December 17, 2016 03:27PM
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I used to give those in power the benefit of the doubt. I used to assume they had access to information and knowledge to which I wasn't privy. I distinctly remember, and probably even posted on these boards, 15 years ago giving President Bush the benefit of the doubt about the threat that Saddam posed. I remember thinking, "I don't think this is a good idea, but he must have some really good justification that I don't know about."
Nope. He was wrong. The CIA was wrong. The intelligence community was wrong. And we went to war. So many people died. Soldiers came back with PTSD. Many committed suicide. Life for those in Iraq will never be the same. Some of the oldest archaeological finds--ever--have been destroyed or lost. ISIS recruited from the chaos, and now have much of the equipment we left behind. The people in power of the U.S. government had no fucking clue what was going on, or what they were about to do. Do not give them the benefit of the doubt. Never give them the benefit of the doubt.
Kstatida was making the distinction between "Russia did it" and "allegedly Russia did it". To me, that's a damn important distinction to make. And you know what else? I am not sorry if I want mountains of undeniable evidence before I believe our intelligence agencies on what they say foreign governments are doing. This vague BS blame-game has to go.
- Paul
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Kstatida |
December 12, 2016 01:07PM |
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Flipside Oreo |
December 16, 2016 07:25AM |
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PaulO |
December 16, 2016 10:09AM |
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Flipside Oreo |
December 16, 2016 06:34PM |
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PaulO |
December 16, 2016 07:04PM |
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Flipside Oreo |
December 16, 2016 08:03PM |
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PaulO |
December 17, 2016 03:44AM |
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starbright |
December 16, 2016 09:30AM |
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Kstatida |
December 16, 2016 10:37AM |
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TheShamanman |
December 16, 2016 08:29AM |
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vortexmagus |
December 16, 2016 03:32PM |
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MiyagiYojimbo |
December 16, 2016 03:39PM |
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vortexmagus |
December 17, 2016 11:01AM |
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MiyagiYojimbo |
December 17, 2016 02:01PM |
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vortexmagus |
December 17, 2016 04:57PM |
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MiyagiYojimbo |
December 17, 2016 06:58PM |
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PaulO |
December 17, 2016 03:27PM |
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vortexmagus |
December 17, 2016 04:33PM |
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PaulO |
December 17, 2016 08:35PM |
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MiyagiYojimbo |
December 17, 2016 07:02PM |
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NbM(VIP) |
December 17, 2016 03:57PM |
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NbM(VIP) |
December 17, 2016 12:20PM |
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vortexmagus |
December 17, 2016 04:14PM |
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NbM(VIP) |
December 17, 2016 04:35PM |
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vortexmagus |
December 17, 2016 04:45PM |
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Kstatida |
December 17, 2016 09:47PM |
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Kstatida |
December 17, 2016 11:29AM |
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Kstatida |
December 16, 2016 08:46AM |
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Jib |
December 16, 2016 09:31AM |
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Flipside Oreo |
December 16, 2016 07:56AM |
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vortexmagus |
December 16, 2016 03:29PM |
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starbright |
December 15, 2016 01:16AM |
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Jib |
December 15, 2016 08:29AM |
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Quas |
December 15, 2016 05:07AM |
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starbright |
December 15, 2016 06:54AM |
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Kstatida |
December 15, 2016 06:23AM |
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Quas |
December 15, 2016 07:14AM |
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Kstatida |
December 15, 2016 07:43AM |
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Rhyaldrin |
December 15, 2016 05:33AM |
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starbright |
December 15, 2016 06:58AM |
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vortexmagus |
December 15, 2016 11:03AM |
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starbright |
December 16, 2016 04:27AM |
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PaulO |
December 16, 2016 05:27AM |
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Kstatida |
December 16, 2016 05:00AM |
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PaulO |
December 15, 2016 04:32PM |
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vortexmagus |
December 15, 2016 04:49PM |
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PaulO |
December 15, 2016 06:17PM |
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vortexmagus |
December 15, 2016 09:59PM |
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starbright |
December 16, 2016 04:36AM |
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vortexmagus |
December 16, 2016 06:45AM |
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starbright |
December 16, 2016 08:48AM |
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Kstatida |
December 16, 2016 08:51AM |
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PaulO |
December 16, 2016 03:37AM |
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vortexmagus |
December 16, 2016 07:09AM |
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PaulO |
December 16, 2016 09:40AM |
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starbright |
December 16, 2016 08:54AM |
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Kstatida |
December 16, 2016 02:11AM |
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Kstatida |
December 15, 2016 07:41AM |
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Kstatida |
December 15, 2016 02:29AM |
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starbright |
December 15, 2016 03:07AM |
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vortexmagus |
December 14, 2016 03:28PM |
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Death_Claw |
December 23, 2016 04:18AM |
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Rhyaldrin |
December 23, 2016 04:24AM |
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Death_Claw |
December 23, 2016 04:44AM |
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Rhyaldrin |
December 23, 2016 04:45AM |
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Kstatida |
December 15, 2016 12:47AM |
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vortexmagus |
December 15, 2016 11:19AM |
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Kstatida |
December 16, 2016 01:32AM |
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vortexmagus |
December 16, 2016 07:02AM |
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Kstatida |
December 16, 2016 08:03AM |
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vortexmagus |
December 16, 2016 02:41PM |
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Kstatida |
December 16, 2016 11:21PM |
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Rhyaldrin |
December 13, 2016 11:25PM |
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PaulO |
December 12, 2016 06:10PM |
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Jib |
December 13, 2016 03:09PM |
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Kstatida |
December 13, 2016 09:52PM |
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Jib |
December 14, 2016 08:01AM |
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