Republican Rep. Walter Jones (Photo Credit: AP)
It’s no secret that Republican Rep. Walter Jones of North Carolina is an outspoken critic of America’s Middle Eastern wars. But on Saturday, he extended beyond the geopolitical and dove into some theological territory. During a speech, the congressman shared his views regarding where he thinks former Vice President Dick Cheney will go when he dies. Hint: It’s not heaven.
During the keynote address at the Young Americans for Liberty conference in Raleigh N.C., Jones said that he believes Cheney will probably go to hell for his role in pushing for the Iraq War, WBTV-TV reports. Additionally, he noted that President Lyndon Johnson is probably already there due to involvement with the Vietnam War.
“Congress will not hold anyone to blame,” Jones said. “Lyndon Johnson’s probably rotting in hell right now because of the Vietnam War, and he probably needs to move over for Dick Cheney.”
A robust outbreak of applause followed.
See Jones’ controversial remarks, below:
WBTV-TV notes that the congressman initially voted in support of the Iraq War. He was apparently so supportive of the military operation that he pushed the term “freedom fries” as an alternative to “French fries” back in 2003. Later, he decried U.S. overseas operations, as evident from his controversial comments about Cheney.
The former vice-president obviously wasn’t the only topic of conversation for Jones. He also spoke about the Obama administration’s drone policy, which he called “unconstitutional,” among other subjects.
(H/T: WBTV-TV)
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Vision Harry
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:54pmWar? You call That War? War is when someone threatens your sovereignty and on grounds of morality, decency, and self-preservation, you wipe them off of the face of the earth with the full force of everything at your disposal. You don’t go back and clean up any messes you were “deemed” to have made. No apologies are issued. Thus, Not only is history written by the winner, the laws of Justice and Mercy are satisfied. The line between good and evil is now so visible it can not be hidden under cover of darkness. It is time to declare your allegiance and defend it with the full force of everything at your disposal
(encinom/senile/leftylooney) “So Let It Be Written,So Let It Be Done!”… Yul Brynner
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GhostOfJefferson
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:05pmWars, at least in these united States, also require an official Congressional Declaration of War to be passed. Anything else is an illegal military activity.
Yeah, I know, nobody wants to hear that. I’m a Constitutionalist, not just when it benefits me, but sometimes even when it doesn’t.
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sillyfreshness
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:06pmOne thing is definite……one is not to criticize this NWO/JWO led war against Iraq or Afghanistan. That’s a big no no. Now we are trying to get involved in Syria, but I’ve noticed the “chosen people” ran Marxist Media has backed off lately. They must be getting ready for a new barrage of propaganda to get Americans stirred up to attack Syria. Oh and lets not forget Iran. We have to get propaganda built up to rile up Americans to attack Iran. This whole NWO globalist nation building war is what is draining down America’s wallet. There is no end in sight either. Fighting Islamic radicals is just like fighting crime or drugs. It will be a never end.
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The Big Mick
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:07pmya got some good points here H, if I’m reading you right and not missing sarcasm.
But the bottom line still is the Sanduskies hate us for reasons other than our messin with em.
It ain’t the oil, they don’t have to sell it, it ain’t the Jews, Jews kick their aszes anyway.
No, they HATE us and INTEND to DESTROY us because THEY have a Dark Age Barbarian Patriarchal KLANbangin CULTURE, and OUR WOMEN wear Daisy Dukes, Drink Jack Daniels and Do the Boogaloo to Elvis Driving Dodges Downtown.
Long as OUR women CAN, THEIR women might get “uppity” and THAT the Goat Suckin Camel Humpin Sandyknickers CANNOT have.
As Jim Kirk the Younger said not all that long ago: “Either they are going down or we are.”
I prefer it to be them.
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soybomb315_II
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:24pmthis video is 51 minutes long….Is it fair to use a straw man headline to paint him as some sort of kook when there is so much information in the video? Isnt that what the liberals do?
I am watching the whole thing and will report back later
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MonkeyBeagle
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:40pmWalter Jones is a Patriot! He is the only congressman to have filed an Impeachment resolution against Obama…. DONT BE SO QUICK TO JUDGE WALTER.. he is a good man, he just is out spoken about his values, even if you dont always agree with him.. he at least is a man of core moral conviction.. and even more than that.. He believes in following the constitution. He also wrote the Bill to allow Military Dogs to come home with handlers and not be euthanized as surplus.
