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	<title>Comments on: Former Admin. Official Needs Only Three Words To Explain Manipulation of Intel: &#8216;The Vice President&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: Auto Loan</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/wilkerson-vp/comment-page-3/#comment-4860302</link>
		<dc:creator>Auto Loan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Auto Loan&lt;/strong&gt;

Consider a car loan to have a choice to bargain for a great car in 5 hours by becoming active in a incomparable corporation.</description>
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<p>Consider a car loan to have a choice to bargain for a great car in 5 hours by becoming active in a incomparable corporation.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4860302', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ass Round Ass Tight Ass</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/wilkerson-vp/comment-page-3/#comment-4856714</link>
		<dc:creator>Ass Round Ass Tight Ass</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Ass Round Ass Tight Ass&lt;/strong&gt;

I can not agree with you in 100% regarding some thoughts, but you got good point of view</description>
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<p>I can not agree with you in 100% regarding some thoughts, but you got good point of view<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4856714', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Prom Dresses Hat Hollister Clothing</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/wilkerson-vp/comment-page-3/#comment-4832892</link>
		<dc:creator>Prom Dresses Hat Hollister Clothing</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Prom Dresses Hat Hollister Clothing&lt;/strong&gt;

I can not agree with you in 100% regarding some thoughts, but you got good point of view</description>
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<p>I can not agree with you in 100% regarding some thoughts, but you got good point of view<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4832892', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jaleesa</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/wilkerson-vp/comment-page-3/#comment-4770082</link>
		<dc:creator>Jaleesa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Jaleesa&lt;/strong&gt;

The more you are willing to accept responsibility for your actions, the more credibility you will have.</description>
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<p>The more you are willing to accept responsibility for your actions, the more credibility you will have.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4770082', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Rolling Stone National Affairs Daily &#187; Blog Archive &#187; &#8220;The Vice President&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rolling Stone National Affairs Daily &#187; Blog Archive &#187; &#8220;The Vice President&#8221;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2006 16:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] According to Colin Powell&#8217;s former chief of staff the twisting of Iraq war intel, and the success in silencing dissent among senior intellligence officials, is no mystery. It can be summed up in three words: Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.): My question is this to all four of you who would like to answer, maybe itâ€™s a very simple question. I apologize if itâ€™s been asked before. But what perplexes me is how in the world could professionals â€“ Iâ€™m not criticizing anybody here at this table â€“ but how could the professionals see what was happening and nobody speak out? [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] According to Colin Powell&#8217;s former chief of staff the twisting of Iraq war intel, and the success in silencing dissent among senior intellligence officials, is no mystery. It can be summed up in three words: Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.): My question is this to all four of you who would like to answer, maybe itâ€™s a very simple question. I apologize if itâ€™s been asked before. But what perplexes me is how in the world could professionals â€“ Iâ€™m not criticizing anybody here at this table â€“ but how could the professionals see what was happening and nobody speak out? [...]<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=1069416', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Fed-Down</title>
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		<dc:creator>Fed-Down</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2006 13:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>IS IT NOT TRUE, that since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the DICK chain(gang)ee President (VICE) &amp; Bush Co. Adminstration&#039;s treatment of Detainees at Gitmo ILLEGAL and a subsequently a violtion of the 1996 Federal Law which ratifide the Third Geneva Convention of treatment of war prisoners,

THAT BUSH IS GUILTY OF WAR CRIMES !@@@@@@@@@#R%@%R@R%@#@</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>IS IT NOT TRUE, that since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the DICK chain(gang)ee President (VICE) &amp; Bush Co. Adminstration&#8217;s treatment of Detainees at Gitmo ILLEGAL and a subsequently a violtion of the 1996 Federal Law which ratifide the Third Geneva Convention of treatment of war prisoners,</p>
<p>THAT BUSH IS GUILTY OF WAR CRIMES !@@@@@@@@@#R%@%R@R%@#@<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=656975', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: wisafuckingidiot</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/wilkerson-vp/comment-page-3/#comment-648091</link>
		<dc:creator>wisafuckingidiot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The shrub, Cheney and Rummy are war criminals.... PERIOD!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The shrub, Cheney and Rummy are war criminals&#8230;. PERIOD!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=648091', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: baz</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/wilkerson-vp/comment-page-3/#comment-647934</link>
		<dc:creator>baz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>do you ever think that maybe your country might be on the verge of civil war.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>do you ever think that maybe your country might be on the verge of civil war.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=647934', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Mick</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/wilkerson-vp/comment-page-3/#comment-647364</link>
		<dc:creator>Mick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;26. I am trying to get all of you to see the larger context and the ultimate results.

