A new all time low for partisan politics

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

We helped with the bombing campaign in Libya. It wasn't a full scale invasion but why would we possibly have wanted to help oust an ally?

Bush made an enemy out of Saddam? Are you drunk? Saddam and the US were on terrible terms ever since the Persian Gulf war. You are correct that there would be no ISIS in Iraq if Saddam was still in power. That much is true.

I agree with you that our government needs to be careful when it comes to using the philosophy that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend". When you arm the enemy of your enemy, it can come back to bite you in the butt.

Gee and to think it just took us 2 trillion dollars to get that result. Well at least Cheney and Haliburton got their piece all is cool.


http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...92D0PG20130314

[Pants II]

Instability is good for our military.

There are a lot of people that depend on perpetual war and you're a p u s s y if you don't believe their media outlets.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by jms62

Gee and to think it just took us 2 trillion dollars to get that result. Well at least Cheney and Haliburton got their piece all is cool.


http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...92D0PG20130314

That was definitely why they invaded Iraq, to help Haliburton (a company that Cheney no longer had any affiliation with). I thought you were a relatively bright guy, but if you honestly believe that that was the reason we invaded Iraq, then I will have to reevaluate.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

That was definitely why they invaded Iraq, to help Haliburton (a company that Cheney no longer had any affiliation with). I thought you were a relatively bright guy, but if you honestly believe that that was the reason we invaded Iraq, then I will have to reevaluate.

Thanks

[Danzig]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/28/na...fact.html?_r=0

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by Danzig

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/28/na...fact.html?_r=0

Please...facts are not welcome here by some...only if it comes from Faux

Dan, did you catch thurs nite Stewart show?...if not check it out, first segment.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by bigrun

Please...facts are not welcome here by some...only if it comes from Faux

Dan, did you catch thurs nite Stewart show?...if not check it out, first segment.

I'll do that.a bit behind on viewing shows. Tony and I are in the midst of home renovations. Knocking down walls, new drywall, windows, doors, electric. Good thing we can do it. The price to pay someone would be astronomical.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by bigrun

Please...facts are not welcome here by some...only if it comes from Faux

Dan, did you catch thurs nite Stewart show?...if not check it out, first segment.

Did you even read the article? Apparently you didn't. Here is what it said:

The nonpartisan investigative Government Accountability Office, formerly the General Accounting Office, agreed with the administration’s assessment. It reported in June that the Halliburton subsidiary had been the only company “in a position to provide the services within the required time.” David M. Walker, who as comptroller general is chief of the G.A.O., told a House committee that the no-bid contract was justified “given the war in Iraq and the urgent need for reconstruction efforts.”

On the question of Mr. Cheney’s income from Halliburton, officials of the Bush-Cheney campaign said that before entering office in 2001, Mr. Cheney bought an insurance policy that guaranteed a fixed amount of deferred payments from Halliburton each year for five years so that the payments would not depend on the company’s fortunes. The officials also said he had promised to donate to charity any after-tax profits he made from exercising his stock options. These steps are not unusual for corporate executives who enter government.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/28/na...fact.html?_r=0

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

Did you even read the article? Apparently you didn't. Here is what it said:

The nonpartisan investigative Government Accountability Office, formerly the General Accounting Office, agreed with the administration’s assessment. It reported in June that the Halliburton subsidiary had been the only company “in a position to provide the services within the required time.” David M. Walker, who as comptroller general is chief of the G.A.O., told a House committee that the no-bid contract was justified “given the war in Iraq and the urgent need for reconstruction efforts.”

On the question of Mr. Cheney’s income from Halliburton, officials of the Bush-Cheney campaign said that before entering office in 2001, Mr. Cheney bought an insurance policy that guaranteed a fixed amount of deferred payments from Halliburton each year for five years so that the payments would not depend on the company’s fortunes. The officials also said he had promised to donate to charity any after-tax profits he made from exercising his stock options. These steps are not unusual for corporate executives who enter government.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/28/na...fact.html?_r=0

So you think it is OK that Haliburton received Billions in contracts pushing its stock price up because Cheney said he was donating it to charity? Your "unbiased" article doesn't address when Cheney left office. You know with the Options that he could now exercise and Sell at a price that Reflected the Billions in Revenue that was steered towards Haliburton. Again I thank you for the compliment on my intelligence. I think you may achieve average intelligence yourself if you can train yourself to think deeper and not simply regurgitate the party line pabulum that you google.

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by jms62

Thanks