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55. Now we are on the verge of Invading Libya and Syria, and who's cheering that on?

Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:27 AM

Jul 2016

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The terror flag is waved over the Syrian expedition but why exactly are we going to Libya? Oh Yeah, more terrah, and Oil and...oh yeah, terrah again.

Has anyone been paying attention to who is planting our flag in the middle east and why? Has anyone noticed the same patterns of mis-information and mission creep as occurred with Iraq and Afghanistan? Why does this get so little press?

Have you noticed who is desperate for military adventure and who rattles the sabers down in Foggy Bottom and up on the Hill?

And by the way why do we have 800-odd bases of various kinds and sizes all over Africa? Who's using them and why did the out-going commander of AFRICOM tell Congress that 400+ mission events were not discussable in the committee that oversees that particular aspect of military action and funding? Where were the NYT or the Post reporters when the committee reported out?

Does anyone here have that answer, anyone at all? The players and the song remain the same. It is only the name of the game that has changed.

Has anyone noticed a pattern of commentary on foreign policy which seems to worry about a Trump presidency kicking off more war, but no one discusses what happens if he's not president? It's as if more war could only come about if someone that extreme had the office. And for that matter how is just a bit less war than that an acceptable condition?

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MUST READ - The war in Iraq was not a blunder or a mistake. It was a crime [View all] malaise Jul 2016 OP

This is not news to most. peace13 Jul 2016 #1

+1,000 malaise Jul 2016 #3

What? Can't hear you! chapdrum Jul 2016 #50

I remember about six years ago watching Rachel Maddow, when Akamai Jul 2016 #54

Are we really supposed to believe that governments, media corps, etc., Frank Cannon Jul 2016 #5

+1,000 malaise Jul 2016 #11

the truth is heaven05 Jul 2016 #34

Gee, they ban you here if the important folk deem anything "consiracy theory" n/t Wisc Progressive Jul 2016 #36

Blair was Bush/Cheney's poodle Martin Eden Jul 2016 #2

But there's no discussion in the US malaise Jul 2016 #4

Exactly Martin Eden Jul 2016 #12

The US is behaving like an empire malaise Jul 2016 #13

I don't know what we can do yeoman6987 Jul 2016 #18

way more important for Repugs to investigate the investigations NoMoreRepugs Jul 2016 #28

Bush and Cheney had a kennel of poodles beating the drums for their war. All deserve our contempt. Scuba Jul 2016 #15

I hope none of them were Democrats Martin Eden Jul 2016 #24

Resistance if future and the past does not matter. Wisc Progressive Jul 2016 #37

Not in my morning paper at all. Octafish Jul 2016 #6

Of course not malaise Jul 2016 #10

My mistake! Freep buried story at bottom of ''U.S./World'' column on page 2 of print edition... Octafish Jul 2016 #16

Folks are only just now finding this out? Blue_Tires Jul 2016 #7

Of course the Iraq war was a crime. joshdawg Jul 2016 #8

Along with everyone who enabled them n/t arcane1 Jul 2016 #27

Are there enough prisons? We could cast a wide net and create a ruckus here for doing so. n/t Wisc Progressive Jul 2016 #38

K&R... spanone Jul 2016 #9

935 lies by w bush, Cheney, Rummy, Rice, and so on Botany Jul 2016 #14

935 lies by w bush, Cheney, Rummy, Rice, and so on AlbertCat Jul 2016 #17

But OMG let's make sure we draw and quarter Hillary for some stupid emails... calimary Jul 2016 #19

+1,000! maddiemom Jul 2016 #23

What justice could we have reached if THIS level of inquisition had been applied to kkkarl rove, calimary Jul 2016 #25

Hillary Schmillary AlbertCat Jul 2016 #26

Actually, I did have a problem with her vote. I supported Barack Obama in 2008 calimary Jul 2016 #31

If I had been her I still would have voted against. chknltl Jul 2016 #46

So the emails can be played into a useful distraction by those with different agendas? n/t Wisc Progressive Jul 2016 #39

"How could anyone have voted to let such a obvious scam proceed?" Botany Jul 2016 #22

How?? $$$. They were paid; they profited. lastlib Jul 2016 #52

The word is obfuscation malaise Jul 2016 #20

Lying About WMD's Was A Crime - Will Never Be Prosecuted Yallow Jul 2016 #21

You're right malaise Jul 2016 #30

I think that "looking for a pretext for war" is evil. Electric Monk Jul 2016 #29

You see shadowmayor Jul 2016 #32

You know what's tragic about this? matt819 Jul 2016 #33

Been thinking about the two SAS captured in Basra and how the mask slipped suffragette Jul 2016 #35

BBC kept changing the story. OnyxCollie Jul 2016 #41

Yep. DU is a great source for that history, since people here posted the evolving suffragette Jul 2016 #45

Nothing will convince me that it wasn't men like these who blew up that malaise Jul 2016 #51

The Iraq War paved the way for the humanitarian tragedy that is present in that region today IgelJames4 Jul 2016 #40

The Democratic Party Honor Roll: bvar22 Jul 2016 #42

The remaining cowards pretended "Oh, that clever Bush fooled me with his guile!" arcane1 Jul 2016 #43

+155 Martin Eden Jul 2016 #53

I believe this story has been stored since 2003 in the file marked "N S, S." WinkyDink Jul 2016 #44

Yup. The one person I would vote for in an instant sangfroid Jul 2016 #47

The bush cartel The Wizard Jul 2016 #48

There are still Republicans in office today who claim Iraq was behind 9/11. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2016 #49

Now we are on the verge of Invading Libya and Syria, and who's cheering that on? Ford_Prefect Jul 2016 #55