What is larger or more ultimate than the entire world hating us over our foriegn policy of bomb first and use diplomacy second? &lt;/strong&gt;

The world is not hating American people at all, people in the rest of the world realize that some of your leaders have a different agenda. Time has come that republicans see the facts about 911 and the decisions after, have become a more unstable and dangerous world.

Dutch</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>26. I am trying to get all of you to see the larger context and the ultimate results.</p>
<p>What is larger or more ultimate than the entire world hating us over our foriegn policy of bomb first and use diplomacy second? </strong></p>
<p>The world is not hating American people at all, people in the rest of the world realize that some of your leaders have a different agenda. Time has come that republicans see the facts about 911 and the decisions after, have become a more unstable and dangerous world.</p>
<p>Dutch<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=647364', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: gc_wall</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/wilkerson-vp/comment-page-3/#comment-646033</link>
		<dc:creator>gc_wall</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I must not be the only one who perceives Dick Cheney as a clinical functional sociopath. Everything has a higher priority than people, apparently. Selling ideology not to inspire, but to repress is his main game, and he is quite good at it. With the assistance of evil cohorts he has been able to dehumanize the enemy and in the process Americans too. It is amazing how callous people are toward torture, the killing of children, corruption, theft, fraud and war. With the complicity of the news media an anti-American culture that justifies the unjustifiable has been cultivated. It is the acceptance of corruption, and the cynicism through which it is observed that is different. While it is true that similar behavior has occurred in government in the past; If negative behavior surfaced it was, at least, attacked in public, and possibly punished. One would suspect that all the knashing of teeth and hand ringing that went on over the Clinton affair, that writers and journalists would have a passing interest in the disrespect for the rule of law, the underming of the Constitution, and the theft of taxpayers&#039; money at every opportunity. Instead one can hear the crickets chirping away in a void with a presense of a detached pathology, that sticks to every word, that is worth examining</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I must not be the only one who perceives Dick Cheney as a clinical functional sociopath. Everything has a higher priority than people, apparently. Selling ideology not to inspire, but to repress is his main game, and he is quite good at it. With the assistance of evil cohorts he has been able to dehumanize the enemy and in the process Americans too. It is amazing how callous people are toward torture, the killing of children, corruption, theft, fraud and war. With the complicity of the news media an anti-American culture that justifies the unjustifiable has been cultivated. It is the acceptance of corruption, and the cynicism through which it is observed that is different. While it is true that similar behavior has occurred in government in the past; If negative behavior surfaced it was, at least, attacked in public, and possibly punished. One would suspect that all the knashing of teeth and hand ringing that went on over the Clinton affair, that writers and journalists would have a passing interest in the disrespect for the rule of law, the underming of the Constitution, and the theft of taxpayers&#8217; money at every opportunity. Instead one can hear the crickets chirping away in a void with a presense of a detached pathology, that sticks to every word, that is worth examining<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=646033', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Junker7</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/wilkerson-vp/comment-page-3/#comment-645601</link>
		<dc:creator>Junker7</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2006 03:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was enjoying this thread until it was hijacked by this Sam person.  I&#039;m all for people making their points, regardless of whether I agree with them or not, but copying and pasting vast tracts of text (not even your own) into comments is just rude, and certainly doesn&#039;t allow for proper debate - how long would it take to respond to all of the points brought up here? Also, I haven&#039;t read everything that was pasted, but it seems at least some of it was off-topic.