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Stone Cold Truth
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:48pmI hate to be a party pooper, but I like Dick Cheney. I think he may be the best Vice President ever as functionality goes. I get that most libertarians and liberals alike hate anything remotely connnected with Iraq mainly on account that their either pussycats or selfish, deviant aholes. Sometimes both. Either way, I like Cheney. He’d be my Secretary of Defense in a heart beat.
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freeberty
Feb. 26, 2013 at 4:08pmBig Mick
That’s the problem isn’t it? You and Harry and many others have a truthful version of the way wars ought to be executed, but it’s just a fantasy compared to our government actions since 9-11, more importantly it has been a fantasy since the end of WW2.
The more appropriate reference to Jame Kirk and the way we fight wars would have been James Kirk going down on the enemy.
By the way the only war that I feel has been won since 9-11, is the exponential control that our police state has gained over it’s own citizens
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soybomb315_II
Feb. 26, 2013 at 4:39pmwell thank goodness this article has moved down theblaze cuz people are only interested in the headline and not the article or video
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dissentnow
Feb. 26, 2013 at 5:07pm@Stonecold
“I get that most libertarians and liberals alike hate anything remotely connnected with Iraq mainly on account that their either pussycats or selfish, deviant aholes”
Please eplain how not supporting a progressive Wilsonian foreign policy agenda against a country that never attacked us makes us “either pussycats or selfish, deviant aholes”.
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JRook
Feb. 26, 2013 at 5:50pmIt is really nice when the truth breaks through all the BS.
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DeOppressoLiber
Feb. 26, 2013 at 6:14pmA little history.
Last time we had a Declaration Of War, WWII and guess what we won.
Korean War = armistice agreement = a tie
Vietnam = Paris Peace Accords = we lost
Next time please do the DOD a favor and get a Declaration Of War, this will take out the single biggest Center Of Gravity (COG) exploited by the enemy. That COG is the idiots in Rome (Washington) who fight for power, only power and only to stay in power.
A Declaration Of War gets both parties on the same sheet of music, and then they can not waffle they have to work together to win it or lose it.
I am sure there was opposition during WWII, all FDR had to do is bring in the haters and ask, Is this your signature? It is, then shut the F@$K Up and let the military win this thing.
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AUsername
Feb. 26, 2013 at 6:49pmex neo con now patriot and America firster Walter Jones proud of my Representative.
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techengineer11
Feb. 26, 2013 at 7:35pmThe Rep is correct.. Cheney and many other so called Conservatives will burn in hell for bowing to their Jewish masters demand for slaughter in the Middle East.
I mean how many women and babies will be slaughtered for AIPAC? I think some of you good ole Christian gals should go over there for your Jewish masters and beat the hell out of the little Arab children with your Bibles and tell em how much Jesus love em too.
Damn straight a lot of folks gonna bust hell wide open for that craven act… No righteous God will tolerate such filth and iniquity.
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techengineer11
Feb. 26, 2013 at 7:50pmfreeberty
Posted on February 26, 2013 at 4:08pm
Big Mick
That’s the problem isn’t it? You and Harry and many others have a truthful version of the way wars ought to be executed, but it’s just a fantasy compared to our government actions since 9-11, more importantly it has been a fantasy since the end of WW2.
Sorry but you have to include both WW1 and WW2 in there as well… People just don’t know the truth.. We had no business in either World War especially the 1st one. Just lies lies and more lies.
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DLV
Feb. 26, 2013 at 8:12pmTech- you’re one screwed up dude.
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skunkbear
Feb. 26, 2013 at 8:52pmVISION HARRY, ” War is when someone threatens your sovereignty…”
And which of the multitudes of countries we are attacking are actually threatening our sovereignty? Iraq? Afghanistan? Pakistan? Syria? Yemen?
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techengineer11
Feb. 26, 2013 at 9:54pmskunkbear
Posted on February 26, 2013 at 8:52pm
VISION HARRY, ” War is when someone threatens your sovereignty…”
And which of the multitudes of countries we are attacking are actually threatening our sovereignty? Iraq? Afghanistan? Pakistan? Syria? Yemen?
Bears repeating for these fools. No matter how obvious it is to some others just can’t get it because people in positions of power whom they respect said it was justified.. therefore they are believers in the cause.
