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	<title>Comments on: Cheney Ignores Senate Intel Report, Cites Zarqawi As Evidence of Iraq/Al Qaeda Connection</title>
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		<title>By: Madlen</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/10/cheney-cites-zarqawi/comment-page-4/#comment-1624724</link>
		<dc:creator>Madlen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Think Progress &#187; Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) Calls Out Cheney For Continuing To Push Faulty Intelligence</title>
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		<dc:creator>Think Progress &#187; Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) Calls Out Cheney For Continuing To Push Faulty Intelligence</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] During the same interview, Cheney also continued to falsely cite terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as the link between pre-war Iraq and al-Qaeda. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] During the same interview, Cheney also continued to falsely cite terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as the link between pre-war Iraq and al-Qaeda. [...]<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=808394', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: novelist1953</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/10/cheney-cites-zarqawi/comment-page-4/#comment-805761</link>
		<dc:creator>novelist1953</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#98 Hey twig-gy leaf...whether or not you&#039;re being sarcastic or what &quot;side&quot; you&#039;re on, and to EVERYONE else out there who does this......it&#039;s the Democra&lt;strong&gt;TIC&lt;/strong&gt; Party not the Democrat Party.  Same old Republican talking point trying to change the name of the Democratic Party because the name sounds too...well...too DEMOCRATIC!!  You should call everyone on this whenever you hear it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#98 Hey twig-gy leaf&#8230;whether or not you&#8217;re being sarcastic or what &#8220;side&#8221; you&#8217;re on, and to EVERYONE else out there who does this&#8230;&#8230;it&#8217;s the Democra<strong>TIC</strong> Party not the Democrat Party.  Same old Republican talking point trying to change the name of the Democratic Party because the name sounds too&#8230;well&#8230;too DEMOCRATIC!!  You should call everyone on this whenever you hear it.<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=805761', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Roberto</title>
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		<dc:creator>Roberto</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Umm.... I&#039;m a Canadian and I don&#039;t completely understand American politics, but, why do you let these guys, who are obvious criminals, get away with all of this? A certain level of criminal behavior is expected when it comes to politicians, but I think there are limits.
Any other democratic country in the world would have these guys out on their asses by now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Umm&#8230;. I&#8217;m a Canadian and I don&#8217;t completely understand American politics, but, why do you let these guys, who are obvious criminals, get away with all of this? A certain level of criminal behavior is expected when it comes to politicians, but I think there are limits.<br />
Any other democratic country in the world would have these guys out on their asses by now.<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=805616', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Think Progress - Cheney Ignores Senate Intel Report, Cites Zarqawi As Evidence of Iraq/Al Qaeda Connection [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Johnny Griego</title>
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		<dc:creator>Johnny Griego</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Condi Rice was forced to tell the 911 commission that the administration had recieved a B.D.B. stating Osama Bin Ladin was determined to attack the U.S. Just recently, Bush and Cheney said they may have been able to prevent the 911 attacks if only they would have wire tapped the terrorists. My question is -- WHY DIDN&#039;T THEY? We patriotic Americans need answers.&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Condi Rice was forced to tell the 911 commission that the administration had recieved a B.D.B. stating Osama Bin Ladin was determined to attack the U.S. Just recently, Bush and Cheney said they may have been able to prevent the 911 attacks if only they would have wire tapped the terrorists. My question is &#8212; WHY DIDN&#8217;T THEY? We patriotic Americans need answers.</strong><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=804187', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: S.T.</title>
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		<dc:creator>S.T.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It all comes down to the V.P. wanting a war at all costs, and now trying to justify it at all costs. The President being a narrow minded incometent who has the leadership and vision of a petty minded dictator. The Sect. of Defense, who at best is simply an incompetent who refused reality despite his military advisors attempt to give him honest appraisals, and at worst a feeble-mined halfwit who is delusional.

What can we expect? A war effort that was crippled at its inception. Rumsfeld relieved the Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff because he continually refused to follow Rumsfelds delusion about attacting Iraq. (Check out the similarity of Hitler&#039;s deslusions about military operations in the Soviet Union). He threatened to relieve any senior staff member of the Pentagon who talked about continued effort in Iraq after the invasion, and forbid ANY planning for controlling and pacifying Iraq after the invasion.

Political leadership that cannot get thier stories straight. President Bush denied any connection between Saddam Hussein and 9/11 only 3 weeks ago, yet V.P. Cheney is claiming it today!

