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Pat Robertson unloads on Bush for latest Iraq crisis: We were sold a bill of goods!
By David Edwards
Monday, June 16, 2014 14:00 EDT
Televangelist Pat Robertson on Monday blasted former President George W. Bush for selling Americans a bill of goods before the Iraq invasion, which led to the violence that is currently sweeping across the country.
During his Monday broadcast, a viewer asked Robertson if there was a solution to the ongoing violence caused by an al Qaeda splinter group, ISIS, threatening to take over Iraq.
Right now, what we did and it was a great mistake to go in there, Robertson explained, pointing out that Saddam Husseins bomb maker had said that the then-dictator doesnt know how to make an atomic bomb.
And so to sell the American people on weapons of mass destruction, he had WMD and was getting [concentrated uranium] yellowcake out of Africa and all of that, it was a lot of nonsense, the TV preacher said. We were sold a bill of goods, we should never have gone into that country!
As bad as Saddam Hussein was, he held those warring factions in check, and he contained those radical Islamists, he continued. Fix it, no? Its too late to fix it. Its unfixable. Those simmering animosities have been there for centuries.
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Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,525 posts)lumpy
(13,704 posts)Skidmore
(37,364 posts)That old snake oil salesman has some gain he thinks he can make from distancing himself from Bush. Wonder whose wagon he's hitching his star to next.
erronis
(15,328 posts)I can't remember who this self-proclaimed nutcase is but I do know that he tries to make an honest living by sucking dollars out of vulnerable, ignorant people. Most of these people are also the ones who'll buy into whatever channel their T.V. set is tuned into (and it ain't PBS.)
This, and other bibble-humping nutcases, won't alienate their stupid flock for such an unimportant issue. I can see them doing some contortions when they're found out doing sex acts with weird people/animals/objects, however.
sgtbenobo
(327 posts)....sleeping with dogs. Send in the fucking clowns.
Carry on.
samsingh
(17,600 posts)who had minds.
clearly the repugs proved they did not. it was a time for stupidity to reign under a gop resident.
The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)Anyone, and there were so many, who really thought that war with Iraq was a reasonable idea must now realize that they have a bad sense of reality and very poor judgment. They must open themselves to investigate what the same people are saying now and remember that all the many reasons given were buck and war is not an answer. It is the losing response.
I had a young lawyer tell me, that at least it would be good for the economy. OMG! I was sickened and I told them that they better check their reasoning if they could support the death of innocent families and all the horrors of war to enjoy a little more money in their pockets.
It is a sad state when we let any politician suggest that we turn on others to enrich our bank accounts. They are all around us now preaching the same mantra. Spouting the same lies. Spreading the same fears.I see it. Why can't everyone?
quinnox
(20,600 posts)Turbineguy
(37,364 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)warrior1
(12,325 posts)silverweb
(16,402 posts)[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]...one sunbeam at a time.
Or for some people, one photon at a time -- every one of which is needed and welcome.
Vattel
(9,289 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Is this let's make revise our recent history month?
Boomerproud
(7,963 posts)Hell has frozen over. Marion could have posted those exact words on DU. Is this The Onion?
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
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sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)were being called TRAITORS for trying to stop it!!
Too late, for all those who are now jumping ship AFTER the slaughter and the theft, the torture and the destruction of our country's reputation around the world.
However, this is an indication that PROSECUTIONS of the WAR CRIMINALS might not be all that unpopular after all, if rabid Bush/War supporters like Robertson are now claiming to be ANGRY at being DECEIVED.
freebrew
(1,917 posts)tavernier
(12,396 posts)He kept blaming dubya when he really meant to blame Obama. He's really going to confuse his flock who have been well programmed over the years to hate the godless democrats.
This could dissolve into religious anarchy!!
Note to self: More popcorn and butter for the future.
JoeyT
(6,785 posts)out of all the lies that were told in the runup to that war. That lie must've brought scrutiny on the smuggling operations happening there. Including the ones around blood diamonds.
navarth
(5,927 posts)MisterP
(23,730 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)Orsino
(37,428 posts)I'm not sure that Robertson has moments of lucidity, but maybe he thinks Bush was the black one?
lark
(23,147 posts)I'm totally shocked, didn't think he had it in him. Guess even a broken clock is right twice a day.
But expect it to be gone by tomorrow.
LoisB
(7,223 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,869 posts)Or a satire site? This is at rawstory?
Holy mary mother of god jesus h christ who'da thunk it?
klook
(12,164 posts)This is truly weird.
Zorra
(27,670 posts)How did Pat, with all his high falutin' religious wisdom, miss that?
zentrum
(9,865 posts)What was his position on the eve of the invasion?
This old diamond mine slave driver con man doesn't care about the American people or the Iraqis.
What is this really about?
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)...he knew he'd lost the war.
- Now that Bush has lost ''his Cronkite,'' I wonder how he's taking it?
K&R
Stuart G
(38,439 posts)Liberalynn
(7,549 posts)A right wing religious zealot admitting their glorious Dumbya not only was wrong but lied too? He'll just froze over.
Cha
(297,530 posts)Zambero
(8,965 posts)Does dementia possibly hold a positive effect for some? Does it filter out earlier personal biases that distorted perceptions, and even provide momentary lucidity? If not, then Robertson has undergone a "conversion" of sorts. At any rate, this must be the first time that I have ever found myself agreeing with anything he has said.
JEFF9K
(1,935 posts)... Maybe those brain-enhancing pancakes are worth looking into.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)against the Sunni insurgents that Saudi Arabia is financing. The Sauds have lots of money.
polynomial
(750 posts)Pat Robertson has been swindling for decades ethically honest religious people.
From my view it was easy to see that Pat Robertson is a flim flam man. Worse he uses the most physic art or skill of healing with religion, gift giving, asking for money to heal.
Now with surprise, in the same sense as Glenn Beck taking a turn against both Bush and Cheney in those wars so is Pat Robertson now makes the claim it was wrong.
This begs the question or begs a statement. There is a disturbance in the force.
The one big time person left to confess is Rush Limbaugh. If Rush turns on Bush and Cheney to say the war in Iraq was wrong something is really happening in the Republican GOP George Bush/ Cheney crime syndicate.
Rush is in the same category as Glenn Beck in that Limbaugh for decades ranted with sedition commentaries many times over and over. Now will likely rant with retribution and retaliation against Bush and Cheney, otherwise Limbaugh really likes hell
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)Glenn Beck AND Pat Robertson are turning on Bush finally? There must be something in it for them. I wonder what that "something" is. Anyone have any idea? I'm sure it's $ or something like that but from where?
Moostache
(9,897 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Would now like to say, "WE TOLD YOU SO."
Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)... who are 10 years too late and a trillion dollars short.
Duh, you fucking prick.
I wish I could be so wrong all the time, and then 10 years later claim to have seen the "light."
Fuck you, Pat Robertson.