I’ve not seen 2 or 3 people change their stance on the Blaze in the past several years despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary that they were lied to… Matters not though because they bought the intial lie… Would be impossible for them to go back and admit that they were wrong.
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techengineer11
Feb. 26, 2013 at 9:55pmThe Big Mick
Posted on February 26, 2013 at 3:07pm
Surely you jest.. Please tell me there is no one so damn stupid to believe what you said in that post.
Remember we’re in their lands.. They are not in America.
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3monkeysmomma
Feb. 26, 2013 at 10:36pmVisionHarry drank the Neocon koolaid.
Don’t worry Harry, I did too for a while, the recovery was painful, but I survived it.
Just hang in there!
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G-WHIZ
Feb. 27, 2013 at 10:40am1–This is A NON-DECLARED WAR!! 2– I see the PROGLICANS didn’t vote against it either!! All this time-passes and THEY still have NOT VOTED AGAINST IT!!
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Yeah_Buddy
Feb. 27, 2013 at 11:26amI hate to be a party pooper, but I like Dick Cheney. I think he may be the best Vice President ever as functionality goes.
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I like his daughter Liz too.
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CamilleF
Feb. 27, 2013 at 12:13pmSo very right you are. Rep Jones is a traditional conservative who understands the proper role of a small and limited government.
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wingnut1955
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:53pmWhen did God make Walter Jones the guy who decides who goes to hell or heaven? I must have missed that in the Bible. What an ego this guy must have.
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soybomb315_II
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:05pmif republicans can call obama the devil, then we can certainly say that Cheney will “probably go to hell”
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Gonzo
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:10pmI guess Congress doesn’t feel that having control of your life here on Earth is enough anymore. Now they want control over your mortal soul for all eternity.
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soybomb315_II
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:26pmThe video says he is writing a book called “God forgive me”….Presumably a book about his vote for the Iraq war. A guy who asks forgiveness for such a monstrosity has the moral authority to question those who have not
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13th Imam
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:30pmLord O can do no wrong in Tofu’s composite eyes.
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ofass
Feb. 26, 2013 at 5:36pmSOY@ who is “we”? speak for yourself will you.
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LakeHartwellSailor
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:52pmThis is just noise. But then again, I have had no issues about the United States engaging Iraq in war. Suddam Hussein Oba…..I mean Suddam Hussein, and his sons where sadistic murderers. Just ask the Kurds.
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skunkbear
Feb. 26, 2013 at 8:56pmWhere, specifically, in the Constitution does the federal gubment have the authority to police the world of the likes of Saddam and his sons?
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Beachmastermax
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:51pmLuke 6:37 NAS
“Do not judge, and you will not be judged ;
Whoa!!! Judging the disposition of someone elses soul is what this refers to.
I would not want to be that congressman.
I think that judging thing is to be done by someone else.
John 5:22 NAS
“For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son,
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soybomb315_II
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:08pmthere is nothing wrong with talking about the things that would keep someone out of heaven. Someone who knowingly lies to millions of americans in order to thousands of americans and million iraqis…..That is worse than being gay or anything else i can think of
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Beachmastermax
Feb. 26, 2013 at 7:03pm@soy
There is only one thing that will keep you out of heaven, it is not arguable.
John 16:9 “concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me;”
The Son only judges one thing, whether he knows you. All sin has already gone to court and been judged.
So, if Dick Cheney says he does not believe in Christ, then you KNOW where he will reside. Other than that, “judge not lest you be judged”.
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soybomb315_II
Feb. 26, 2013 at 7:58pmyou cannot believe in christ and do the things i just mentioned without remorse
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Locked
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:51pmIt’s no one’s place to Judge but the ultimate Judge Himself, God. I hope that Mr. Cheney, along with everyone else in the world, has found and follows Christ before meeting our Maker.