This is a high misdemenor of office. Impeachment is the only recourse. And voting the Republicans out, and chastising the Democrats who supported this administration.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It all comes down to the V.P. wanting a war at all costs, and now trying to justify it at all costs. The President being a narrow minded incometent who has the leadership and vision of a petty minded dictator. The Sect. of Defense, who at best is simply an incompetent who refused reality despite his military advisors attempt to give him honest appraisals, and at worst a feeble-mined halfwit who is delusional.</p>
<p>What can we expect? A war effort that was crippled at its inception. Rumsfeld relieved the Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff because he continually refused to follow Rumsfelds delusion about attacting Iraq. (Check out the similarity of Hitler&#8217;s deslusions about military operations in the Soviet Union). He threatened to relieve any senior staff member of the Pentagon who talked about continued effort in Iraq after the invasion, and forbid ANY planning for controlling and pacifying Iraq after the invasion.</p>
<p>Political leadership that cannot get thier stories straight. President Bush denied any connection between Saddam Hussein and 9/11 only 3 weeks ago, yet V.P. Cheney is claiming it today!</p>
<p>This is a high misdemenor of office. Impeachment is the only recourse. And voting the Republicans out, and chastising the Democrats who supported this administration.<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=804161', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Otherworld &#187; Fables of Zombies, Concussions, Brotherly Love and Silence</title>
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		<dc:creator>Otherworld &#187; Fables of Zombies, Concussions, Brotherly Love and Silence</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] CHENEY: &#8220;Zarqaqwi is evidence of the Iraq/Al Qaeda Connection.&#8221; [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] CHENEY: &#8220;Zarqaqwi is evidence of the Iraq/Al Qaeda Connection.&#8221; [...]<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=804057', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Keith H.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Keith H.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ya gotta hand it to the old fart, he doesn&#039;t just give up on his biggest lies.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ya gotta hand it to the old fart, he doesn&#8217;t just give up on his biggest lies.<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=803959', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: PNACneoconscanttellthetruth</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/10/cheney-cites-zarqawi/comment-page-4/#comment-803916</link>
		<dc:creator>PNACneoconscanttellthetruth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Military Plays Up Role of Zarqawi
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/09/AR2006040900890.html?sub=AR</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Military Plays Up Role of Zarqawi<br />
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/09/AR2006040900890.html?sub=AR" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/09/AR2006040900890.html?sub=AR</a><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=803916', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Michelle</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/10/cheney-cites-zarqawi/comment-page-4/#comment-803261</link>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Post 156..to be exact:
According to an article by Fred Kaplan, Bush spent about 40% of his first year as president away from the Whitehouse:


&quot;Then again, it&#039;s easy to forget that before the terrorists struck, 

Bush was widely regarded as an unusually aloof president. 

Joe Conason has calculated that up until Sept. 11, 2001, Bush 

had spent 54 days at the ranch, 38 days at Camp David, and four 

days at the Bush compound in Kennebunkportâ€”a total of 96 days, or 

about 40 percent of his presidency, outside of Washington.&quot;


Bush Sr.  had quite a bit of vacation time too,  it is pathetic.

     President Jimmy Carter (D) Georgia: 

            79 Days (over 1 term - 4 years) 

  

     President Ronald Reagan (R) California: 

            335 days (over 2 terms - 8 years) 

  

     President George H. W. Bush (R) Texas: 

            543 days (over 1 term - 4 years) 

  

     President William J. Clinton (D) Arkansas: 

            152 days (over 2 terms - 8 years) 

  

     President George W. Bush (R) Texas: 

           250 days (as of Aug. &#039;03, less than one term!) 

 

If I am wrong on any of these numbers, please feel free to show me different stats.

There are &quot;146,587 terrorist supporters living in the state
of Connecticut&quot; according to Vice President Dick Cheney - the
number of Ned Lamont voters.

