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Vyan Donating Member (990 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-11-09 11:56 AM
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On this Day: Let us Remember the Important Things - All of Them
On this 8th Anniversary of the September 11th attacks on America, let us indeed Remember - but let us not cherry-pick what we recall.

Let us remember the fallen. Let us remember the brave. Let us remember the nobility and the sacrifice of those who fought to take control back of Flight 93, who rushed up the stairs in Tower 2 as it began to collapse and those who rushed back into the Pentagon as it burned.

But let us also Remember the Urgent Memo from Richard Clarke at the NSC to Condie Rice arguing that Osama Bin Laden and Al Qeada were an Imminent Danger. But he was ignored, then demoted.

How George Tenet, Clarke and others rode together in a desperate midnight meeting with Condie to warn her that "We Were Going to be Hit" and how this event was initially hidden from the 9-11 Commission until being revealed by Bob Woodward.

Let us remember the FBI Pheonix Memo which documented that there were some guys learning to fly planes who didn't seem all that interested in Landing them.

Let us remember the 52 Separate Warnings that were received by the FAA of an Al Qaeda Hijacking.

Let us Remember the August 6th PDB, which named the method and targets of an impending al Qeada attack. It did everything but include the date and time.

Let us recall how Osama Bin Laden escaped at Tora Bora, and still hasn't been killed or captured.

Let us recall the Downing Street Memos which revealed that the "Facts were being shaped to fit the Policy" in order to justify an invasion of Iraq, even though there was no evidence connecting that country to 9-11.

Let us recall both Abu Zubaydah and Khallid Sheik Mohammad were providing us with excellent intel before harsh tactics were used - but even after being waterboarded dozens of times (and in KSM case nearly dying at least once) they Still didn't provide any conclusive links between Saddam and Osama.

Let us recall that before the Iraq War began the head of Iraqi Intelligence, Tahir Jalil Habbush, had revealed to us that Saddam told the TRUTH to the United Nations when he said he didn't have any WMD, because he had destroyed it all way back in 1991- and instead of listening, the Bush paid him $500,000 in hush money and had him write a forged letter that attempted to link Saddam to 9-11!

Let us remember that no one suggested there were credible links between Saddam and 9-11 except for Ibn Sheihk al-Libi, and didn't do so until he was Buried Alive.

Let us remember: He Lied.

Let us recall how ABC and Foxnews tried to Blame Bill Clinton for being "asleep at the switch" and causing 9-11.

Let us recall how former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld called all those who criticized his handling of the Iraq War "Morally and Intellectual Confused" - just before he was Fired.

Let us recall how the REAL Joseph Wilson was treated when he dared to point out that the Niger Receipt was probably a forgery and Saddam didn't have - and didn't try to buy any Yellowcake Uranium.

Let us remember the 4000 U.S. Troops - more than those we lost on 9-11 - who died in Iraq for no good reason.

Let us remember that the people that are screaming "Fascist", "Socialism", "Kenyan" and "YOU LIE" at our duly elected President - are the same ones who seem completely incapable of remembering all the above.

Vyan
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abq e streeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-11-09 12:21 PM
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1. thank you....K&R
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Myrina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-11-09 02:09 PM
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2. Those who fail to understand history ...
...are doomed to repeat it.


K&R :kick:
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Kajsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-11-09 02:31 PM
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4. Yes, Indeed!
That's my sig. line.
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IDFbunny Donating Member (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-11-09 02:12 PM
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3. Thank you
I'd like to see a troofer 'debunk' this.

Bushes misfeasance is very believable here. The troofers just want to let the Arab plotters off the hook completely.
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Kajsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-11-09 02:32 PM
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5. Thank you!
K&R

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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-11-09 02:40 PM
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6. Let us remember PNAC's manifesto, the Orwellianly titled "Rebuilding America's Defenses'
Which lays out their plans for a global fascist agenda, and admits that it would be difficult to sell that agenda to the American people, without a little "help".


"the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event -- like a new Pearl Harbor."


Funny how they got exactly what they wanted. Especially considering that most of Chimpy's original cabinet were PNAC signators.
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rschop Donating Member (493 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-11-09 03:50 PM
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7. YES, LET US REMEMBER!
Edited on Fri Sep-11-09 03:52 PM by rschop
Let us remember that the CIA was told on July 23, 2001 that long time la Qaeda terrorist Khalid al-Mihdhar would be found at the location of the next big al Qaeda attack.

Let us remember that the CIA and FBI HQ were told on August 22, 2001 that long time al Qaeda terrorists Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi were inside of the US.

Let us remember that when the CIA and FBI HQ was told on that Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi were inside of the US they knew they were here to take part in a massive Qaeda attack they had been warned about since April 2001, and they kept this as secret from the FBI criminal investigations that could have found Mihdhar and Hazmi in time to have prevented this attack. They even shut down FBI Agent Steve Bongardt’s investigation of Mihdhar and Hazmi, claiming that the NSA information on Mihdhar and Hazmi could not go to FBI criminal investigators when they had already gotten a written release from the NSA the day before that said this information could go to the these investigators.

Let us remember that from information that is in the public domain it now clear that the CIA and FBI HQ by deliberately blocking any and all investigations of al Qaeda terrorists known to be inside of the US when they knew these terrorists were going to take part in a massive al Qaeda attack had intentionally allowed the al Qaeda terrorists to carry out the attacks on 9/11.


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rschop Donating Member (493 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-11-09 03:53 PM
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8. K&R
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George II Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-11-09 05:31 PM
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9. And finally, let us remember that Barack Hussein Obama has kept America safe longer than bush did!
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