Quotes That Sent Us To Bush's War

julia · 03-21-2008, 12:34 AM

Never to forget!!!

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Iraq Retrospective: Read The Quotes That Sent Us To WarThe Huffington Post March 20, 2008

As the war in Iraq enters its sixth year, Christopher Cerf and Victor Navasky have published a "definitive, footnoted, hilarious but depressing compilation of experts who were in error" about the war from the beginning. You can read more about the book -- "Mission Accomplished! Or How We Won The War In Iraq" -- here. (See link-j.)

Below, an excerpt from the chapter titled "Their Finest Hour: America Readies Itself To Free The Iraqi People."

CAKEWALK!

"I believe demolishing Hussein's military power and liberating Iraq would be a cakewalk."
- Kenneth Adelman, member of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board, 2/13/02

"Support for Saddam, including within his military organization, will collapse after the first whiff of gunpowder."
- Richard Perle, Chairman of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board, 7/11/02

"Desert Storm II would be in a walk in the park... The case for 'regime change' boils down to the huge benefits and modest costs of liberating Iraq."
- Kenneth Adelman, member of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board, 8/29/02

"Having defeated and then occupied Iraq, democratizing the country should not be too tall an order for the world's sole superpower."
- William Kristol, Weekly Standard editor, and Lawrence F. Kaplan, New Republic senior editor, 2/24/03

HOW MANY TROOPS WILL BE NEEDED?

"I would be surprised if we need anything like the 200,000 figure that is sometimes discussed in the press. A much smaller force, principally special operations forces, but backed up by some regular units, should be sufficient."
- Richard Perle, Chairman of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board, 7/11/02

"I don't believe that anything like a long-term commitment of 150,000 Americans would be necessary."
- Richard Perle, speaking at a conference on "Post-Saddam Iraq" sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute, 10/3/02

"I would say that what's been mobilized to this point -- something on the order of several hundred thousand soldiers are probably, you know, a figure that would be required."
- Gen. Eric Shinseki, testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, 2/25/03

"The idea that it would take several hundred thousand U.S. forces, I think, is far from the mark."
- Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 2/27/03

"I am reasonably certain that they will greet us as liberators, and that will help us keep [troop] requirements down. ... We can say with reasonable confidence that the notion of hundreds of thousands of American troops is way off the mark...wildly off the mark."
- Paul Wolfowitz, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, testifying before the House Budget Committee, 2/27/03

"It's hard to conceive that it would take more forces to provide stability in post-Saddam Iraq than it would take to conduct the war itself and to secure the surrender of Saddam's security forces and his army. Hard to image."
- Paul Wolfowitz, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, testifying before the House Budget Committee, 2/27/03
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Iraq Retrospective: Read The Quotes That Sent Us To War - Politics on The Huffington Post

Kanadesaga · 03-21-2008, 01:02 AM

"mushroom cloud"

Ptech · 03-22-2008, 11:49 AM

Man, did they do a good job last night on the 5th Anniversary thing.

They showed videos of the 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Anniversaries.

Those neocons are such dirty crooks. You can tell they are lying, whenever they're talking.

julia · 03-24-2008, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Ptech

Man, did they do a good job last night on the 5th Anniversary thing.

They showed videos of the 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Anniversaries.

Those neocons are such dirty crooks. You can tell they are lying, whenever they're talking.

Thanks, will look for that.

Kanadesaga · 03-24-2008, 12:48 PM

"he tried to kill my daddy"

lrrp · 03-24-2008, 12:53 PM

Or how about the mobile weapons labs, and the human rights abuses to the very Kurds we are letting the Turks kill now? And who could forget about OBL being job one...won't rest till he's caught and all that.

Kanadesaga · 03-24-2008, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by lrrp

Or how about the mobile weapons labs, and the human rights abuses to the very Kurds we are letting the Turks kill now? And who could forget about OBL being job one...won't rest till he's caught and all that.

Well catching OBL didn't fit in with the Carlyle Group plans.

Vicariously I · 03-24-2008, 12:59 PM

When 9/11 happened I had heard this song (which is one of my favorites) on the radio and thought to myself, "here we go."

