has the US ever gone to war because of a lie before Iraq?
930865
I suppose if enough history is rewritten to be inoffensive and PC, then everything we've ever been told will be a lie.
571940
If you read history, our own and almost every government since Roman times has done what are called "false flag terror attacks".  It wouldn't be any kind of stretch to see 9/11 in the same light as Pearl Harbor (which we intentionally "let happen"), the sinking of the USS Maine in Cuba, the now very debunked "Gulf of Tonkin" incident.  Internationally, these operations have been par for the course in our dirty foreign policies for the last 100 years.\n\nPretty much every major war for the last 100+ years in the US has been started over a proven lie or "manipulation" to garner public support, why should 9/11 be any different?
994501
Bush ushering us into war based on false pretenses.
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Based on publicly available evidence:\n\n1st - Bush didn't lie about going to war, he was using information that was given to him by other sources.\n\n2nd - He did have the hurricane Katrina victims best interest at heart, but Congress failed miserably in allocating resources and personnel.\n\n3rd - Al Gore gave up on the first election when it finally looked like he was losing Florida and the second election was won fairly.\n\n4th -  Bush went to Harvard and Yale - do you have the intelligence required to attend either of these upstanding institutions?
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Of course, Clinton did it before.\n\nhe went into Yugoslavia without going before the U.N. and members of his own Party claim Bush should have had U.N. backing before going to War yet never criticize Clinton.\n\nNot to mention Clinton didn't even try to get U.N. approval to go to War but Bush did try and told them we were going to War with or without U.N. support.
1111719
NO!!if any of what bush told us before we invaded iraq was true then maybe i could condone being there???? but every single thing was a lie and was blamed on false or poor intelligence??? bull****!i am a retired naval officer from the first gulf war and i'll tell you like i told everyone from the start!! BUSH LIED!!!!!!! now he refuses to admit any wrong doing and our troops will continue to be killed for NOTHING!!! THE WHOLE THING WAS A SHAM TO START WITH!! every other country in the world knew that from the start. most americans followed blindly into a ideological, useless war that will only result in dead soldiers and trillions of our tax dollars spent to support a terrorist nation that WILL have another saddam running it within 5 years!! JUST WATCH AND LEARN PEOPLE!I'VE BEEN THERE!!!!!!!!
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No, war is part of human nature. War by rock, by blade, by spear, by bullet, by bombs. The end will come at the end of the world.\n\nAnd Bush is a big part of the problem. Lies about iraq having connections to alquaida, lies about Weapons of mass destruction. Plus 9/11 happened while Bush was in office being incompetent as usual. Watch what the Republicans and Abramoff have been up to. And watch how theylie and blame things on others.
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Sad but true, all wars since world war 2 have been conflicts. from korea to iraq. every generation has seen war. or as the gov calls it conflict. tell a soldger that korea, vietnam, panama, iraq 1, iraq 2 is not a war. i wouldnt but the gov would. they would tell them it was a conflict. messed up i think.
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Before Bush invaded more Americans opposed the war than supported it.\n\nNearly everyone on the planet opposed the war.\n\nMost military people opposed it.\n\nPowell opposed it.\n\nPolitician were, unfortunately, getting their news from the stenographers of the press, who reported lies as truth, and felt they'd be attacked as terrorists if they opposed the war, so they didn't.\n\nEvery HUMAN opposed the war. We still do.\n\nWe've been joined by the ranks of the deluded, who have switched to opposing the war. Too bad they hadn't a clue when it really mattered.\n\nSorry, I don't have a list or link to a list. The Bush administration squelched opposition to their loathsome war.\n\nYou could paw around the archives of Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog.\nhttp://www.juancole.com/
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LIES? what LIES?  All we hear from those that appose the war is lies were told.  So, we don't need to be there eh??  What about ousting Sadaam, who is KNOWN world wide to be an evil dictator hell bent on murdering and torturing his own people.  He's OUT.  What about women and children allowed now to go to school, to get proper health care (provided by the US) electricy is up and running, libraries are open, andWhen some claim President Bush shouldn’t have started this war, state the following…\n\nFDR…led us into WWII.  Germany never attacked us: Japan did.\nFrom 1941 –1945, 450,000 lives were lost, an average of 112,500 per year.\nTruman….finished that was and started one in Korea.  North Korea never attacked us.\nFrom 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost, and average of 18,334 per year.\n\nJFK..started the Vietnam conflict in 1962.  Vietnam never attacked us.\nJohnson…turned Vietnam into a quagmire.  From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost, and average of 5,800 per year.