Bush regime used 935 falsehoods to justify war - NYT printed 934 of them

NNN0LHI

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:10 PM
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Bush regime used 935 falsehoods to justify war - NYT printed 934 of them

Edited on Wed Jan-23-08 05:11 PM by NNN0LHI

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22794451/?GT1=10755

Study: Bush led U.S. to war on 'false pretenses'

Hundreds of false statements on WMDs, al-Qaida used to justify Iraq war

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Fresh_Start

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:13 PM
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1. Yet, Kuchinich is not allowed to say that in the Congress

there is no explaining how this government is working

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notadmblnd

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:17 PM
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2. 935 innocent mistakes

Impossible! But you know that's their story and they're sticking to it.

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Hydra

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:18 PM
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3. Which one did the Times forget to print? n/t

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NNN0LHI

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:20 PM
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5. I think the NYT let the LA Times have the Winnebagos of Death story

Because thats where that came from.

Don

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JackRiddler

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:20 PM
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6. That Saddam was threatening to provide home heating oil to impoverished US families. n/t

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gratuitous

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:22 PM
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7. The one Judith Miller promulgated?

I don't know which one they forgot, or if the original post means to say that out of 935 lies, the Times ran 934 of them without question. But if they forgot one of them, I wonder if it wasn't Judith "the queen of all fucking Iraq" Miller's cock-and-bull story about the unidentified man in the baseball cap. The guy who stood several yards off, who Miller never talked to directly, but who Miller said was without a doubt pointing out where those ol' debbil weapons of mass destruction had been.

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Robbien

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:19 PM
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4. Interesting

Interesting that MSNBC is reporting MSM supported the propaganda. Supported it in the Grey Lady herself.

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Wed Jan-23-08 05:34 PM
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8. That's twenty-four too many for Rudy to mention, I guess.

:silly:

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OneGrassRoot

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Wed Jan-23-08 08:37 PM
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9. The Dem candidates need to SPEAK UP NOW !!!

They have the airwaves. Dave Lindorff says what I feel in the following piece (emphasis mine):

"Hey! Wake up! This is a goddamned outrage?

We all knew it, of course, but until now, thanks to a news media that has long since stopped reporting on serious issues, particularly where it involves criticism of the powerful, we could hide behind the belief that it was all �business as usual� in Washington, a truth-challenged city to be sure.

But now we know. Now there is no hiding from the truth. Now we have it documented and quantified in a way that makes the enormity of the offense clear and undeniable. Now we are required to take action.

No editorial writer worthy of the name can ignore this scandal. No member of Congress can ignore this affront to the Constitution. No citizen can ignore this abuse."

http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/?q=node/100

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slipslidingaway

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Wed Jan-23-08 10:12 PM
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11. Two of then cannot speak up, what are they going to say?

They were fooled by their own government, but they will not be fooled by foreign governments?

And the only who was not fooled has been silenced by the corporate media.

:(

Bush Administration's 237 Misleading Statements on Iraq
Presented by Congressman Henry Waxman
Wednesday 17 March 2004
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/3919

And then Conyers' report in early 2006.

They may not be as inclusive, but if they wanted the truth there were plenty of dots to connect.

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Bucky

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Wed Jan-23-08 08:40 PM
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10. "Senator, I do not recall making those 935 false claims"

"Plus, I was quoted out of context---a context that I honestly just cannot recall now."

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Wed Jan-23-08 10:40 PM
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12. A torrent of lies. n/t

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