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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Well, yes - George W. Bush appears in retrospect to have been sincere. Some of the other powerful supporters of the war did profit from it, but at the expense of American taxpayers rather than Iraqis.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He initially accused Hussein of being in league with Al-Qaeda too. He pressured the shit out of the intelligence community to corroborate his story. When they refused, it was switched to what you just described. People give Bush too much credit. He was just very dumb.

Also this is like the fourth “US NEEDS OIL” meme I’ve seen today lmao. Domestic production is at an all time high, and very little oil produced in the Middle East even comes to the states. But we shouldn’t let facts get in the way of this weird meme campaign

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

All those memes are from the same poster

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

but at the expense of American taxpayers rather than Iraqis

Maybe monetarily. When it came to lives lost, Iraqis paid the higher cost.