If you wish to reference a more expansive piece of writing, just include a link to it - it&#039;s the polite thing to do.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was enjoying this thread until it was hijacked by this Sam person.  I&#8217;m all for people making their points, regardless of whether I agree with them or not, but copying and pasting vast tracts of text (not even your own) into comments is just rude, and certainly doesn&#8217;t allow for proper debate &#8211; how long would it take to respond to all of the points brought up here? Also, I haven&#8217;t read everything that was pasted, but it seems at least some of it was off-topic.</p>
<p>If you wish to reference a more expansive piece of writing, just include a link to it &#8211; it&#8217;s the polite thing to do.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=645601', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: freeman</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/wilkerson-vp/comment-page-3/#comment-644791</link>
		<dc:creator>freeman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey sam nice cut and pastes from foxes news page If you can read maybe you should peruse the PNAC&#039;s web site your heroes all planed on wars to control oil in the mid east and AFganistan years before 911 and signed their names to it.And who likes the democrats anyway there as guilty at this stage as the neo cons and for that matter so are the republicans for allowing them to use their party as well.The suposedly liberal media has only started reporting anything of substance in the last 6 months (like haw the presidency has been violating the constitutionally protected rights of americans enlesslyfor 5 years )and now they report (ABC)  their  phones are bugged and the bush admin. is threatening to put tmem aeway forever or just shoot them. Try using a few of your own words it would be more polite!!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey sam nice cut and pastes from foxes news page If you can read maybe you should peruse the PNAC&#8217;s web site your heroes all planed on wars to control oil in the mid east and AFganistan years before 911 and signed their names to it.And who likes the democrats anyway there as guilty at this stage as the neo cons and for that matter so are the republicans for allowing them to use their party as well.The suposedly liberal media has only started reporting anything of substance in the last 6 months (like haw the presidency has been violating the constitutionally protected rights of americans enlesslyfor 5 years )and now they report (ABC)  their  phones are bugged and the bush admin. is threatening to put tmem aeway forever or just shoot them. Try using a few of your own words it would be more polite!!!!!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=644791', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: freeman</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/wilkerson-vp/comment-page-3/#comment-644628</link>
		<dc:creator>freeman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Does this come as a suprise to anyone ?At this late date anyone still unsure about the game plan here has been a sleep for the last 5 years ,these people are Nazi&#039;s and for all practical purposes the press and the democrats are complicit by their TOTAL lack of outrage !!!!! Hey anybody see the great piece on the homeless cats on CNN?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does this come as a suprise to anyone ?At this late date anyone still unsure about the game plan here has been a sleep for the last 5 years ,these people are Nazi&#8217;s and for all practical purposes the press and the democrats are complicit by their TOTAL lack of outrage !!!!! Hey anybody see the great piece on the homeless cats on CNN?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=644628', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: freeman</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/wilkerson-vp/comment-page-3/#comment-644604</link>
		<dc:creator>freeman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cheney and Bush want privacy for their conversations, but not for anyone else&#039;s.&quot; --Tony Mauro in USA Today, Feb. 27, 2002</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cheney and Bush want privacy for their conversations, but not for anyone else&#8217;s.&#8221; &#8211;Tony Mauro in USA Today, Feb. 27, 2002<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=644604', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: freeman</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/wilkerson-vp/comment-page-3/#comment-644556</link>
		<dc:creator>freeman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Nazi Fuhrer Adolf Hitler, in his 1925 book Mein Kampf, said: â€œThe broad mass of the nation ... will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one.â€</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Nazi Fuhrer Adolf Hitler, in his 1925 book Mein Kampf, said: â€œThe broad mass of the nation &#8230; will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one.â€<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=644556', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: freeman</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/wilkerson-vp/comment-page-3/#comment-644536</link>
		<dc:creator>freeman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In 1998, Dick Cheney, now US vice-president but then chief executive of a major oil services company, remarked: &quot;I cannot think of a time when we have had a region emerge as suddenly to become as strategically significant as the Caspian.&quot; But the oil and gas there is worthless until it is moved. The only route which makes both political and economic sense is through Afghanistan. [Guardian]????????? who next</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In 1998, Dick Cheney, now US vice-president but then chief executive of a major oil services company, remarked: &#8220;I cannot think of a time when we have had a region emerge as suddenly to become as strategically significant as the Caspian.&#8221; But the oil and gas there is worthless until it is moved. The only route which makes both political and economic sense is through Afghanistan. [Guardian]????????? who next<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=644536', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Kilgore M. Trout</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/wilkerson-vp/comment-page-3/#comment-644422</link>
		<dc:creator>Kilgore M. Trout</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Where is a federal criminal indictment of President-VICE ( very appropriate) Richard B. Cheney et al. ?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Where is a federal criminal indictment of President-VICE ( very appropriate) Richard B. Cheney et al. ?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=644422', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: thinkaboutit</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/wilkerson-vp/comment-page-3/#comment-643912</link>
		<dc:creator>thinkaboutit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>and what was the final conclusion of this relationship by the 9/11 commission?  That there was no substantial collaboration between Saddam and OBL.  Rumsfield shook hands with Saddam.  Should we ship Rummy off to Gitmo?  George Bush holds hands with the Saudi&#039;s that pump money to the Wahabists.  Impeachment?  If you are going to stand on principles of supposes connections then lets get them all.  Russians were talking to Iraq.  How many troops do you think that will take?  This war with Iraq was fabricated.  I can fill this remaining thread with the evidence that shows the slant of ignorance toward the PNAC dream but I don&#039;t believe it would sway you.  I&#039;ll just leave you with this.  Wanting to believe in something doesn&#039;t, in it self, make it so.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>and what was the final conclusion of this relationship by the 9/11 commission?  That there was no substantial collaboration between Saddam and OBL.  Rumsfield shook hands with Saddam.  Should we ship Rummy off to Gitmo?  George Bush holds hands with the Saudi&#8217;s that pump money to the Wahabists.  Impeachment?  If you are going to stand on principles of supposes connections then lets get them all.  Russians were talking to Iraq.  How many troops do you think that will take?  This war with Iraq was fabricated.  I can fill this remaining thread with the evidence that shows the slant of ignorance toward the PNAC dream but I don&#8217;t believe it would sway you.  I&#8217;ll just leave you with this.  Wanting to believe in something doesn&#8217;t, in it self, make it so.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=643912', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Exley</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/wilkerson-vp/comment-page-3/#comment-643894</link>
		<dc:creator>Exley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>thinkaboutit,

