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global1

(25,242 posts)
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 06:42 PM Jun 2014

I Know This Is A Naive Question - But Do The BushCo Criminals Really Believe That They Were Right...

on Iraq or are they now just trying to deflect the blame away from themselves now? Is this a rationalization on their part going on now to make themselves feel better about themselves? Are they kidding themselves?

I know this is naive - but sometimes people believe in their decisions to the point that no matter what anyone else says about the decisions they made - they believe they did the right thing.

When I see the likes of the BushCo administration on the cable news shows or read their op-eds - they aren't letting even a sliver of doubt come between their decisions when they were in power to the situation as it is now. They are doubling down.

Do they really believe they were right - or - do they know that they screwed things up and made all the wrong decisions and they just are trying to paper things over and make themselves look good? Is trying to change history a conscious decision they are making? Are they doing this intentionally and think that the American People can't see through this?

Do they still keep in contact with each other so that they all get the same basic story out to the MSM? Is there collusion on their part going on now? Are they doing this deliberately? Is this an 'honor amongst thieves' thing going on?

Is this all a part of making President Obama look bad in hopes that he has a failed presidency? Is this strictly political on their part and they are just trying to do anything they can in order to get the power back and once again win the presidency in 2016?

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I Know This Is A Naive Question - But Do The BushCo Criminals Really Believe That They Were Right... (Original Post) global1 Jun 2014 OP
I Think So, Sir The Magistrate Jun 2014 #1
As long as they can continue to persuade onecaliberal Jun 2014 #2
Yes nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #3
I think they honestly don't care... CherokeeDem Jun 2014 #4
They believe their own propaganda. Read PNAC and you'll understand shraby Jun 2014 #5
They only screwed things up if you compare the outcomes with their lies. arcane1 Jun 2014 #6
They don't care if they were right or wrong. WhiteTara Jun 2014 #7
Indeed they do! KaryninMiami Jun 2014 #8
Well, considering Chaney's Halliburton made $39.5 BILLION..... socialist_n_TN Jun 2014 #9
If they believe that shit they aren't being very objective. Enthusiast Jun 2014 #10
I think for these ideologues deutsey Jun 2014 #11

The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)
1. I Think So, Sir
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 06:48 PM
Jun 2014

The political and intellectual equivalent of a dealer shooting up his stock, it is, but I do suspect they swallowed their own spiel hook, line, and sinker....

onecaliberal

(32,852 posts)
2. As long as they can continue to persuade
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 06:49 PM
Jun 2014

The criminally stupid who vote for them, I don't think they give a rip.

CherokeeDem

(3,709 posts)
4. I think they honestly don't care...
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 06:55 PM
Jun 2014

truth or not, as long as they can get the sheeple to believe it, they could care less.

Watching Cheney today make me physically sick...

shraby

(21,946 posts)
5. They believe their own propaganda. Read PNAC and you'll understand
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 06:56 PM
Jun 2014

that they think they did the right thing.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
6. They only screwed things up if you compare the outcomes with their lies.
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 06:57 PM
Jun 2014

For example, if they never really intended to "bring democracy" to Iraq, then the absence of a democracy is not a failure.

WhiteTara

(29,705 posts)
7. They don't care if they were right or wrong.
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 07:44 PM
Jun 2014

THey just wanted to go shoot something up. They had Iraq in their sights from the moment they stole the White House.

socialist_n_TN

(11,481 posts)
9. Well, considering Chaney's Halliburton made $39.5 BILLION.....
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 08:01 PM
Jun 2014

in profit on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, I'm sure he, at LEAST, thinks he was right.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
10. If they believe that shit they aren't being very objective.
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 05:48 AM
Jun 2014

They also understood with the help of a complicit media they could convince the American people. Millions of people are still convinced.

Like someone in the thread mentioned Halliburton really cleaned up.

deutsey

(20,166 posts)
11. I think for these ideologues
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 06:16 AM
Jun 2014

there is no right or wrong, just advancing their agenda.

A lot of them are influenced by the amorality of Ayn Rand and Leo Strauss (an advocate of telling "the noble lie" in the interest of maintaining power: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Noble_lie).

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