He claims they&#039;re encouraging &quot;the Al Qaida&quot; types who want
to &quot;break the will of the American people in terms of our
ability to stay in the fight and complete the task&quot; in Iraq.
Remember this statement America, I won&#039;t forget it, and I am still waiting for Cheney to apologize to the citizens of this country.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Post 156..to be exact:<br />
According to an article by Fred Kaplan, Bush spent about 40% of his first year as president away from the Whitehouse:</p>
<p>&#8220;Then again, it&#8217;s easy to forget that before the terrorists struck, </p>
<p>Bush was widely regarded as an unusually aloof president. </p>
<p>Joe Conason has calculated that up until Sept. 11, 2001, Bush </p>
<p>had spent 54 days at the ranch, 38 days at Camp David, and four </p>
<p>days at the Bush compound in Kennebunkportâ€”a total of 96 days, or </p>
<p>about 40 percent of his presidency, outside of Washington.&#8221;</p>
<p>Bush Sr.  had quite a bit of vacation time too,  it is pathetic.</p>
<p>     President Jimmy Carter (D) Georgia: </p>
<p>            79 Days (over 1 term &#8211; 4 years) </p>
<p>     President Ronald Reagan (R) California: </p>
<p>            335 days (over 2 terms &#8211; 8 years) </p>
<p>     President George H. W. Bush (R) Texas: </p>
<p>            543 days (over 1 term &#8211; 4 years) </p>
<p>     President William J. Clinton (D) Arkansas: </p>
<p>            152 days (over 2 terms &#8211; 8 years) </p>
<p>     President George W. Bush (R) Texas: </p>
<p>           250 days (as of Aug. &#8216;03, less than one term!) </p>
<p>If I am wrong on any of these numbers, please feel free to show me different stats.</p>
<p>There are &#8220;146,587 terrorist supporters living in the state<br />
of Connecticut&#8221; according to Vice President Dick Cheney &#8211; the<br />
number of Ned Lamont voters.</p>
<p>He claims they&#8217;re encouraging &#8220;the Al Qaida&#8221; types who want<br />
to &#8220;break the will of the American people in terms of our<br />
ability to stay in the fight and complete the task&#8221; in Iraq.<br />
Remember this statement America, I won&#8217;t forget it, and I am still waiting for Cheney to apologize to the citizens of this country.<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=803261', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Dick Dastardly</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/10/cheney-cites-zarqawi/comment-page-4/#comment-802199</link>
		<dc:creator>Dick Dastardly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 05:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can you believe that Cheney has the Gall to try and blame the war critics for their huge F ups??

I am really really tired of this Bush/Cheney spin machine and lame blame game tactics. It&#039;s old. It&#039;s been done too many times and you guys need to start being truthful with the people. 

This is not an Empire,you are not monarchs, you are not Kings, you are not Gods..and I think you are being just plain stupid, now cut that sh_t out and do your f__ing jobs instead of sitting around making and spinning this Rovian turd blossom propagandistic crap.

Damn, just quit already..Just quit..damnit.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can you believe that Cheney has the Gall to try and blame the war critics for their huge F ups??</p>
<p>I am really really tired of this Bush/Cheney spin machine and lame blame game tactics. It&#8217;s old. It&#8217;s been done too many times and you guys need to start being truthful with the people. </p>
<p>This is not an Empire,you are not monarchs, you are not Kings, you are not Gods..and I think you are being just plain stupid, now cut that sh_t out and do your f__ing jobs instead of sitting around making and spinning this Rovian turd blossom propagandistic crap.</p>
<p>Damn, just quit already..Just quit..damnit.<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=802199', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Dick Dastardly</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/10/cheney-cites-zarqawi/comment-page-4/#comment-802095</link>
		<dc:creator>Dick Dastardly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 05:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;[C]onfidently instructing his party how to dig holes in the ground to lie in undetected at night. A bomb dropped by a U.S. aircraft can be seen exploding in the distance. &#039;We were there last night,&#039; bin Laden says without much concern in his voice. He was in or headed toward Pakistan, counterterrorism officials think.
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&lt;em&gt;&quot;The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him.&quot; G.W. Bush, 9/13/2001]]fast forward to december 28,2001]]&lt;/em&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;[[Secondly, he is not escaping us. This is a guy, who, three months ago, was in control of a county [sic]. Now he&#039;s maybe in control of a cave. He&#039;s on the run. Listen, a while ago I said to the American people, our objective is more than bin Laden 12/28 2001]]&lt;/em&gt;
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&quot;That was &lt;strong&gt;December 2001&lt;/strong&gt;. 
Only two months later, &lt;strong&gt;Bush decided to pull out most of the special operations troops and their CIA counterparts in the paramilitary division that were leading the hunt for bin Laden in Afghanistan to prepare for war in Iraq&lt;/strong&gt;, said Flynt L. Leverett, then an expert on the Middle East at the National Security Council.
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&lt;em&gt;[[&quot;I don&#039;t know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don&#039;t care. It&#039;s not that important. It&#039;s not our priority.&quot;
- G.W. Bush, 3/13/02&lt;/em&gt;]]
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&quot;&#039;I was appalled when I learned about it,&#039; said Leverett, who has become an outspoken critic of the administration&#039;s counterterrorism policy. &#039;I don&#039;t know of anyone who thought it was a good idea. &lt;strong&gt;It&#039;s very likely that bin Laden would be dead or in American custody if we hadn&#039;t done that.&#039;&lt;/strong&gt; Several officers confirmed that the number of &lt;strong&gt;special operations troops was reduced in March 2002.&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;

