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2016 Postmortem

TomCADem

(17,387 posts) Thu Jan 24, 2013, 12:15 AM Jan 2013

When National Security Advisor Condi Rice's Flub Caused The Death...

...of thousands of Americans on 9/11 despite access to intelligence regarding the planned attack as referenced by Richard Clarke, John McCain supported her for Secretary of State:

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/11/14/1190731/john-mccain-supported-condi-rice-after-massive-intelligence-failure/?mobile=nc

But when Hillary Clinton played a crucial role in a Libya policy that lead to the downfall of Quaddafi with minimal losses to American life without the need for a massive U.S. invasion, Republicans say that they would have fired her.

Republican intelligence. You got to love it.

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When National Security Advisor Condi Rice's Flub Caused The Death... (Original Post) TomCADem Jan 2013 OP

No, I don't. I like it even less that they are busy making sure that they win all elections ... PDJane Jan 2013 #1

Republican intelligence? Liberal Gramma Jan 2013 #2

Will Rice ever be held accoutable for that and a WMD conspiracy to commit war? just1voice Jan 2013 #3

PDJane

(10,103 posts)

1. No, I don't. I like it even less that they are busy making sure that they win all elections ...

Reply to TomCADem (Original post)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 12:31 AM

Jan 2013

not just now, but into the foreseeable future.

Let me know when the "American People" understand that this is fascism, and it's on the horizon.

Liberal Gramma

(1,471 posts)

2. Republican intelligence?

Reply to TomCADem (Original post)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 12:36 AM

Jan 2013

Surely an oxymoron.

just1voice

(1,362 posts)

3. Will Rice ever be held accoutable for that and a WMD conspiracy to commit war?