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So many events missing. This story itself is an example of why people have lost faith. No WMDs in Iraq for me was the one that turned me. A Republican administ
by njarboe 4y ago
So many events missing. This story itself is an example of why people have lost faith.
No WMDs in Iraq for me was the one that turned me. A Republican administration seeding the New York Times that lie and they published it with basically no research. The former CEO of Halliburton, Dick Cheney, who oversaw the acquisition of KBR for fuck sake (the largest private contractor in the Iraq war with $10s? of billions of contract dollars per year)[1]) was the de-facto president of the US at the time.
The Hunter Biden laptop story being suppressed as Russian misinformation right before the election when it was legitimate is another big one.
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KBR_(company) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KBR_(company)
"In the 2000s, KBR employed more American private contractors and had a larger contract with the U.S. government than any other firm in Iraq. The company's roughly 14,000 U.S. employees in Iraq provide logistical support to the U.S. military.[38] Some U.S. Marines revived the Vietnam-era nickname 'Burn & Loot' as a name for the company during the Iraq War.[39]"