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Witness1974
Feb. 26, 2013 at 4:09pmI am going to take this rare opportunity to agree with Locked. The congressman is obviously ignorant of God’s provision for sinners. We are not condemned to hell based on our sins but rather as a result of our rejection of God. “We are saved from the wrath of God based on the grace of the Father, the merit of the Son, and the efficacy of the Spirit. The Father makes the promise of redemption, the Son seals it with His blood, and the Spirit applies it; the Father adopts us to be His children, the Son redeems us to be His members, and the Spirit renews us to be His temples” (Charnock, “A Discourse on the Goodness of God”). There is no sin so dark that God’s forgiveness can’t cover it. Cheney may well end up in hell. I don’t know. But, it will be based on unbelief if he does or faith and repentence if he doesn’t. Anyone who condemns another person to hell does not know the depth of their own sin and the extent to which they themselves need grace and forgiveness. No one should plan on going to heaven based on their own merit. That is a common and catastrophic belief.
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Locked
Feb. 26, 2013 at 6:45pmWish it wasn’t rare, but always happy to see eye-to-eye with another brother in Christ! :-) God bless!
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Witness1974
Feb. 26, 2013 at 9:16pmDitto :)
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13th Imam
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:50pmThis PO Crap should have said John Fitzgerald Kennedy. LBJ was saddled with the war by JFK and proceeded to lose the war by not making it hot for the suppliers of North Vietnam. Russia and China. JFK couldn’t be a DEMOCRAT today. He was too Anti- Communist.
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soybomb315_II
Feb. 26, 2013 at 9:34pmhistorical records indicate JFK was seeking peaceful resolution to vietnam and was considereing unilaterally pulling all troops out. Then he was assasinated
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OWLBORE
Feb. 26, 2013 at 11:17pmNo offense 13TH but we did not lose the war in Vietnam. Our military defeated the VC and the NVA communists over and over again, we won every major battle even though the NVA was a fierce force to be reckoned with. It was the lies and misinformation of the media that turned the tide along with the democrat controlled congress who sold us out. Saying we lost is an insult to every man and woman who put their lives on the line during the Vietnam war. We weren’t defeated, the people grew tired of the war, many believed the lies of the democrats and the media, and we quit. The propaganda and the lies continue. Where would the left be without them?
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TEARS FOR AMERICA
Feb. 27, 2013 at 7:27amThat is one of the reasons they killed off JFK, he had turned on the commie lovin’ NWO…
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moreteaplease
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:48pmThanks a lot Walter…you idiot! Just another politician that sways with the wind.
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MonkeyBeagle
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:54pmDo you guys know that Walter Jones filed an Impeachment resolution against Obama? DONT BE SO QUICK TO JUDGE WALTER.. he is a good man, he just is out spoken about his values, even if you dont always agree with him.. he at least is a man of moral conviction. He also wrote the Bill to allow Military Dogs to come home with handlers and not be euthanized as surplus.
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rs9
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:10pmThis is why when the Republicant party calls to ask for donations my answer is “when the party grows some balls call me back, until then not another penny”.
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13th Imam
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:18pmHe should learn history. JFK started the War. He seems to forget ALL the DEMOCRATS who swore that there were WMD’s, and Saddam was murdering his own peeps with poison gas.But that was yesterday, what they say today is , Uh, , Eh, What they say today.
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GilbertAcct
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:47pmI am now a fan of this Jones fellow.
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soybomb315_II
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:09pmhe has been on our side for a few years now. another politician who woke up and saw the light
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pandora665
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:45pm“People who live in glass houses should not throw stones”. Considering the congressman supported the war at the beginning he is culpable as well. His statement is indicative of an advocation of where he will reside in the afterlife.
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soybomb315_II
Feb. 26, 2013 at 5:06pmFYI – he is writing a book titled “God Forgive Me” regarding his votes on Iraq. If you watched the video you would have heard him talk about how his conscience was against the “authorization” but he was afraid of losing votes in his military district. He says he regrets it every single day
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pandora665
Feb. 26, 2013 at 7:27pmNot really the point of my post, but if that was how you translated my statement, meh take the comment as you will.
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soybomb315_II
Feb. 26, 2013 at 8:39pmwell it is a little unfair to attack him based on an off-the-cuff remark. I know it is the headline of this article but you were bamboozled. The entire thing is 51 minutes long and you would do well to watch some of it
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nmontague
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:44pmSomeone should be careful who they condemn to hell. Because God will judge us with the same judgment we judge others.
Quite frankly, I hope this guy, Cheney, and everyone else goes to heaven. In fact, Im willing to go pull people out of hell if i have to.