Perhaps just as appalling is this eerie video, which makes one wonder just how closely we tracked bin Laden. Unless they just plucked it off the Internet â€“ could it have been part of al-Qaeda&#039;s propaganda effort, posted on some jihadist Web site? â€“ our government&#039;s possession of the tape indicates just how close they came to him, and how just a little more sustained effort might very well have nabbed him.

Given the above, we can say, with fair certainty â€“ and a certain rectitude in our voice â€“ that bin Laden was allowed to get away. Not inadvertently, as an unintended consequence of a mistaken policy, but as &lt;strong&gt;the result of a conscious decision that made the invasion of Iraq a higher priority than the capture of the terrorist leader&lt;/strong&gt; --Justin Raimondo
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As George said;&quot;I am truly not that concerned about him.&quot;
- G.W. Bush, repsonding to a question about bin Laden&#039;s whereabouts, 3/13/02 (The New American, 4/8/02)
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George should just resign and go to his pig farm and take a long,long,long vacation...a forever vacation..The man is incompetent and quite inept in his speech and his duties.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;[C]onfidently instructing his party how to dig holes in the ground to lie in undetected at night. A bomb dropped by a U.S. aircraft can be seen exploding in the distance. &#8216;We were there last night,&#8217; bin Laden says without much concern in his voice. He was in or headed toward Pakistan, counterterrorism officials think.<br />
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<em>&#8220;The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him.&#8221; G.W. Bush, 9/13/2001]]fast forward to december 28,2001]]</em><br />
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<em>[[Secondly, he is not escaping us. This is a guy, who, three months ago, was in control of a county [sic]. Now he&#8217;s maybe in control of a cave. He&#8217;s on the run. Listen, a while ago I said to the American people, our objective is more than bin Laden 12/28 2001]]</em><br />
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&#8220;That was <strong>December 2001</strong>.<br />
Only two months later, <strong>Bush decided to pull out most of the special operations troops and their CIA counterparts in the paramilitary division that were leading the hunt for bin Laden in Afghanistan to prepare for war in Iraq</strong>, said Flynt L. Leverett, then an expert on the Middle East at the National Security Council.<br />
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<em>[["I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."<br />
- G.W. Bush, 3/13/02</em>]]<br />
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&#8220;&#8216;I was appalled when I learned about it,&#8217; said Leverett, who has become an outspoken critic of the administration&#8217;s counterterrorism policy. &#8216;I don&#8217;t know of anyone who thought it was a good idea. <strong>It&#8217;s very likely that bin Laden would be dead or in American custody if we hadn&#8217;t done that.&#8217;</strong> Several officers confirmed that the number of <strong>special operations troops was reduced in March 2002.</strong>&#8221;</p>
<p>Perhaps just as appalling is this eerie video, which makes one wonder just how closely we tracked bin Laden. Unless they just plucked it off the Internet â€“ could it have been part of al-Qaeda&#8217;s propaganda effort, posted on some jihadist Web site? â€“ our government&#8217;s possession of the tape indicates just how close they came to him, and how just a little more sustained effort might very well have nabbed him.</p>
<p>Given the above, we can say, with fair certainty â€“ and a certain rectitude in our voice â€“ that bin Laden was allowed to get away. Not inadvertently, as an unintended consequence of a mistaken policy, but as <strong>the result of a conscious decision that made the invasion of Iraq a higher priority than the capture of the terrorist leader</strong> &#8211;Justin Raimondo<br />
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As George said;&#8221;I am truly not that concerned about him.&#8221;<br />
- G.W. Bush, repsonding to a question about bin Laden&#8217;s whereabouts, 3/13/02 (The New American, 4/8/02)<br />
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George should just resign and go to his pig farm and take a long,long,long vacation&#8230;a forever vacation..The man is incompetent and quite inept in his speech and his duties.<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=802095', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Miro</title>
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		<dc:creator>Miro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Cheney is just plain psychotic. He needs to be committed.&lt;/i&gt;

