George Will Slams Dick Cheney For Not Apologizing For Iraq
Damn it, I hate it when this happens. I actually agree with George Will. As I reel from worlds colliding, let's look at the astonishing admission of wrongness on behalf of a Republican to which George Will wants an apology:
WILL: Five hundred and sixty five pages and a simple apology would have been in order in some of them. Which is to say, the great fact of those eight years is we went to war—big war, costly war—under false pretenses. And…to write a memoir in which you say essentially nothing seriously went wrong…if I wrote a memoir of my last week, I would have things to apologize for.
Every appearance on This Week offers up the opportunity for Will to apologize for his usual wrongness, but I digress.
This is just another example of the after-the-fact tacit admissions of the right wing--who spent the entire decade castigating and criticizing the left for questioning why we were in Iraq, mind you--that the Bush administration did lie us into a war of choice against a nation that posed no threat. But where's the apology for that from George Will, huh?
Weekly appearances on a national news show for the last 28 years and a twice-weekly column since 1978 and you'd think a simple apology--"The left was right about invading Iraq" --would not only be in order, but mentioned at some point in all the platforms Will is privileged to have.
And he likes baseball, so his opinion holds weight inside the Beltway.
I had business partners who were Kurdish that had a large majority of their family wiped out by Saddam, he did use chemical weapons on over 100,000 of his own people. I personally am surprised that noone seems to remember the fact that he contracted a French company to design and build a nuclear reactor that was subsequently destroyed by an Israeli air strike. After an interrogation that lasted 168 days, Saddam admitted that he did inflate the truth of their capabilities in order to keep Iran at bay. I think it was wise that we went into Afghanistan and in turn Iraq, because Russia and China still are not our friends.. We have succeeded in diverting attention towards other countries desiring democracy in their own back yard.
I do give George Bush credit for at least standing up for our 2nd amendment rights.. I can't wait for these details regarding the wars and 9/11 to be declassified, so at least in part I try and reserve judgment and wish others would concentrate more on positive things such as the fact that people are bowling in Iraq right now.
Wow, I did not know that. Thanks. Makes the whole excursion worthwhile then. Sure beats oil paying for the costs of the war as Dumbsfeld promised...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
and even if they were it shouldn't matter. They were people, full stop.
me-oww!
Yeah, especially in those free speech zones...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Nevertheless, Bush waged a war of aggression, the most serious of all war crimes, and killed over 100,000 men, women and children in the process.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
...over a million in iraq.
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
Bowling - well, by candlelight or squeezed into the 3-4 hours of electricity per day. Life's a piece of cake in Iraq now.
which were purchased from companies in the USA, with the full knowledge of our government.
provided by DOD for him to use for targeting.
The people of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage." J.K. Galbraith
back in 1988! let me remind you who was president in 1988: george h.w. bush, who seemed to have no problem with saddam's domestic policies.
bush pere was happily selling arms and equipment to saddam, items used to then invade kuwait. the chemical weapons used against the kurds, in 1988, were not usable 12 years later, having deteriorated over that time frame. as well, by 2002, saddam lacked any useable delivery system (unless 500 iraquis attempting to throw a rocket counts as a "delivery system"), so the whole basis for invading iraq was, and still remains, a fraud.
let's not forget the fraudulent invastion of afghanistan, launched because the taliban refused to just hand over osama, sans the extradition niceties, as demanded by bush jr. how dare those turban heads expect the US of A to honor international treaties, just who the fuck did they think they were, anyway!
criminal acts tend to come back and bite you in the ass, whether and individual or a state. our state ass has been bitten twice, at huge cost of blood and treasure, not to mention the blood of the afghans and iraquis spilled in the process. if g. bush truly believes in a just god, he'd better pray he never dies, because he is well and fucked for eternity.
GHWB was VP in 1988
St. Ronnie Raygun was still POTUS in '88.
GHWB did win the '88 Presidential Election
but wasn't innagurated until 01/89.
Beer-i.e., God's Sweet Nectar- is a magic drink that makes you smarter, stronger, and more sexy.
-S. Colbert
I bet they were bowling in Iraq long before the Americans 'helped them out'.
"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!
Oh good grief.
Is this satire, or did you click the wrong website?
Rush Limbaugh is what a smart person thinks a stupid bigot sounds like.
of the Devil. These vile worms are too proud to admit the left was right all along.
The internet is full of bogus 'American patriots', posting from places like Latvia, Qatar, and Nigeria.
The left wasn't right, it was correct.
"No one ever said these people were logically consistent."
- watchdog -
Heh. The left is right and the right is wrong.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
...but three lefts do.
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
Keep those apologies coming Mr. Will...
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
should also apologize to the poor creature that gave up it's life only to end up on top of his head. Get a chinstrap for that thing George.
