9/11 and the War in Iraq
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Lawrence Wilkerson is a retired United States Army soldier and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell. Wilkerson is an adjunct professor at the College of William & Mary where he teaches courses on US national security. He also instructs a senior seminar in the Honors Department at the George Washington University entitled "National Security Decision Making."
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coxian_armada
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Hollywood and the war machine
http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/empire/2010/12/2010121681345363793.html - 12 months ago
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coxian_armada
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coxian_armada
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Found this on crooksandliars, can't forget the image at all
http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/open-thread-13 - 12 months ago
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coxian_armada
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letsliveinpeace
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coxian_armada:
This photo is a horror.
- 12 months ago
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letsliveinpeace:
The real consequences of war, unfortunately the mainstream media would just tame it down.....
- 12 months ago
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coxian_armada
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letsliveinpeace
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Please forgive me I still get emotional, but that time is burned into my soul, and it still grieves me to see those scenes, like so many others.
- 12 months ago
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letsliveinpeace
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figgdimension
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letsliveinpeace:
No apology needed...
- 12 months ago
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figgdimension
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letsliveinpeace
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I will never forget this day. We were called to come to NYC, and on September 12-15th, 2001 we got on the train to the city The NYPD met us and gave us a ride to the Jarvis Center where an aid station was being set up for us. As soon as we were ready, firefighters and construction workers started flowing in. We gave first aid and sent those in rougher shape to the nearest hospital. One construction worker who had so much debris in his eyes he couldn't cry anymore. His descriptions of the hell at Ground Zero was staggering. Those men are etched in my mind forever, as we all did everything we could. It was a sad day,but we were pulling together. We even had 5 crews come all the way from the Sioux Nation with us. People from the city were coming up to us offering food, water, clean clothes for the guys coming in who were contaminated, first aid supplies, and any and everything they could think of to help. Never tell me New Yorkers don't care. I have never seen the like, and probably never will again. We were offered rooms at the Roosevelt if we wanted them, and all day long, everybody was thanking and blessing us, calling us heroes. I don't feel like a hero, just call me a good American and leave it at that. I am proud of the way we were working together and it proves we are at our best when we are working together.
- 12 months ago
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letsliveinpeace:
Your emotions are well placed no apologies needed friend you are very brave and a good person at your core we couldn't ask for more in a fellow citizen . I'm glad to know you even in this social network i feel your pain , always remember there is great infinite beauty in this world and its worth fighting for ...We all have an obligation to the people who have suffered and died, i hope we can bring them Peace and closure soon.While we reflect on these thoughts you, have a great day and a (hat tip) and smile for you dear!
G. (photo:Watchmen Bridge Zion National Park) - 12 months ago
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Vierotchka
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letsliveinpeace:
It doesn't prove you are the best, it proves that you reacted the way humans react all over the world when faced with this kind of catastrophe and even worse ones. You ought to read about the Blitz in London, for example.
- 12 months ago
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Vierotchka
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letsliveinpeace
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figgdimension:
Thank you so much for you beautiful words.
- 12 months ago
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letsliveinpeace
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letsliveinpeace
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Vierotchka:
I made a mistake a the end of my comment, I thank you for your comment.
- 12 months ago
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letsliveinpeace
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Vierotchka
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letsliveinpeace:
Your edited last sentence is spot on. :)
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alexandrek:
Sorry but when you enlist you are obligated to obey orders through the chain of command. And as harsh as it might be, only in extreme cases might it be even possible to start a case like that. Look at Pat Tillman, His family cannot do anything. And it is unfortunate that military people die in training accidents all the time, death is just a part of the job description, whether under Bush, Clinton or Obama.
- 12 months ago
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alexandrek:
we can and should over and over till they are brought to JUSTICE WAR CRIMINALS the lot of them... Jail is too good for them I say Off w/ their Heads
- 12 months ago
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figgdimension
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letsliveinpeace
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Great post!
- 12 months ago
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letsliveinpeace
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coxian_armada
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How was Bush elected? This is much more mysterious than creation of the universe!!!
- 12 months ago
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coxian_armada
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coxian_armada:
He was Not elected... He had the Supreme Court vote that he Won along with the Hanging Chads BS... =(
I saw a video the other morning on Today where the gov't was claiming they had the Anthrax Killer at hand but could not try him cos he was Dead... I wonder if they buried him at sea as well???
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tlbuffin:
Wow that shows Republicans need a figurehead at the top, the real ones won't show up when something goes wrong, heck they might not even be in the party at all!!!
