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My favorite moron.
Via TJ’s Anti-Contrarian Blog:
“This news sort of flew under the notice of the Lame Stream Media, and I fear the only way the American People will hear of it is through Bloggers:
Saddam Harbored Al-Qaeda according to a Democrat Senate Investigation!!!
The Democrat-run Senate Intelligence Committee, while trying to find wrongdoing by the Bush Administration in their Phase Two Report, actually proved something that I proved long ago in this blog –Iraq harbored Al-Qaeda before our invasion of March 2003.
Here is the full report: LINK. Now, go and read Conclusions 10 and 11 on Page 71.Hey libs, told ya’ so…“
So what does conclusion 10 and 11 say?
There one problem with TJ’s claim, and that’s Abu Musab al-Zarqawi didn’t join al-Qaeda untill late 2004, well after the invasion and occupation of Iraq. His claim is just another in a long line of rubbish. Even the pResident knows that:
In 2001, coalition forces destroyed Zarqawi’s Afghan training camp, and he fled the country and he went to Iraq, where he set up operations with terrorist associates long before the arrival of coalition forces. In the violence and instability following Saddam’s fall, Zarqawi was able to expand dramatically the size, scope, and lethality of his operation. In 2004, Zarqawi and his terrorist group formally joined al Qaida, pledged allegiance to Osama bin Laden, and he promised to “follow his orders in jihad.”
Soon after, bin Laden publicly declared that Zarqawi was the “Prince of Al Qaida in Iraq” — and instructed terrorists in Iraq to “listen to him and obey him.” It’s hard to argue that al Qaida in Iraq is separate from bin Laden’s al Qaida, when the leader of al Qaida in Iraq took an oath of allegiance to Osama bin Laden.
In 2004.
Muddying the water is what the right-wing blogosphere does oh so well. And TJ is tops at that. To illustrate let’s take a look at the next two conclusions that seemed to have been glossed over:
Ya.
So to sum up…was Iraq a bad place with bad people prior to 2003? Yes. Did it harbor al Qaida? No. Did pResident Bush, Vice pResident Cheney, Don Rumsfeld, and numerous other villains lie this country into a war for their own perceived benefit? Yes.
6 Responses to “My favorite moron.”
June 20th, 2008 at
It must be great to have a conservative brain. Two positions: on or off. Left or right. Black or white.
You see what you want to see. There are no shades. There are no degrees.
You stop reading when you see what you want to see.
You erase from your mind any evidence that runs contrary to what your sky father in the White House / board room / pulpit / comfy chair has told you.
You take in information from demagogues like Hannity and Limbaugh and O’Reilly and you don’t question it and you don’t analyze it, but you do memorize it and you do repeat it and sometimes you can hypnotize those around you through mere repetition.
Oh, to live in a world where all this noise in my brain didn’t exist. Where I could rely on faith rather than intelligence, where I could simply turn off my mind, and where every food tastes like instant mashed potatoes.
Oh, to dream.
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June 20th, 2008 at
Yes, they rely on intelligence reports until they say something that doesn’t fit into their limited world view, i.e., the 2007 NIE stating Iran doesn’t have a weapons program.
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June 21st, 2008 at
But the 2007 NIE is a mis-print. And people just bandy about words like “Warmonger,” “Religious Fanatic,” and “Poodle.” Ask the President.
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June 21st, 2008 at
HA!! Those asscrats. The only right thing about ‘em is their political position.
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July 5th, 2008 at
BWAHAHAHA…FERD, FERD, FERD,
Perhaps your command of English is a bit skewed….
Conclusion #11: “…Iraq provided safe haven for Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi and other Al-Qua’ida related terrorist members were substantiated”…substantiated by a DEMOCRAT investigation.
Again, your own political party has betrayed you. Maybe the Libertarians and Bob Barr will take you in.
And as far as Zarqawi’s connection to Al Qaeda, note that the date of this report is July 2002: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2149499.stm
While Zarqawi didn’t formally swear fealty to Bin Laden until later, his stated goals were to support the efforts of “the Base” through the mechanisms of Ansar Al-Islam. Here is another link dated September 2002 that shows the Al-Qaeda/Ansar connection:
http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/urbang/articles/20020923.aspx
I can’t help it if you want to bury your head in the sand. The fact that a Clinton appointee (Tenet) couldn’t find his ass with both hands in the dark while running the CIA didn’t change the facts on the ground. So feel free to ignore history and make up your own. Liberals tend to do that to assuage their conscience.
I waited a few days after your post so that I wouldn’t embarrass you in front of your buddies. You can thank me later.
Class dismissed.
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July 5th, 2008 at
Oh Muddy Water!
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