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skunkbear
Feb. 26, 2013 at 9:14pmNMONTAGUE, “Quite frankly, I hope this guy, Cheney, and everyone else goes to heaven. In fact, Im willing to go pull people out of hell if i have to.”
Check me if I am wrong here but are you not saying that even though your perfect and infallible “God” sends someone to hell you would disobey this absolute “God” and thereby contradict his incorruptible will?
Christianity sure is a fun little exercise in weirdness.
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The Big Mick
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:43pmI continue to find the premise amusing that we all would be better off with Sodem 10 years deeper into his Nuke Plan, Chem Development, and whatever Dr. Germ (that’s what his fellow IRAQIs called him) was working on.
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The Big Mick
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:46pmBut not nearly so amusing as the Premise that if we’d just leave the Sandyknickered Dark Age Barbarian KLANbangers alone they’d shower us with Peace and Light.
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soybomb315_II
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:21pmcorrection
“hypothetical nuke plan”
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Dudley Do-Right
Feb. 26, 2013 at 4:10pmThen why did Saddam try to buy uranium from Niger in 1999? Page 53 / 521 of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
http://web.mit.edu/simsong/www/iraqreport2-textunder.pdf
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soybomb315_II
Feb. 26, 2013 at 4:50pmDudley Do-Right
LOL. Even if the entire thing is true – what happend? Did FedEx lose it in shipment?
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Dudley Do-Right
Feb. 26, 2013 at 5:36pmNo…The CIA sent Joe Wilson to Niger to investigate these reports. When he arrived in Niger, the former Prime Minister told him that Iraq tried to buy uranium in 1999. Wilson came home and on July 6, 2003 penned his op-ed in the NYT’s “What I Didn’t Find In Niger”
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/opinion/what-i-didn-t-find-in-africa.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
You’ll notice there’s not a word in that article about Iraq trying to buy uranium in 1999. Now why did Wilson omit what the former Prime Minister Mayaki had told him? When Bush made his State of the Union speech in 2003 he said, “The British Government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa” You’ll note Wilson referenced those words in his op-ed to label Bush a liar. The liberal media followed suit and all we heard from then on was, Bush Lied.”
The truth is, Bush didn’t lie! Iraq tried to buy uranium from Niger in 1999. Those 16 words Bush used in his State of the Union were true then, are true now and will forever remain true. Why did Joe Wilson lie about what he found in Niger?
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soybomb315_II
Feb. 26, 2013 at 6:44pmthat is no pretext for war
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Dudley Do-Right
Feb. 26, 2013 at 7:37pmIn my opinion it is. Saddam was trying to buy uranium for one reason and one reason only…to reconstitute his nuclear program. President Bush did what he had to do to protect the American people. Are you a betting man? Are you willing to bet the lives of your loved ones that Saddam wouldn’t have given those nuclear capabilities to terrorists to kill Americans? The Iraq war was justified.
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soybomb315_II
Feb. 26, 2013 at 7:59pmjustified based on mysticism. i get it
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skunkbear
Feb. 26, 2013 at 9:33pmDUDLEY DO RIGHT, Do you know which amerikan three letter organization put Saddam in power? Do you know that Iraq is thousands of miles away from amerika’s borders? Do you know which island nation drew the borders of what is now known as Iraq? Do you know why this same island nation made certain that those three groups of people who have been enemies for centuries (Sunnis, Shiites, Kurds) were all included in those artificial borders?
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No_More_War_Please
Feb. 27, 2013 at 11:10amDudley-Do Right,
Just like Glenn Beck you fail to realize the principle of non-aggression. You cannot invade another country based on something that MIGHT happen in the future. Even if they have nukes. Think about it. That’s like saying I can murder you because you have a gun, and at some point in the future you might use it on me. We both know that’s complete balogna, and nothing would justify homicide.
Just give it up. Give up the pro-war sentiment and admit that the Iraq war was a terrible mistake that we are now paying dearly for. Until you embrace the principle of non-aggression as a guideline, the rest of us liberty loving Americans will regard you as a pro-war, establishment republican that is anti-limited government.
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GoodStuff
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:42pmThis is what happens when you become a RuPaul-worshipping liberturdian…your brain turns off.
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justangry
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:06pmUm you’re the only one who brought him up.
