Comments on: Who Didn’t Know This Already? http://www.stageleft.info/2007/04/27/who-didnt-know-this-already/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:00:19 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Treehugger http://www.stageleft.info/2007/04/27/who-didnt-know-this-already/comment-page-1/#comment-111709 Treehugger Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:31:45 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/04/27/who-didnt-know-this-already/#comment-111709 It is such a silly message that the three of them are now propagating: 1) We were in favour of the war in Iraq because the CIA said Saddam was a threat 2) Yes the war is a mess but we still support it wholeheartedly in our "War on Terror" even though the CIA advised otherwise. 3) It's the CIA's fault, all of it, but we must carry on with it. Thank George Tenet for the mess. We will still fix it, just you wait and see.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('111709','Treehugger'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('111709','Treehugger','It is such a silly message that the three of them are now propagating:\r\n\r\n1) We were in favour of the war in Iraq because the CIA said Saddam was a threat\r\n2) Yes the war is a mess but we still support it wholeheartedly in our \"War on Terror\" even though the CIA advised otherwise.\r\n3) It\'s the CIA\'s fault, all of it, but we must carry on with it. Thank George Tenet for the mess. We will still fix it, just you wait and see.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> It is such a silly message that the three of them are now propagating:

1) We were in favour of the war in Iraq because the CIA said Saddam was a threat
2) Yes the war is a mess but we still support it wholeheartedly in our “War on Terror” even though the CIA advised otherwise.
3) It’s the CIA’s fault, all of it, but we must carry on with it. Thank George Tenet for the mess. We will still fix it, just you wait and see.

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]]> By: stageleft http://www.stageleft.info/2007/04/27/who-didnt-know-this-already/comment-page-1/#comment-111702 stageleft Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:34:58 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/04/27/who-didnt-know-this-already/#comment-111702 Bush, Cheney, Rove,... all men looking for an excuse to launch the invasion, September 11 gave them that excuse and no persons counsel would have made any difference in the world. The American public could have, but in the paranoid and fearful state they were led into they believed what they were told; the world was against them, everybody hated them, all had targets on their backs, options were limited, Iraq lurked in plain sight as the next great danger.... and the world didn't care.... uranium.... weapons of mass destruction.... unmanned drones with chemical and biological payloads.... the intelligence was clear.... and the world didn't care.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('111702','stageleft'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('111702','stageleft','Bush, Cheney, Rove,... all men looking for an excuse to launch the invasion, September 11 gave them that excuse and no persons counsel would have made any difference in the world.\r\n\r\nThe American public could have, but in the paranoid and fearful state they were led into they believed what they were told; the world was against them, everybody hated them, all had targets on their backs, options were limited, Iraq lurked in plain sight as the next great danger.... and the world didn\'t care.... uranium.... weapons of mass destruction.... unmanned drones with chemical and biological payloads.... the intelligence was clear.... and the world didn\'t care.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Bush, Cheney, Rove,… all men looking for an excuse to launch the invasion, September 11 gave them that excuse and no persons counsel would have made any difference in the world.

The American public could have, but in the paranoid and fearful state they were led into they believed what they were told; the world was against them, everybody hated them, all had targets on their backs, options were limited, Iraq lurked in plain sight as the next great danger…. and the world didn’t care…. uranium…. weapons of mass destruction…. unmanned drones with chemical and biological payloads…. the intelligence was clear…. and the world didn’t care.

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]]> By: Treehugger http://www.stageleft.info/2007/04/27/who-didnt-know-this-already/comment-page-1/#comment-111696 Treehugger Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:02:43 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/04/27/who-didnt-know-this-already/#comment-111696 Several of us here unhappily predicted most of the current scenario in Iraq back in 2003. If only Bush had consulted us SL, instead of his CIA, he may have avoided the current mess in Iraq. ;)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('111696','Treehugger'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('111696','Treehugger','Several of us here unhappily predicted most of the current scenario in Iraq back in 2003. If only Bush had consulted us SL, instead of his CIA, he may have avoided the current mess in Iraq. ;)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Several of us here unhappily predicted most of the current scenario in Iraq back in 2003. If only Bush had consulted us SL, instead of his CIA, he may have avoided the current mess in Iraq. ;)
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]]> By: stageleft http://www.stageleft.info/2007/04/27/who-didnt-know-this-already/comment-page-1/#comment-111577 stageleft Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:34:28 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/04/27/who-didnt-know-this-already/#comment-111577 <blockquote><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070427/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/tenet_iraq_5" rel="nofollow">The CIA warned the Bush White House</a> seven months before the 2003 Iraq invasion that the U.S. could face a thicket of bad consequences, starting with "anarchy and the territorial breakup" of the country, former CIA Director George Tenet writes in a new book.</blockquote><div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('111577','stageleft'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('111577','stageleft','<blockquote><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20070427\/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe\/tenet_iraq_5\" rel=\"nofollow\">The CIA warned the Bush White House<\/a> seven months before the 2003 Iraq invasion that the U.S. could face a thicket of bad consequences, starting with \"anarchy and the territorial breakup\" of the country, former CIA Director George Tenet writes in a new book.<\/blockquote>'); return false;">Quote</a></div>

The CIA warned the Bush White House seven months before the 2003 Iraq invasion that the U.S. could face a thicket of bad consequences, starting with “anarchy and the territorial breakup” of the country, former CIA Director George Tenet writes in a new book.

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]]> By: links for 2007-04-28 « insignificant thoughts http://www.stageleft.info/2007/04/27/who-didnt-know-this-already/comment-page-1/#comment-111464 links for 2007-04-28 « insignificant thoughts Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:23:48 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/04/27/who-didnt-know-this-already/#comment-111464 [...] Stageleft:. Life on the left side » Blog Archive » Who Didn’t Know This Already? George Tenet, who had no credibility when he liked Bush, now has tons of it since he’s criticizing him. Isn’t that the way it works, anyway? (tags: george tenet cia faillure loser) [...]
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]]> By: Dodos http://www.stageleft.info/2007/04/27/who-didnt-know-this-already/comment-page-1/#comment-111428 Dodos Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:57:27 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/04/27/who-didnt-know-this-already/#comment-111428 No, no, no. It's not true. He is trying to sell a book. Same with Richard Clarke. And anyone else who writes a book about how Bush co. took a country to war under false pretenses.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('111428','Dodos'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('111428','Dodos','No, no, no. It\'s not true. He is trying to sell a book. \r\n\r\nSame with Richard Clarke.\r\n\r\nAnd anyone else who writes a book about how Bush co. took a country to war under false pretenses.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> No, no, no. It’s not true. He is trying to sell a book.

Same with Richard Clarke.

And anyone else who writes a book about how Bush co. took a country to war under false pretenses.

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]]> By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator http://www.stageleft.info/2007/04/27/who-didnt-know-this-already/comment-page-1/#comment-111421 Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:33:12 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/04/27/who-didnt-know-this-already/#comment-111421 <strong>Tenet: No 'serious debate' on Iraq</strong> Former CIA Director George Tenet writes in a new book that Vice President Dick Cheney and other admi<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('111421','Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('111421','Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator','<strong>Tenet: No \'serious debate\' on Iraq<\/strong>\n\nFormer CIA Director George Tenet writes in a new book that Vice President Dick Cheney and other admi'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Tenet: No ’serious debate’ on Iraq

Former CIA Director George Tenet writes in a new book that Vice President Dick Cheney and other admi

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