Roughly 40% of Democrats in the House and 60% in the Senate voted in favor of the Iraq Resolution. Did they leave you too?Originally Posted by Florence
Roughly 40% of Democrats in the House and 60% in the Senate voted in favor of the Iraq Resolution. Did they leave you too?
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
Knowing everything you know now - you honestly do not believe that the American public and Congress were mislead on Iraq?
Peace
I think that some of the intelligence turned out to be faulty. I think the real question is, was it intentionally faulty? It seems that many, after the fact, think so. I'm not one of them.
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
Ditto!! And although I considered going back (to the dark side ;-)!) when McCain ran, he lost me once he choose Palin. Now I'm an Obama Mama all the way and will Ba"rock" the vote again ;-)!
Last edited by Spartana; 9-8-11 at 1:55pm.
Hmmm... Dick Cheney wouldn't "mislead" would he? And what about the Joint Chiefs? The CIA? Nah, they wouldn't "mislead" :-)! I'm a strong supporter of the military but even for me the Iraq invasion on so little (and so weak) intel was way over the top and out of line.
Last edited by Spartana; 9-8-11 at 2:06pm.
You're implying something that is not in evidence.
The previous administration as well as many of our European allies thought Iraq was still in possession of WMD's. Were they all misleading us?
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
I don't want to veer totally off topic but here is a link to the Senate Intelligence Committee's finding on Iraq. Take a little time and I think you might change your mind - but maybe not.
This is a direct quote from Sen. Jay Rockefeller, "In making the case for war, the administration repeatedly presented intelligence as fact when in reality it was unsubstantiated, contradicted, or even non-existent," the Committee chairman, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, said on releasing the 172-page report. "As a result, the American people were led to believe that the threat from Iraq was much greater than actually existed."There is no question we all relied on flawed intelligence," he added. "But, there is a fundamental difference between relying on incorrect intelligence and deliberately painting a picture to the American people that you know is not fully accurate."
Peace
No, I think they were as misled as I was.
Was President Clinton misled in 1998? http://articles.cnn.com/1998-12-16/p...PM:ALLPOLITICS
Perhaps it was Saddam Hussein who intentionally misled the entire world's intelligence communities?
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
Did President Clinton attack Iraq? Did President Clinton try to cherry pick and fudge to make a case to attack Iraq? I'm sure President Clinton suspected a lot of things, many of which probably were true. But the big difference is, he didn't mislead the congress and nation to match the little voices in his head.
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