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soybomb315_II
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:11pmgoodstuff
if republicans ever want to regain the trust of americans, they must denounce their previous mistakes about iraq
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dissentnow
Feb. 26, 2013 at 5:09pm@Goodstuff
“liberturdian”
So, how’s the 4th grade coming along?
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3monkeysmomma
Feb. 26, 2013 at 10:40pm@ Goodstuff
“When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.”
― Socrates
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richauthor
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:41pmI can’t wait to see this RINO’s name included in the list of losing candidates in 2014.
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dissentnow
Feb. 26, 2013 at 5:03pmAn interventionist foreign policy is a progressive policy. Its also referred to as being “Wilsonian”, taken from the name and policies of Woodrow Wilson. The Wilsonian foreign policy was adopted by the neo-conservatives, a group of nationalist democrats, such as Irving Kristol, who supported using the military to police the world.
Not supporting a liberal progressive policy, such as interventionism, does NOT make someone a “RINO”. In fact, supporting the war in Iraq ( a country that NEVER attacked us, mind you ) actually makes you a RINO.
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3monkeysmomma
Feb. 26, 2013 at 10:44pm@Richauthor
Cheney is the RINO doofus!
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Cavallo
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:40pmWas poor execution of a military campaign a mortal sin? Boy I really feel sorry for Gen Montgomery for Operation Market Garden. What pit is he burning in, congressman? When exactly was Cheny in charge, again? What decisions did ol’ Dick make? What about Powell, the racist liberal? Is he going to burn as well? What about your vote? Doesn’t that damn you as well? Oh, you get to change with the wind, so that gives you absolution, eh?
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nocalifornia
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:40pmJudge not lest ye be judged. Hell may be where this wannabe Christian ends up.
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circleDwagons
Feb. 27, 2013 at 12:13amAre you judging? Only God knows what is in a man’s heart
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Larry1951
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:40pmWho died and let him boss?
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Jenny Lind
Feb. 26, 2013 at 4:20pmExactly!
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ColoradoMaverick
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:38pmR.I.N.O. republican in name only
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GilbertAcct
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:50pmThe more Republicans who start telling the truth about war, the better. If you think Dick Cheney is the epidome of the Republican party, then I would be proud to be Republican In Name Only. Cheney is a war criminal.
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Cavallo
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:05pmIn what way is he a war criminal? Did he order troops to commit some kind of crime? Was he in charge of something? What crime did he commit?
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soybomb315_II
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:13pmthats right ColoradoMaverick. He is a true RINO. People like Bush, McCain, and Romney are just republicans
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00100111
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:51pmI think I’m going to start changing my usage of the term RINO. It seems most of the Republican party is so far to the left now, they’re not RINOs anymore, they’re the new Republican Party. Guys like this, Rand Paul, Ron Paul, and others like them are the RINOs. Not such an epithet anymore to call someone a RINO.
To stand blindly behind the Republican party and say we did the right thing in Iraq is immature. The action may have been “legal” because it has consent of the Congress, but it was not ethical or moral to go there. It was none of our business.
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dissentnow
Feb. 26, 2013 at 5:12pmEndless wars, policing the world, and an interventionist foreign policy are all Wilsonian, liberal progressive ideals. Supporting all of the above actually makes you a RINO. Look in the mirror sometime.
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GilbertAcct
Feb. 26, 2013 at 6:19pmCavallo… Take your question “Was he in charge of something?” and do some studying on the topic.
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imperative
Feb. 26, 2013 at 8:43pm@39
I was thinking the **exact** same thing just before I came across your comment.
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FormerLib
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:37pmSomeone needs to tell this twit that one’s trip to hell or heaven doesn’t depend on what he does, but on who he knows.
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toiletclogga
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:37pmAnybody starting to think we have Democrats who ran as Republicans only to create a sense of “all over the board” ideology! Alinsky tactics are creating an implosion within. Hmmm, we are living in very interesting times.
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dissentnow
Feb. 26, 2013 at 8:16pm“Anybody starting to think we have Democrats who ran as Republicans only to create a sense of “all over the board” ideology”
Yes, they’re called “neoconservatives” and they’ve been dragging down the GOP for decades.
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Agent P
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:36pmHell must be a mighty crowded place.
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BlackCrow
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:35pmWhat pi$$es me off is the fact that if Bush the first would have given me and my fellows another 48 hours back in 91 I would not have had to send my son to finish the job I started.
