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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Then just come out and say the Republicans pushed the US into an unwinnable, illegal, pointless war that cost billions and lives to make Iraq a worse place than it was.
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The Republicans pushed the US into an unwinnable, illegal, pointless war that cost billions and lives to make Iraq a worse place than it was.
And I'll add: They were joined by Democrats voting for it in the house and Senate that included John Kerry and Hillary Clinton.
But yes...it was Bush who pushed it hard and...THEN used cooked up CIA intelligence to persuade all the Senators and Congressmen.
That's my point on this whole issue.
Suddenly our entire country had developed amnesia and "forgot" what the CIA did for Bush in the last administration.
And now everybody wants to hold hands and believe a politicized "report" from the CIA that shows no proof at all so that Trump's presidency can be de-legitimized politically and the country can remain divided (the one thing that Pres. Obama has done flawlessly)
"The White House fact sheet asserts, the report largely consists of tips to improve cyber security and prevent future attacks, it also appears to cite evidence Russian Intelligence Services (RIS) actively attempted to hack into U.S. systems, a campaign the government has named ?GRIZZLY STEPPE.?
But as the media runs with the story and many outlets accept the 13-page report as fact, veterans of the intelligence community have pointed out flaws with the FBI-DHS analysis.
According to Philip Giraldi, a former CIA agent, the report fails to prove Russia is behind the hack. In a recent Facebook post, he asserted that ?apart from assertions of Russian activity connected to an unnamed political party, [the report] provides absolutely no evidence that the alleged intrusions into the DNC servers were anything beyond normal intelligence agency probing for vulnerabilities.?
'In fact' he adds, 'it doesn?t even provide the evidence for that.'
Further, he argues:
'There is no evidence of particular mal-intent that can be traced back to the Russian government, much less to Vladimir Putin. Nine of the thirteen pages of the report deal with advice on how to keep your system from being hacked.'