There is nothing funny about it. Thousands are dead because of Dubya's illegal invasion of Iraq.
The invasion of Iraq was illegal, and was a personal Bush family Vendetta against Sadaam Hussein, who tried to kill Daddy Bush. Cheney and war profiteering greed fueled the motivation. On 2/16/11, frankg <[email protected]> wrote: > Tommy, > > Too funny. How long did it take you to realize you just posted > something that, in effect, helped justify Bush's claim that it was > faulty intelligence that led to the invasion? Then, true to form, you > quickly post a follow-up that basically says 'ah, doesn't matter.. > Bush woulda done it anyway'. Whew, that was close! :) > > On Feb 16, 7:44 pm, Tommy News <[email protected]> wrote: >> "Curveball" might have lied, but even if he hadn't George W. Bush >> would have still have invaded Iraq. Bush was only looking for an >> excuse, Curveball gave him one. If Curveball hadn't lied, Bush would >> have found (or invented) someone else to lie. >> >> The invasion of Iraq was illegal, and was a personal Bush family >> Vendetta against Sadaam Hussein, who tried to kill Daddy Bush. Cheney >> and war profiteering greed fueled the motivation. >> >> On 2/16/11, Tommy News <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Exposed: The lie that led us into Iraq >> > The Iraqi defector who claimed Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass >> > destruction has finally confessed that he made the whole thing up. An >> > instant guide >> > posted on February 16, 2011, at 10:12 AM >> >> > Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi says he is happy he lied about an Iraqi >> > weapons program and saw no other way to bring Saddam Hussein down. >> > Photo: Screen shot, guardian.co.uk SEE ALL 14 PHOTOS >> > Eight years after then–Secretary of State Colin Powell used harrowing >> > stories of Saddam Hussein's alleged biological and chemical weapons >> > programs to make the Bush administration's case for invading Iraq, the >> > man who supplied intel agents with those stories admits he made them >> > up. Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, known to U.S. and other Western spy >> > agencies as "Curveball," tells The Guardian that he "fabricated" the >> > whole WMD tale in the hopes of bringing Hussein down. He certainly >> > helped, but what's his real story? >> >> > Who is "Curveball"? >> > Janabi was an Iraqi chemical engineer who now lives in Karlsruhe, >> > Germany. He fled Iraq in 1995, and, beginning in 2000, worked for >> > several years as a paid informant for Germany's secret service. He and >> > his family were granted German citizenship in 2008. His now-admitted >> > lies to German agents helped found the U.S. case for invading Iraq. >> >> > What did he lie about? >> > WMDs. Janabi claimed he helped build mobile germ-warfare labs at a >> > facility hidden inside a birdseed purification plant just south of >> > Baghdad. These mobile labs, he said, were driven from place to place >> > to avoid detection. To bolster his story, Janabi also said that 12 >> > bio-weapons technicians died in a 1998 accident. Colin Powell included >> > all those fabrications in a pivotal speech to the United Nations in >> > February, 2003. >> >> > Why did Janabi lie? >> > He now tells The Guardian that he wanted to "get rid" of Saddam. >> > German agents, he says, "gave me this chance. I had the chance to >> > fabricate something to topple the regime." The former CIA chief in >> > Europe, Tyler Drumheller, says he thinks it's more likely Janabi just >> > wanted to be rewarded with asylum in Germany. "If this was part of a >> > grand scheme to overthrow Suddam Hussein then he is one of the world's >> > greatest strategic planners," Drumheller says. >> >> > Did intel agencies really believe him? >> > Janabi says he thinks some in the intelligence world had uncovered his >> > lies in mid-2000, but that the German agents who contacted him two >> > years later still seemed to be taking his stories seriously. U.S. >> > officials didn't have any direct contact with Janabi. Drumheller says >> > he warned CIA headquarters before Powell's speech that Janabi might be >> > a liar, and says CIA Deputy Director John McLaughlin replied, "Oh, I >> > hope not, because this is really all we have." >> >> > What's the fallout? >> > "On the word of this third-rate, third-world con man, Bush caused tens >> > of thousands of injuries and thousands of deaths among American >> > forces, spent a trillion American dollars, and destroyed American >> > credibility worldwide," says Christopher Manion at LewRockwell.com. On >> > the other hand, says Tim Dickinson at Rolling Stone, Janabi is "a man >> > who saw an opportunity to change history, and seized it." >> >> > Does Janabi regret his lies? >> > No. "I and my sons are proud... that we were the reason to give Iraq >> > the margin of democracy," he insists. "Can you give me another >> > solution? Believe me, there was no other way to bring about freedom to >> > Iraq. There were no other possibilities." >> >> > Sources: Guardian (2,3,4), Death & Taxes, NPR (2), Rolling Stone, >> > LewRockwell.com >> >> > More: >> >http://theweek.com/article/index/212169/exposed-the-lie-that-led-us-i... >> >> > -- >> > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. >> > Have a great day, >> > Tommy >> >> -- >> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. >> Have a great day, >> Tommy > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. Have a great day, Tommy -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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