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toiletclogga
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:43pmThe mission was to liberate Kuwait, not to invade Iraq. We cowtowed to the UN, and we are reaping the rewards of doing so now. Thanks for serving, and thanks to your son!
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The Big Mick
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:45pmd’accord BC.
That old Artilleryman Colon Bowel helped with THAT blunder.
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PATTY HENRY
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:07pmYou can thank that cowardly lyin’ COLIN POWELL for that. HE fought against Swartezenegger’s efforts to get the job done with Saddam ‘now’…THink of the lives that would have been saved. The Iraqi’s who would not have been tortured by that SOB…in their 100,000 people graves (remember?) or the KURDS who would have lived instead of being killed by his WMD. WE ALL KNOW that Saddam shipped off this Stash of WMD to SYRIA (we saw the convoys right before Shock and Awe) …
GUTS NOW or lives later.
WE are allowing that other TWIT – the One Worlder in the WH now- to r@pe/rob/wreck our precious nation… we will pay for it. As far as this DOPE from NC, he does not deserve any GOP $$ for re-election. I detest “oops guys”…. the Monday morning quarterbacks who try to ingratiate themselves to their hapless audiences with cliche comments. Find a candidate you can believe in
and that believes in America. That’s one interesting thought about Alinsky’s plots… that could explain some of these goof-balls we’ve had running for office of late…can’t make it selling shoes or used cars so they run for office.
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YOURSENSEI
Feb. 26, 2013 at 8:01pmMr or Ms PATTY HENRY,
this is what you must know:
Swartzenegger? Wow! That’s some revealing ignorance right there.
it is so.
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circleDwagons
Feb. 27, 2013 at 12:25amCrow agree, I was not infavor of that military excercise but once started the job should have been finished. Thank you and our son.
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NozzleMan03
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:34pmMr Jones you are an idiot for attacking a member of your own party.If the Republicans keep this up they will never be able win another major election and the party will be destroyed.
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Gonzo
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:52pmAccording to Water, He’s ceded that decision to Congress
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Gonzo
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:06pmThat was in response to IMCHRISTIAN. Not sure how it ended up here.
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AUsername
Feb. 26, 2013 at 6:52pmstop giving cheney hearts let that war criminal go to hell if it exists.
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dissentnow
Feb. 26, 2013 at 8:29pmThe party is already destroyed. It has been hijacked by neocons who promote a progressive foreign policy of endless warfare.
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Zipit
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:33pmHope there’s already someone to primary this turd, and kick his arse out, in the next election!
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All Pro
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:40pmWhich part of his statement do you disagree with, his opinion of Cheney or the Iraq military police action or maybe his assessment of LBJ’s lie that got the names of fifty thousand of my brothers on a wall in DC?
“One side wants perpetual welfare. The other side wants perpetual warfare.” Ron Paul
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Zipit
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:54pmReally ALPO! Maybe you should read the article again! How about this part! “WBTV-TV notes that the congressman initially voted in support of the Iraq War. He was apparently so supportive of the military operation that he pushed the term “freedom fries” as an alternative to “French fries” back in 2003. Later, he decried U.S. overseas operations, as evident from his controversial comments about Cheney.
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00100111
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:55pmSo people aren’t allowed to realize they were wrong and change their mind about it? If you make a bad decision you’re just supposed to defend that bad decision to the death?
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Zipit
Feb. 26, 2013 at 4:46pmNo 00, everyone makes mistakes! But be a big enough man to say you’re sorry and move on! It’a little disingenuous to cast someone into the fires of hell for something you supported and then changed your mind over! As if his role at the time was any different! Even if it is to position yourself with a select group for the next election. Don’t ya think?
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soybomb315_II
Feb. 26, 2013 at 9:31pmwalter jones feels such guilt for the death of thousands of americans that he regrets it every day and is writing a book titled “God Forgive Me”. Just imagine how much guilt the ARCHITECT of the thing SHOULD be feeling…..
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Zipit
Feb. 27, 2013 at 9:10amSOY! Your comments are so worn out!
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IMCHRISTIAN
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:32pmIsn’t God the final judge and not man?
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IMCHRISTIAN
Feb. 26, 2013 at 3:23pmGonzo … got it lol
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Gonzo
Feb. 26, 2013 at 2:31pmHey Walter, it’s not your call…thank goodness.
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