so, imo |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
51. +1,000 n/t |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Neocons arent just Republicans |
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xphile (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. True that. +1 n/t |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
54. Seems more an more true the further on down the road we go... |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. 2nd verse same as the first, 2nd verse, just a little bit worse |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Very creepy indeed. n/t |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. once you find someone willing to sell their grandmother into slavery... |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. The CIA is its own quasi-military. Complete with wars and assassinations. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. He also said that we will keep 70,000 troops in Afuckistan |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Yep. Wars without end. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Well he was at the CIA before Defense so |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. Technically, he is correct: We illegally invaded Iraq when given the excuse of 9/11. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I thought it was due to WMDs and mushroom clouds and chemical weapons |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
44. Those WMD's are here somewhere! |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. Many neocons have been Democrats, like Scoop Jackson |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. and vice versa (and one can change the verb tense, too, to the present) |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
43. Throw Sam Nunn in there |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Ah yes, how could I forget him, the one whose response to letting LGBT troops serve |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. bullshit leon, junior was trying to prove to papa he was a big boy. nothing else. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. AND HE IS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE! |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. he is Obama's secretary of defense, deliberately and by design. got it? nt |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Oh, I got it. It was his choice, out of anyone it could have been. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. he's fucking over there rattling sabres at iran.....we are fucked |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. One more piece of disappointing news to add to the puzzle... |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. So far, Penetta has done this, is pushing Iraq to decide |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Disappointing? |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
46. Yeah...I know. I was trying to be "Politically Correct"...but yeah... |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. ... |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
26. The continuing story of Obama and his administration accepting and promulgating the |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
27. He's brainwashed, too? |
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Liberalynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
28. Revisionist History Anyone? |
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dissidentboomer (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
29. "Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss." |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. He's more correct than he knows. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
32. Not that 9-11 excuse again! He's either stupid or a crook. nt |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Please... do you really think that Leon Panetta, the ex-CIA director is ignorant |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I don't think for a second that Panetta is dumb. My statement was |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
33. I feel like Americans are in a giant garbage can and that the |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
53. You make an interesting point... SUFFOCATION! Thanks for that point. n/t |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
34. Ah the old problem with integrity... |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
35. Once a neocon clown, always a fucking neocon clown |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
36. Whenever I am feeling really stupid, I just turn on the TVEE for about |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
38. Go Two Party System!!! |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. I know I shouldn't have as the implications are painful, but |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
41. OMG, did Panetta go to Bush school? |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
47. You deny that Bush invaded Iraq because of 9/11?... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Oh Come On there SID...We Invaded Iraq because they had Fellatious WMD...put out by |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Anyone who has not been in a coma for 8 years knows |
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