OBL may have thought that Saddam was a &quot;bad Muslim,&quot; but they were more than capable of and did put aside whatever religious differences they may have had to fight their common enemy -- the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. The 9/11 Commission reported numerous instances of contacts and meetings between Al Qaeda and Saddam&#039;s intelligence service, including one in which Saddam offered OBL safe haven in Iraq:

&quot;Saddam Hussein&#039;s efforts at this time to rebuild relations with the Saudis and other Middle Eastern regimes led him to stay clear of Bin Ladin.74 In mid-1998,the situation reversed;it was Iraq that reportedly took the initiative.In March 1998,after Bin Ladin&#039;s public fatwa against the United States, two al Qaeda members reportedly went to Iraq to meet with Iraqi intelligence. In 1998, Iraq was under intensifying U.S. According to the reporting,Iraqi officials offered Bin Ladin a safe haven in Iraq.&quot; 

&quot;Similar meetings between Iraqi officials and Bin Ladin or his aides may have occurred in 1999 during a period of some reported strains with the Taliban. According to the reporting, Iraqi officials offered Bin Ladin a safe haven in Iraq. Bin Ladin declined, apparently judging that his circumstances in Afghanistan remained more favorable than the Iraqi alternative. The reports describe friendly contacts and indicate some common themes in both sidesâ€™ hatred of the United States.&quot;
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<p>OBL may have thought that Saddam was a &#8220;bad Muslim,&#8221; but they were more than capable of and did put aside whatever religious differences they may have had to fight their common enemy &#8212; the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. The 9/11 Commission reported numerous instances of contacts and meetings between Al Qaeda and Saddam&#8217;s intelligence service, including one in which Saddam offered OBL safe haven in Iraq:</p>
<p>&#8220;Saddam Hussein&#8217;s efforts at this time to rebuild relations with the Saudis and other Middle Eastern regimes led him to stay clear of Bin Ladin.74 In mid-1998,the situation reversed;it was Iraq that reportedly took the initiative.In March 1998,after Bin Ladin&#8217;s public fatwa against the United States, two al Qaeda members reportedly went to Iraq to meet with Iraqi intelligence. In 1998, Iraq was under intensifying U.S. According to the reporting,Iraqi officials offered Bin Ladin a safe haven in Iraq.&#8221; </p>
<p>&#8220;Similar meetings between Iraqi officials and Bin Ladin or his aides may have occurred in 1999 during a period of some reported strains with the Taliban. According to the reporting, Iraqi officials offered Bin Ladin a safe haven in Iraq. Bin Ladin declined, apparently judging that his circumstances in Afghanistan remained more favorable than the Iraqi alternative. The reports describe friendly contacts and indicate some common themes in both sidesâ€™ hatred of the United States.&#8221;<br />
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		<title>By: thinkaboutit</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/wilkerson-vp/comment-page-3/#comment-643879</link>
		<dc:creator>thinkaboutit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Exley, now your just pushing false information.  Bin Laden called Saddam a &quot;Bad Muslim&quot; and Saddam was not about to give up any of his grip to allow the radical element of Islam in his country.  Iraq was the most westernized country in the region.  And if you truly want to use the link to Al Qaeda connection then why are we still friendly with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.  The argument doesn&#039;t hold water.  The attacking of Iraq is only part of the bigger picture (problem).  It was executed poorly, not looking past what new catch phrases could come out.  No long term thought was put into appeasing the many religous and political factions in Iraq after we kicked the shit out of a large but third rate military.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Exley, now your just pushing false information.  Bin Laden called Saddam a &#8220;Bad Muslim&#8221; and Saddam was not about to give up any of his grip to allow the radical element of Islam in his country.  Iraq was the most westernized country in the region.  And if you truly want to use the link to Al Qaeda connection then why are we still friendly with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.  The argument doesn&#8217;t hold water.  The attacking of Iraq is only part of the bigger picture (problem).  It was executed poorly, not looking past what new catch phrases could come out.  No long term thought was put into appeasing the many religous and political factions in Iraq after we kicked the shit out of a large but third rate military.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=643879', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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