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> _claims_ by the US govt Last time the US gov't claimed some stuff that turned out to be a lie, more than 100.000 civilians died as a consequence. And there a
by yaix 13y ago
> _claims_ by the US govt
Last time the US gov't claimed some stuff that turned out to be a lie, more than 100.000 civilians died as a consequence. And there are still civilians dying every day, because of that claim.
- WildUtah 13y agoLast time the US gov't claimed some stuff that turned out to be a lie, more than 100.000 civilians Last time? If there were a clock that ticked every time high US government officials lied over matters of state, you could use it as a fan.
- pvnick 13y ago>If there were a clock that ticked every time high US government officials lied over matters of state, you could use it as a fan. I just want to say how brilliant I thought this expression was. I can't believe people don't use it more often
- seferphier 13y agobrilliant. i'm stealing that expression from you.
- dllthomas 13y agoI don't think that was the last time...
- dhimes 13y agoI don't think it is a lie so much as total incompetence. Good thing we can trust them to do the right thing with our private data.
- speeder 13y agoIf you think that, you are delusional.
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- dhimes 13y agoWhich part, the first sentence or the sarcastic second?
- enraged_camel 13y agoThe first part.
- dhimes 13y agoI'm pretty certain that the Bush administration was convinced that Saddam had WMDs. I'm also pretty certain that it was because we gave/sold them to him for his fights with Iran, before the Kuwait invasion. Now, after we invaded in '03 and couldn't find the WMDs they started lying. Absolutely. But the basis for the war was incompetence. Russia, France, and Germany seem to have much better intel, but we don't like listening to them. This seems to cross administration lines so it's not quite clear what the problem is (although that doesn't prevent a lot of speculation).
- anaptdemise 13y agoThere is also the redefinition of "weapon of mass distruction" that took place. If the the Boston bombing was the use of a WMD,surely Saddam had something that qualified... At what point does any sovereign nation that we disagree with become a threat because they have traditional munitions that we consider a WMD? At what point does having a 5gal gas can and a road flare in the back of a truck become a WMD... When ever enough of the public can be convinced of the new definition.
- lucian1900 13y agoFor those of us without good knowledge of US foreign acts, what was that last time?
- pfraze 13y agoProbably referring to iraq (spelling edit)
- Artistry121 13y agoThe Middle Eastern wars fought over the past 11 years.
- Vivtek 13y agoColin Powell going to the UN with certain knowledge that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and it was imperative to attack them before they were used. Donald Rumsfeld saying, "We know where the weapons of mass destruction are." Condaleeza Rice warning that the smoking gun could come in the form of a mushroom cloud (that is, it was important to attack Iraq before there was conclusive evidence of wrongdoing - convenient, that.)