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LIBBY SENTENCED TO
30 MONTHS HARD TIME,
2YRS PROBATION,
$250,000 FINE
CHENEY PERPETUATES THE BIG LIE
TO WYOMING HIGH SCHOOL KIDS
Thanx to AfterDowning Street.com for this link
This post, written by Nico Pitney, originally appeared on Think Progress
"Addressing about 100 wide-eyed Wyoming high school students learning about government and the political process," (the smart ones actually got a lesson in how these Bushies have been lying to "the People") Vice President Cheney yesterday repeated one of the key fabrications that helped send the United States into war. During the question and answer session, one student asked, "I was wondering -- I'm not trying to start a debate, or anything, but do you still think that the Iraq war can be won?"
Cheney immediately answered "yes," adding, "I think we're making significant progress now." (he must have recently been shopping in the new McCain Plaza there , somewhere north-south-east or west of the Green Zone!!)
He then launched into a justification of the war, citing the September 11 attacks. "The fact of the matter is Iraq is part of the global war on terror," he told the students. "And you've got to go back and look at what happened on 9/11." Cheney recounted the tale of the late al-Qaeda operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, one of the administration's great pre-war myths:
The worst terrorist we had in Iraq was a guy named Abu Musab al Zarqawi, a Jordanian by birth; served time in a Jordanian prison as a terrorist, was let out on amnesty. (key-word usage here) ... Then when we launched into Afghanistan after 9/11, he was wounded, and fled to Baghdad for medical treatment, and then set up shop in Iraq. So he operated in Jordan, he operated in Afghanistan, then he moved to Iraq.
The implication that Zarqawi helped justify the war was thoroughly debunked last year by the Senate Intelligence Committee, then chaired by Bush loyalist Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS.) It found: Saddam Hussein attempted, unsuccessfully, to locate and capture al-Zarqawi and...the regime did not have a relationship with, harbor, or turn a blind eye toward Zarqawi. [p. 109]
Adding insult to injury, earlier in the event, Cheney was asked about the "values or philosophy" he has developed (I'm surprised that he didn't tell this questioner to go f*&k themself) during his 40 years of government service. He answered, "I basically developed a great respect for American history." (..but he obviously hasn't learned anything from it, especially that one "piece of paper"...)
Nico Pitney is the Deputy Research Director for Think Progress.
SO, YOU THINK WE ONLY HAVE ONE "OFFICIAL" CHENEY TO WORRY ABOUT?
READ THIS...
THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS NEWS OF THE DAY!!!
Lynne Cheney slated to replace deceased Wyoming Senator????
I read it somewhere this morning, still looking for the link: if it is true, we have an even more serious Cheney problem!!!
SHADES OF MARTHA MITCHELL!!!
Blue text is my own commentary.
Violet text is the blog quote of the day.
LIBBY SENTENCED TO
30 MONTHS HARD TIME,
2YRS PROBATION,
$250,000 FINE
CHENEY PERPETUATES THE BIG LIE
TO WYOMING HIGH SCHOOL KIDS
Thanx to AfterDowning Street.com for this link
This post, written by Nico Pitney, originally appeared on Think Progress
"Addressing about 100 wide-eyed Wyoming high school students learning about government and the political process," (the smart ones actually got a lesson in how these Bushies have been lying to "the People") Vice President Cheney yesterday repeated one of the key fabrications that helped send the United States into war. During the question and answer session, one student asked, "I was wondering -- I'm not trying to start a debate, or anything, but do you still think that the Iraq war can be won?"
Cheney immediately answered "yes," adding, "I think we're making significant progress now." (he must have recently been shopping in the new McCain Plaza there , somewhere north-south-east or west of the Green Zone!!)
He then launched into a justification of the war, citing the September 11 attacks. "The fact of the matter is Iraq is part of the global war on terror," he told the students. "And you've got to go back and look at what happened on 9/11." Cheney recounted the tale of the late al-Qaeda operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, one of the administration's great pre-war myths:
The worst terrorist we had in Iraq was a guy named Abu Musab al Zarqawi, a Jordanian by birth; served time in a Jordanian prison as a terrorist, was let out on amnesty. (key-word usage here) ... Then when we launched into Afghanistan after 9/11, he was wounded, and fled to Baghdad for medical treatment, and then set up shop in Iraq. So he operated in Jordan, he operated in Afghanistan, then he moved to Iraq.
The implication that Zarqawi helped justify the war was thoroughly debunked last year by the Senate Intelligence Committee, then chaired by Bush loyalist Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS.) It found: Saddam Hussein attempted, unsuccessfully, to locate and capture al-Zarqawi and...the regime did not have a relationship with, harbor, or turn a blind eye toward Zarqawi. [p. 109]
Adding insult to injury, earlier in the event, Cheney was asked about the "values or philosophy" he has developed (I'm surprised that he didn't tell this questioner to go f*&k themself) during his 40 years of government service. He answered, "I basically developed a great respect for American history." (..but he obviously hasn't learned anything from it, especially that one "piece of paper"...)
Nico Pitney is the Deputy Research Director for Think Progress.
SO, YOU THINK WE ONLY HAVE ONE "OFFICIAL" CHENEY TO WORRY ABOUT?
READ THIS...
THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS NEWS OF THE DAY!!!
Lynne Cheney slated to replace deceased Wyoming Senator????
I read it somewhere this morning, still looking for the link: if it is true, we have an even more serious Cheney problem!!!
SHADES OF MARTHA MITCHELL!!!
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