\nClinton…went to war in Bosnia without UN of French consent.  Bosnia never attacked us. He was offered OSB’s head on a platter three times by the Sudan and did nothing.\nOSB has attacked us on multiple occasions.\n\nIn the years since terrorists attacked us, President Bush has:\nLiberated two countries\nCrushed the Taliban\nCrippled al-Qaida\nPut nuclear inspectors in Libya, Iran and North Korea without firing a shot.\nCaptured a terrorist who slaughtered over 300,000 of his own people.\n\nThe Dems are complaining and whining about how long the war is taking, but…\nIt took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno to take the Branch Davidian Compound.  That was a 51-day operation.\nWe’ve been looking for evidence of chemical weapons in Iraq for less time than it took Hillary Clinton to find the Rose Law Firm billing records.\n\nIt took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the Marines to destroy the Medina Republican Guard than it took Ted Kennedy to call the police after he drove his Olds off the Chappaquiddick Bridge.\n\nIt took less time to take Iraq than it took to count, and then re-recount the votes in Florida.\n\nOur Commander-In-Chief is doing a GREAT JOB.  Military moral is high.\n\nThe biased media and Bush Hating Libs are hoping we are too ignorant to realize facts.   For those of you who can't see for your hatred, why don't you just TRY and learn FACTS before you spew your hatred.\n\nAnd PLEASE, don't tell me that 9/11 is a Gvt Coverup, you sound soooo retarded when y'all say that.  YOU know and I know it was Muslim/Islamic extremists bent on killing US all, that INCLUDES you lefty whining liberals
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The answer is YES! But it's past tense, they did deceive, but actually it's public record now, so they aren't deceiving any longer...\nhttp://politics.guardian.co.uk/foreignaffairs/story/0,11538,1542130,00.html\n\nBut the US does this sort of thing far more than any other country, and I'm sure they knew anyway, just not publicly.
944711
No, it has never been proven that Iraq had anything to do with the 9/11 attack.  On the other hand we know that  Saudi Arabians made up the majority of those actually involved in the attacks that awlful day.  Our invasion of Iraq has cost the USA many of our sons and daugthers lives and wounded thousands, changing their lives forever, on top of that thousands of Iraq's citizens have been killed and thousands have fled their homeland since we went in to make their lives BETTER....  Now we have created a terrorist haven and brought Iraq to the point of civil war and the present administration does not have a clue as to how this all can be resolved.  They had done so little research about Iraq that they thought we would be welcomed as liberating heroes and the battle would be over when we stopped bombing.  Now three years later the situation in Iraq is worse not better.  What a mess!!
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Absolutely true!\n\nClinton lied and said he didn't have sex with Lewisnki. That lie wasn't responsible for anyone dying.\n\nBush lied and said that Iraq was harboring terrorists, working with bin Laden, and ammassing WMD's to attack us. All proven lies. Those lies are respnsible for the deaths of over 2000 of our servicemen, and well over 100,000 Iraqi citizens (most innocent civilians).\n\nUghh, the man makes me sick.\n\nEDIT: Oh, you Bush people! What's wrong with you?\nft402003 - The US cannot be the playground monitor for the entire world. It is not our job to overthrow a dictator that isn't nice to his people. Cuba, China, North Korea, Iraq...who else. If these people hate him so much, let THEM act for themselves! And to say "at least Bush is a God fearing person who stick to what he says..right or wrong.." - that isn't a good thing if you're wrong!\n\nCurious1 - It has been proven that Bush lied. How many times has he changed the reason for the war? WMD's...Terrorists...liberation...oil <-he didn't say that one, but that's the REAL reason.\n\nGet your heads out of the SAND!
413727
The US started this war?  Where do you get your facts from?  I thought it was because S.H. wasn't playing by the rules set forth from the U.N.
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No bub\n\nIt is a huge crime to lie under oath (since YOU brought up Clinton). It is known as perjury.\n\nWar is not murdering innocents. In war you kill your enemies, you defeat them. In war, there is also no way to protect every non-combatant. There is no "perfect" war where only soldiers will be involved. And even with there being no possibility of a "perfect war", it does not mean that we should never wage war. We should wage war when necessary. And when it came down to attacking Afghanistan, and re-opening the hostilities in Iraq because of the documented cease-fire violations from the cease-fire agreement from Gulf War I (Desert Storm), the war was J-U-S-T-I-F-I-E-D
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Bush lied to the American public by saying Hussein was a threat to humanity. He decieved congress by showing false facts. He lied to the world by saying Iraq had WMD, which they dont. \n\nBush wanted to win popularity in America and make a new ally in the Middle East. he failed in both areas.
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For misleading us into war, yes.\nFor lying to Congress about the Medicare bill, maybe.\nFor breaking the law regulating spying on Americans, certainly.