news.yahoo.com— The CIA warned the Bush White House seven months before the 2003 Iraq invasion that the U.S. could face a thicket of bad consequences, starting with "anarchy and the territorial breakup" of the country.
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The first time I didn't vote. I was coming off the high of the Clinton era and I couldn't even imagine things being bad. Jobs were everywhere, the dot-com boom was in full swing, companies were springing up in my city like never before... Once that party came to an abrupt end and we found ourselves in 2 wars, it compelled me to register just to vote against Bush.
CIA warned him, State warned him, just about everybody warned him. But the oil companies would have none of that. So what if 130K troops wasn't enough to put down rebellion, so what if we aren't embraced as liberators. With the price of a barrel of oil floating at $60, and gas climbing steadily towards $4 a gallon if you're an oil guy you're reeling in the money. And let us not forget that a highly mechanized military uses an awful lot of fuel.
paraxApr 28, 2007
The first time I didn't vote. I was coming off the high of the Clinton era and I couldn't even imagine things being bad. Jobs were everywhere, the dot-com boom was in full swing, companies were springing up in my city like never before... Once that party came to an abrupt end and we found ourselves in 2 wars, it compelled me to register just to vote against Bush.
Closed AccountApr 28, 2007
Jew bankers.
Closed AccountApr 28, 2007
What's funny about this is that the CIA told him this, but anarchy in Iraq was probably the intention the whole time.
jbdamann2004Apr 28, 2007
What's the big deal? Every president we've had, we try for years to get them into office, then spend the next 4 years trying to get them out.
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kd1sApr 28, 2007
CIA warned him, State warned him, just about everybody warned him. But the oil companies would have none of that. So what if 130K troops wasn't enough to put down rebellion, so what if we aren't embraced as liberators. With the price of a barrel of oil floating at $60, and gas climbing steadily towards $4 a gallon if you're an oil guy you're reeling in the money. And let us not forget that a highly mechanized military uses an awful lot of fuel.