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2015-04-30 Home Front: Politix
White House Hits Back at Bush: Qaeda Wasn't in Iraq prior to 2003 Invasion
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Posted by Fred 2015-04-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ]  Top
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#1 good we took saddam and gadaffi out but we should have kept troops in till we got a settled govt.

Afghanistan is all about getting iran and Pakistan to stop meddling.

in my eyes iran and Pakistan are the biggest enemies in the region followed by the gulf states.
Posted by paul 2015-04-30 05:42||   2015-04-30 05:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Seems multiple violations of the original cease fire agreement were enough justification. Enough for o'Bill to launch a lot of cruise missiles around too.
Posted by Procopius2k 2015-04-30 07:36||   2015-04-30 07:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Yea, yea, yea.... Little Black Sambo was actually an Irish lad from Cork, and Saddam didn't have any WMD either.
Posted by Besoeker 2015-04-30 07:40||   2015-04-30 07:40|| Front Page Top

#4 And Iran was not in charge of parts of Iraq prior to Obama.
Posted by airandee 2015-04-30 09:10||   2015-04-30 09:10|| Front Page Top

#5 AQ ~= ISIS
ISIS~= Saddam's Baath 'special forces'
Therefore, AQ has effectively been in Iraq for decades, except when they fled to Syria.
Posted by Glenmore 2015-04-30 09:27||   2015-04-30 09:27|| Front Page Top

#6 After Iraqis attended the first Popular Arab and Islamic Conference held in Khartoum in April 1991, Abd al-Samed al-Ta'ish, a high ranked Iraqi intelligence agent and 35 other Iraqi intelligence officers arrived in Khartoum in July 1991 and there established a base of operations. Al Ta'ish himself was named Iraq ambassador to the Sudan and served as such until summer 1998. Throughout the period 1991-1996 Iraqi intelligence was in constant contact with Bin Laden. This continued after Bin Laden moved to Afghanistan and even after 9/11.
Posted by Clyde Borgia7976 2015-04-30 10:40||   2015-04-30 10:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Throughout the period 1991-1996 Iraqi intelligence was in constant contact with Bin Laden. This continued after Bin Laden moved to Afghanistan and even after 9/11.

Interesting factoid Clyde. You got any supporting documents, links, etc.? Might be something interesting to toss into my UBL folder.
Posted by Besoeker 2015-04-30 12:21||   2015-04-30 12:21|| Front Page Top

#8 Qaeda Wasn't in Iraq prior to 2003 Invasion

Only if you aren't paying attention.
Posted by gorb 2015-04-30 13:13||   2015-04-30 13:13|| Front Page Top

#9 Even if they were not in Iraq I believe it makes sense to draw them into a zone where we can bomb the crap out of them .
Posted by rjschwarz 2015-04-30 14:55||   2015-04-30 14:55|| Front Page Top

#10 Even if they were not in Iraq...

Believe me, they were. They fought against the Kurds and USSF during the 2003 invasion, and Zarqawi was in Bagdad.
Posted by frozen al 2015-04-30 15:14||   2015-04-30 15:14|| Front Page Top

#11 For a guy without an identifiable foreign policy, Obumble is getting a little heady.
Posted by JohnQC 2015-04-30 17:11||   2015-04-30 17:11|| Front Page Top

#12 Meneer:

Islamic Popular Conference

Same topic, different source (PDF)
Posted by Pappy 2015-04-30 17:58||   2015-04-30 17:58|| Front Page Top

#13 Also,

Iran's Role
Posted by Pappy 2015-04-30 17:59||   2015-04-30 17:59|| Front Page Top

#14 Sounds like the White House needs to bone up on its foreign policy.

Earnest also tweaked Bush by suggesting Obama was elected primarily as a result of the American public rebuking the Bush administration's foreign policy decisions.

Ah, when Obama defeated Bush in 2008. Go back to selling Mellow Yellow.
Posted by swksvolFF 2015-04-30 18:12||   2015-04-30 18:12|| Front Page Top

#15 Pappy ~ Thanks for the background data fwd. Will take me a few hours to digest. My initial scan explains what appears to be taking place in Iran.
Posted by Besoeker 2015-04-30 18:36||   2015-04-30 18:36|| Front Page Top

#16 Earnest also tweaked Bush by suggesting Obama was elected primarily as a result of the American public rebuking the Bush administration's foreign policy decisions.


After 8 years, Iraq was as under control as could be expected. Obama was elected because the liberal desire to allow the first black president, an unknown at that, occupy the oval office in American history, was more compelling than any potential threat to world peace at that time.

Until Obama decided to reverse all of that by arming anyone from Mexican Cartels to the Muslim Brotherhood.
Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664  2015-04-30 18:37||   2015-04-30 18:37|| Front Page Top

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