Pink Floyd "Dogs of War"

Dogs of war and men of hate
With no cause, we don't discriminate
Discovery is to be disowned
Our currency is flesh and bone
Hell opened up and put on sale
Gather 'round and haggle
For hard cash, we will lie and deceive
Even our masters don't know the web we weave

One world, it's a battleground
One world, and we will smash it down
One world ... One world

Invisible transfers, long distance calls,
Hollow laughter in marble halls
Steps have been taken, a silent uproar
Has unleashed the dogs of war
You can't stop what has begun
Signed, sealed, they deliver oblivion
We all have a dark side, to say the least
And dealing in death is the nature of the beast

One world, it's a battleground
One world, and we will smash it down
One world ... One world

The dogs of war don't negotiate
The dogs of war won't capitulate,
They will take and you will give,
And you must die so that they may live
You can knock at any door,
But wherever you go, you know they've been there before
Well winners can lose and things can get strained
But whatever you change, you know the dogs remain.

One world, it's a battleground
One world, and we will smash it down
One world ... One world

ibex · 03-24-2008, 01:30 PM

I almost wish Dj1970 was here to post that out of context quote about the possibility of Saddam Hussein's capacity to manufacture and hide WMDs. It must be great to be able to retrofit reality to suit your own purposes. Bush & co. really are a bunch of aging spoiled brats.

Chantytown · 03-24-2008, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ibex

I almost wish Dj1970 was here to post that out of context quote about the possibility of Saddam Hussein's capacity to manufacture and hide WMDs. It must be great to be able to retrofit reality to suit your own purposes. Bush & co. really are a bunch of aging spoiled brats.

awwww.... deej.....

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Ptech Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Fort Pierce FL Posts: 1,304 Thanks: 35 Thanked 24 Times in 22 Posts	The Daily Show Man, did they do a good job last night on the 5th Anniversary thing. They showed videos of the 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Anniversaries. Those neocons are such dirty crooks. You can tell they are lying, whenever they're talking.
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lrrp Banned Alchol Test Champion! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Evergreen, Colorado Posts: 1,602 My Mood: Thanks: 24 Thanked 57 Times in 32 Posts	Or how about the mobile weapons labs, and the human rights abuses to the very Kurds we are letting the Turks kill now? And who could forget about OBL being job one...won't rest till he's caught and all that.
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Vicariously I Fool on the Hill Breakout Champion! Moon Lander Champion! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Wait.....where am I???? Posts: 1,376 My Mood: Thanks: 89 Thanked 71 Times in 46 Posts	When 9/11 happened I had heard this song (which is one of my favorites) on the radio and thought to myself, "here we go." Pink Floyd "Dogs of War" Dogs of war and men of hate With no cause, we don't discriminate Discovery is to be disowned Our currency is flesh and bone Hell opened up and put on sale Gather 'round and haggle For hard cash, we will lie and deceive Even our masters don't know the web we weave One world, it's a battleground One world, and we will smash it down One world ... One world Invisible transfers, long distance calls, Hollow laughter in marble halls Steps have been taken, a silent uproar Has unleashed the dogs of war You can't stop what has begun Signed, sealed, they deliver oblivion We all have a dark side, to say the least And dealing in death is the nature of the beast One world, it's a battleground One world, and we will smash it down One world ... One world The dogs of war don't negotiate The dogs of war won't capitulate, They will take and you will give, And you must die so that they may live You can knock at any door, But wherever you go, you know they've been there before Well winners can lose and things can get strained But whatever you change, you know the dogs remain. One world, it's a battleground One world, and we will smash it down One world ... One world __________________ "It's hard to face reality when you're busy living in the American Dream." Vicariously I
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ibex Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,108 My Mood: Thanks: 189 Thanked 200 Times in 133 Posts	I almost wish Dj1970 was here to post that out of context quote about the possibility of Saddam Hussein's capacity to manufacture and hide WMDs. It must be great to be able to retrofit reality to suit your own purposes. Bush & co. really are a bunch of aging spoiled brats.
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