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As the George W. Bush administration was launching its campaign to invade Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had in his possession a classified report from the Joint Chiefs of Staff which undermined the administration's case for war. Rumsfeld buried the report.
'[Not sharing the report] raises questions about whether the administration withheld key information that could have undermined its case for war. Time and again, in the fall of 2002 and into early 2003, members of the administration spoke forcefully and without qualification about the threats they said Saddam Hussein posed. The JCS report undercut their assertions, and if it had been shared more widely within the administration, the debate would have been very different."
After listening to all the teeth gnashing here about Clinton's emails--over which not a single American died or a single taxpayer dollar was squandered--will any Conservatives step up and demand an investigation into why a key report from the JCS, which undermined the case for war, was kept from the American public in the propaganda blitz leading up to the Iraq War?
When Saddam decided to trade oil in non petrodollars the decision was made to take him out. All that was needed was an excuse.
The invasion would not have been possible without Congress going along. Most voted along party lines.
Vital information was purposely withheld from Congress and from the American people. They voted based on intelligence that the Secretary of Defense knew was incomplete.
As the George W. Bush administration was launching its campaign to invade Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had in his possession a classified report from the Joint Chiefs of Staff which undermined the administration's case for war. Rumsfeld buried the report.
'[Not sharing the report] raises questions about whether the administration withheld key information that could have undermined its case for war. Time and again, in the fall of 2002 and into early 2003, members of the administration spoke forcefully and without qualification about the threats they said Saddam Hussein posed. The JCS report undercut their assertions, and if it had been shared more widely within the administration, the debate would have been very different."
After listening to all the teeth gnashing here about Clinton's emails--over which not a single American died or a single taxpayer dollar was squandered--will any Conservatives step up and demand an investigation into why a key report from the JCS, which undermined the case for war, was kept from the American public in the propaganda blitz leading up to the Iraq War?
No one is "happy" about having to do these investigations. If the Obama administration wasn't so corrupt, there wouldn't be need for so many investigations. But, we have an administration that refuses to uphold laws it doesn't agree with, change laws independently of Congress, make law, ignore law, ignore the Constitution and just do whatever they want, Congress be dmned.
After listening to all the teeth gnashing here about Clinton's emails--over which not a single American died or a single taxpayer dollar was squandered--will any Conservatives step up and demand an investigation into why a key report from the JCS, which undermined the case for war, was kept from the American public in the propaganda blitz leading up to the Iraq War?
Really? George W. Bush? Still losing sleep over GWB when we have an EO happy president trashing the constitution?
As an independent who currently leans pretty conservative, I have no problem with a continuing investigation of any corruption involved with the Iraq war and the Bush administration, but I don't see how Those travesties undermine or minimize the need to expose this administration's corruption and dishonesty.
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