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Wednesday, December 3, 2008 12:00 AM

The buck stops where?

Our delusional president laments the "intelligence failure" that identified nonexistent WMD in Iraq and admits he was "unprepared" for war.

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  • Thursday, December 4, 2008 05:30 PM

    You just didn't like it. It was the Clinton State Department that designated Iraq a state sponsor of terrorism. Are you saying Clinton lied about Saddam's sponsorship of terrorism?

    I went back over your entire post and not once did you name a single terrorist group. You did, however, give another good example of Clinton Derangement Syndrome. YOUR the one who used links to terrorist groups to make excuses for invading Iraq. The burden of proof is on you, not me. Instead you want to turn everything into how horrible Clinton is. This may come as a shock to you, but we on the left are actually allowed to disagree with OUR leaders. I know that talk radio has conditioned you guys not to ask questions of yours but you might want to try it some time. I didn't agree with Clinton bombing Iraq in 1998 anymore then I supported Shrubs little invasion five years later (actually, I can't think of anyone who supported the Clinton bombing even on the right yet they had no problem with Bush doing it. What a shock!). If the main argument for the invasion of Iraq was links to terrorist groups and fear of Saddam turning the non-existant WMDs over to said groups, then perhaps someone should be able to name said groups and point to the evidence of a connection. To date, no one ever has. Yet even after Bush himself has admitted that Iraq had no hand in 9/11, many of his worshippers still claim he did.

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