Problem is he&#039;d probably have the psychiatric nurses bought off even before he got there.  No, he needs to be tried and convicted.  The Hague guards don&#039;t go into denial about how dangerous he and the rest of his crime family are.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Cheney is just plain psychotic. He needs to be committed.</i></p>
<p>Problem is he&#8217;d probably have the psychiatric nurses bought off even before he got there.  No, he needs to be tried and convicted.  The Hague guards don&#8217;t go into denial about how dangerous he and the rest of his crime family are.<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=801661', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jay Randal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jay Randal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And Cheney is a criminal too post 160 &gt; I was thinking about Bush as I wrote post 163 &gt; you were refering to Cheney I believe in post 160?!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And Cheney is a criminal too post 160 &gt; I was thinking about Bush as I wrote post 163 &gt; you were refering to Cheney I believe in post 160?!<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=801552', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jay Randal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jay Randal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Post 160 Liberal &gt; thanks for the comment and info on the CBS documentary! Yes Bush is a certified liar and a lunatic as well!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Post 160 Liberal &gt; thanks for the comment and info on the CBS documentary! Yes Bush is a certified liar and a lunatic as well!<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=801534', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Massachusetts Liberal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Massachusetts Liberal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt; How Americans can stomach this lying sack of shit is beyond me.&lt;/em&gt;

We can&#039;t.  

&lt;em&gt;He hadn&#039;t seen it????&lt;/em&gt;  He had the nerve to say that?   The Vice President, the presiding officer of the Senate, &lt;em&gt;had not seen&lt;/em&gt; the report of the Senate Intelligence Committee contradicting the lie he&#039;s been spreading for 4 years?  I don&#039;t know what&#039;s worse, not &quot;seeing it&quot; or admitting that he doesn&#039;t care enough to keep himself informed of the pronouncements of his own legislature.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em> How Americans can stomach this lying sack of shit is beyond me.</em></p>
<p>We can&#8217;t.  </p>
<p><em>He hadn&#8217;t seen it????</em>  He had the nerve to say that?   The Vice President, the presiding officer of the Senate, <em>had not seen</em> the report of the Senate Intelligence Committee contradicting the lie he&#8217;s been spreading for 4 years?  I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s worse, not &#8220;seeing it&#8221; or admitting that he doesn&#8217;t care enough to keep himself informed of the pronouncements of his own legislature.<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=801522', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jay Randal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jay Randal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WaltTheMan &gt; contact Rep. John Conyers &gt; he should be able to give you a list of ABC sponsers, or I am sure he can refer you to someone who does have a list!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WaltTheMan &gt; contact Rep. John Conyers &gt; he should be able to give you a list of ABC sponsers, or I am sure he can refer you to someone who does have a list!<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=801520', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Massachusetts Liberal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Massachusetts Liberal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jay Randal, 
Yes, after watching the CBS 9-11 program tonight (mostly from the French documentary) it hit me how horrible this man is and that he represents the criminal element in our government.  He insists on repeating a lie on every occasion that the truth is finally admitted and the lie put in the past.  He can&#039;t let it die!   The lie is everything.

The scene where the firemen describe the explosions they heard at regular intervals was CUT.  SHAME.  (If you have it on your computer, hold on to it.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jay Randal,<br />
Yes, after watching the CBS 9-11 program tonight (mostly from the French documentary) it hit me how horrible this man is and that he represents the criminal element in our government.  He insists on repeating a lie on every occasion that the truth is finally admitted and the lie put in the past.  He can&#8217;t let it die!   The lie is everything.</p>
<p>The scene where the firemen describe the explosions they heard at regular intervals was CUT.  SHAME.  (If you have it on your computer, hold on to it.)<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=801497', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Coffins draped with flags</title>
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		<dc:creator>Coffins draped with flags</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So many f**king lies and now they can&#039;t get them all in sync.  Phew!  It must be a fulltime job to be a liar.

Cheney - a person that has truly risen to his highest level of incompetence.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So many f**king lies and now they can&#8217;t get them all in sync.  Phew!  It must be a fulltime job to be a liar.</p>
<p>Cheney &#8211; a person that has truly risen to his highest level of incompetence.<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=801386', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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