- 12 months ago
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coxian_armada
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KB723:
Nah maybe they fed him to the pigs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBvCPTK1MmY&feature=related - 12 months ago
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figgdimension
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alexandrek:
...and a whole lot of Black,Hispanic,and poor votes being disenfranchised from our electoral process it's an epic FAIL Fla is reaping what it sowed
- 12 months ago
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figgdimension
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coxian_armada:
What movie is this from????
- 12 months ago
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HSouixZ
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coxian_armada
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HSouixZ:
"Snatch" a Guy Ritchie film,where Brad Pitt speaks in a cockney accent, awesome movie by the way.....=)
- 12 months ago
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coxian_armada
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HSouixZ:
Never-mind...I found the movie.
Damn, I'm disappointed. It's not available on instant streaming. Gotta wait for the little red package!
Awesome clip, though.
Haven't made the connection to this story thread, though.
However, don't tell me nothin'...I wanna watch this movie with out any spoilers. If I do get the connection to this story-tread post, I'll let ya know.
- 12 months ago
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KB723:
Them people was old, man. They couldn't see those chads.
(grumbles)
Folks never let ya forget a mistake...just hang one chad wrong...and you never hear the end of it.
(grumbles)
All the time always picking on the elderly.....it was a tiny chad, man. You would have needed a microscope to see that thing.
I say put the blame on that damn Electoral College. What good is a college education if ya can't count up and tally the votes right? Gore won by 56% of the popular vote....stop picking on the elderly.
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coxian_armada
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HSouixZ:
Haha sure...=)
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so...the rhetoric was the speechwriters fault.not buying it.stunning admissions otherwise.was against war from outset,just because of obvious sales job...never trusted salesman.started alot of fights on the job...lol
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Leen61
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Not that any of this surprises me or is new to me but hearing it from Lawrence Wilkerson only solidifies my belief all along that the war in Iraq was totally choreographed for the purposes of Bush/Cheney. As for my feelings on 9/11, I never believed the official story. The sad part is there are people til this day who still think Iraq/Hussein had something to do with 9/11.
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Leen61:
Agreed .
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alexandrek:
That's one of my fave quotes by Churchill. Says it all.
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alexandrek:
I agree. I was against the Iraq war from the beginning. I'm anti-war anyway. The Iraq war was a big lie and it was/is an illegal and immoral war, like all war is. I know that being anti-war at the time was not good. I had my anti-war and anti-Bush bumper stickers on my car and I took alot of grief for it.
"We think that military intervention would be the worst possible solution,"
That turned out to be true.
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rodstradamus
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You'll figure it out when you realize that 9/11 was a staged event. Its an important fact the weak-minded need to wrap their heads around.
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rodstradamus:
I don't think people are weak minded, people just choose to be blind or are ignorant and it is not their fault for being ignorant
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NothingIsAbsoluteTruth:
Wrong, stupidity is not their fault, ignorance is.
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oboith
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oboith:
no sir, Ignorance: "The lack of knowledge, education, and awareness." They are never given the knowledge. Stupidity is a person that is given the knowledge and either doesn't do anything with it or chooses to ignore it (being blind)
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NothingIsAbsoluteTruth:
nice one...:)
- 12 months ago
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NothingIsAbsoluteTruth:
Sorry..I was taught that ignorant was one that could know and would not and stupid was one who would know but could not.
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alexandrek:
A Brookings' study of media dynamics in the late 60's indicated that 80% of public opinion could be turned 180 degrees by three 60 minute broadcasts on the three major networks over a 5 day period. Today's more sophisticated audience would probably require a fifteen minute "fair and balanced" report from Rupert and Roger's Faux Menza Meeting
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oboith
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oboith:
Hmm its no biggy we are all taught different things
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Any person living in America now that has half a brain and has followed any reputable news source knows that Bush and Cheney are the worst things that happened to America (aside from 9/11) since Columbus sailed the ocean blue in1492.
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keithponder
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It sounds to me like "speech writers" are running this country.
That's real scary.
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rustyred
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Those guys (in the title photograph) aren't praying while bowing their heads. They are thinking how much money they are going to make off 911 and the Iraq war.
- 12 months ago
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KB723
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I Fear that someday, this event will be just as Big a Conspiracy as the assassination of JFK... The Shrub administration, did the best they could to cover their tracks and post lies that would help in their agenda... Thanks for posting this article Vierotchka... =)
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KB723
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Vierotchka
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Even Fox News reported on the Downing Street Memo, back in 2005, it is worth the read:
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Vierotchka
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Vierotchka
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Remember the Downing Street Memo, back in 2002?
An excerpt:
But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy.
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Vierotchka
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kennymotown
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Lawrence is one of the few men I respect that served under the Bush administration!
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kennymotown
