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Against the Iraq war

Charlie Rangel — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:33:59 +0000

“It is the biggest fraud (going to war in Iraq) ever committed on the people of this country. This is just as bad as six million Jews being killed.”

The cooked books and faked threats

Keith Olbermann — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:42:37 +0000

“As a final crash of self-indulgent non-sense, when the incontrovertible truth of your panoramic and murderous deceit has even begun to cost your political party seemingly perpetual congressional seats… When somebody asks you, sir, about the cooked books and faked threats you foisted on a sincere and frightened nation; when someone asks you, sir, about your gallant, noble, self- abnegating sacrifice of your golf game so as to soothe the families of the war dead; this advice, Mr Bush: Shut the hell up! Good night and good luck.”

Timing is everything

David Obey — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:55:34 +0000

“Our troops must be out of a combat role by October — I mean by August of 19 — of 2007.”

War today, war tomorrow, war forever!

Keith Olbermann — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:41:35 +0000

“Everything you said about [withdrawing some troops from] Iraq yesterday, and everything you will say, is a deception, for the purpose of this one cynical, unacceptable, brutal goal: perpetuating this war indefinitely. War today, war tomorrow, war forever!…A man with any self respect, having inadvertently revealed such an evil secret, would have already resigned and fled the country! You have no remaining credibility about Iraq, sir!…Mr. Bush, our presence in Iraq must end, even if it means your resignation, even if it means your impeachment, even if it means a different Republican to serve out your term, even if it means a Democratic Congress and those true patriots among the Republicans standing up and denying you another penny for Iraq, other than for the safety and safe conduct home of our troops. This country cannot run the risk of what you can still do to this country in the next 500 days.”

Global Warming is more worrisome than War

Hans Blix — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:44:58 +0000

â€œ[T]o me, the question of the environment is more ominous than that of peace and war. We will have regional conflicts and use or force, but world conflicts I do not believe will happen any longer. But the environment, that is a creeping danger. I’m more worried about global warming than I am of any major military conflict.â€

Global Warming makes War look like Heaven

John Edwards — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:34:17 +0000

â€œThis is an emergency . . . it’ll make world war look like heaven.â€

The ‘trick of the bad terrorist’ out to ‘get us’

Rosie O'Donnell — Wed, 30 May 2007 14:06:48 +0000

“The vast majority of Americans are no longer falling for the trick of the bad terrorist who are out there to get us.”

Who are the terrorists?

Rosie O'Donnell — Wed, 30 May 2007 14:05:32 +0000

“655,000 Iraqi civilians are dead. Who are the terrorists?”

America is worse than Terrorists

Rosie O'Donnell — Wed, 09 May 2007 14:27:02 +0000

“How many more years and how many more dead kids? It’s just, you know, it’s way over the amount of people killed on September 11th. We’ve killed more Americans than any terrorist ever did in this war…We were not attacked by either of the nations we invaded. Nineteen [sic] Saudis were on those planes, and we invaded Afghanistan and Iraq.”

Media is the watchdog

Bill Moyers — Wed, 09 May 2007 14:22:53 +0000

“If the watchdog doesn’t bark, how do you know there’s a burglar in the basement? And the press is supposed to be a watchdog. I’ll put it another way: if you think that the fire department in your neighborhood is in collusion with the arsonist, you want to know about it. And the fact of the matter is, in the build-up to the [Iraq] war the watchdog didn’t bark and the fire department- in this case the press- was in cahoots with the arsonist.”