He's still firmly convinced we did the right thing by invading Iraq and taking out Hussein. Whatever collateral damage occurred is the cost of doing business.
Dylan was right. When Cheney finally kicks I will volunteer at least a couple of days standing watch over his grave to make sure that fucker is surely dead.
The people of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage." J.K. Galbraith
part of that action, just to make sure he doesn't try to escape.
Make sure you have a string of garlic and some holy water, along with a sharpened stick and a good heavy mallet. I'm thinking it's even money that he'll need to be staked back into his coffin if you don't want him to rise at sunset.
...then I'll start dancing, then when my bladder is full and ready to blow......fill in the rest.
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
perish!
Both should become national holidays.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Come to NY for that celebration. I'm buyin'.
"Anyone that makes less than $150K in this country, has no business voting Republican."
Sociopathy means never having to say you're sorry.
Is there even a single person on the planet who is surprised by that statement? I think not.
One of the reasons why Bush, Cheney, and the Modern Republican Party are so dangerous is because of their extreme ideological belief in their own infallibility.
all these terms should ring a bell to anyone with even a cursory knowledge of this subject. Dick Cheney should be living out his days in Leavenworth.
Julian Borger reports on the shadow rightwing intelligence network set up in Washington to second-guess the CIA and deliver a justification for toppling Saddam Hussein by force
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/jul/17/i...
Damn it, I hate it when this happens. I actually agree with George Will
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
"Anyone that makes less than $150K in this country, has no business voting Republican."
i want people in jail for lying to get this war approved. it is about time that happens.
Is any of this any goddamn worse than Albright saying a half a million kids dying was worth it for the sanctions against Iraq? They're all fucking criminals, it is just a matter of degree.
Being Dick(head) Cheney means never having to say your sorry.
Georgie-Porgie seems to be in the mood for a truce. He also lied that Obama blamed everybody but himself for the state of the economy, "the tsunami, the tornadoes, George W. Bush", etc.
Ok, Georgie, then let's make a deal: Obama won't mention the very real disasters, Bush included, that kept the economy from improving faster as long as neither YOU nor anyone else in mainstream media blames weak retail sales and manufacturing activity in the month of August 2011, particularly along the Eastern Seaboard of the USA, on "Obama's failed economic policies" without so much as mentioning Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene.
My bet is George Will will NOT be able to honor his side of such a truce.
Rarely will the Reich wingers admit to anything but the one thing that most of them will admit is that Cheney , one of their own , is a lair , a psychopathic madman . Cheney is probably the most despised and hated man on the planet , I think the sick SOB actually gets off on the fact , likes it .Once again , what the hell is our rationale , our excuse , for staying in Iraq ? For still being in Afghanistan ? There isn't any , there is absolutely none , the on going crime continues under Mr. Slick and company and fools still volunteer to go do their dirty work and enable the sewer rats in DC . Makes me sick .
He set out to use his position to make lots of his money for his buddies at Halliburton and he succeeded. Mission accomplished.
Check the archives but I bet Will sucked BushCo dick throughout the administration. As if he didn't know until JUST now it was all a fraud.
"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!
I am genuinely surprised that George Will has realized that he was lied to about the Iraq invasion, and how the damn thing was never paid for.
The only problem is, when all is said in done, and more than a decade later, this country is still pouring billions of dollars into that effort while we Americans are sitting around twiddling our thumbs while we watch America and its cities and the people who live in them continue their steady decline.
I'm sure the Vice President's book will be a "best seller".
I'm sure the Vice President's book will be a "best seller".
Murdoch and the Krotch brothers bought five million copies each.
It's the #1 bestseller of all time. Which means the American people - the real American people, you know, the ones who watch Fox and listen to Rush while polishing their rifles - just love the biggest of Dick's.
Rush Limbaugh is what a smart person thinks a stupid bigot sounds like.
They just can't get enough Dick.
"To me, truth is not some vague, foggy notion. Truth is real. And,
at the same time, unreal. Fiction and fact and everything in between,
plus some things I can't remember, all rolled into one big "thing."
This is truth, to me. "
-Jack Handy
...he starts actively calling for Bush & Cheney to be prosecuted as the war criminals they are.
Until then, too little, too late.
Thank you. Reposted.
He's not trying to paint a different picture here. I respect him for that. Cheney on the other hand....sick man. I saw him on Good Morning America being interviewed. He kept telling the interviewer that George Bush made all the decisions. He gave him advice. Different accounts on history from his abound. Yet he continues to say, I only gave advice to George Bush. What a flipping mamby pamby. He'll make it look like he was the great thinker, the man who shaped the presidency yet he won't take responsibility. Same wuss he always was. Don't send Dick into war.
Jeanne
It took a sociopath like Cheney to do it.
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