Cheney just admitted on Meet the Press there was no connection between Iraq and 9/11. Your thoughts?

Question

What the hell? About two minutes, watching NBC, I learned that not only has Bush stated there has been no connection discovered between 9/11 and Iraq, but V.P. Dick Cheney reaffirmed the same thing on Meet the Press. Am I the only one that is upset and confused? Can the Bush Administration lead us into a war into the wrong country and then say a few years later there was no connection?

Sorry if I'm not speaking as eloquently as I could, but I had to get this out as soon as possible.

I mean we all KNEW they were lying. But I never thought they would ADMIT it. So how can this war still be justified? But I do realize we cannot up and leave Iraq now. Doing so would be a sin. We can't invade a country, even under false pretenses, throw the country into "civil war" and chaos, and then leave them to figure it out by themselves. But Iraqis need to start standing up for themselves, creating and holding together a strong democratic gov't, police force and armed forces, and patriotic citizens. We need to leave Iraq as soon as possible, but only when Iraq is somewhat stable. Sigh, I guess Bush got what he want, only until the November elections come along anyway.

This is for Eric H. What about North Korea? What about Iran? They are ignoring the U.N., they are as big as if not bigger threats than Iraq ever was. Why don't we invade them? Because we knew Iraq was weak, and wouldn't harm us as terribly as N. Korea and Iran can. It's funny how we invaded Iraq for their WMD's and non-compliances, but didn't do so to N. Korea and Iran. They still deny us to this day.

Um, this is to Adam. Cheney said it himself, not Meet the Press. Unless Meet the Press brainwashed Cheney, I think what the V.P. says through his own lips is pretty legit.

Now FOX on the other hand...*shudder*

We all knew they were lying. My point is I never expected them to admit it. They run their policies through fear and threats of "you're unpatriotic" If you don't agree with the Administration, you automatically side with the terrorists. They speak as though all hell would break loose in the United States if they were removed or their policies changed. But then again, I guess this is politics and history at work.

Answer 1

Unbelievable! Well they are able to spin things both ways.. they must have something up their sleeves or they both wouldn't be making statements in tandem like that.

Answer 2

Bush said before the war in Iraq that there was no connection between 9/11 and Saddam. However, he only said that once or twice. What he kept doing that gave you all the impression that the two were somehow linked was invoke 9/11 each time people began to doubt his policies. 9/11 is what happens when people become ignorant and their government goes unchecked for decades.

This is what historically governments have done; put its people in danger and give them the choice of either fear and death or the promise of safety in exchange for all of their rights and freedoms.

Read the constitution and then tell me how the government, via the Patriot Act, thinks it has the right to know when and where you are openning a bank account or make warrantless searches? Sacrifice a little now to make the "bad guys" go away? What if the bad guys are the ones asking you to disarm yourself of your freedoms and untie their hands?

The main point here is that if you felt betrayed by Bush and Cheney's apparent lie, you have only yourself to blame. A responsible member of a democratic republic (the US) must inform themselves through their own independent research. This is what is supposed to seperate us from authoratative regimes- the fact that we the people are independent and the government works for us, rather than us working for the government's means.

What to do? Stop relying on the government to solve your problems. Start with the first thing that is sure to affect all of you, gas prices. Start learning about ethanol and ways of supporting that - use Brazil's model of energy independence as an example.

Answer 3

Because it's too late now. The cat has been out of the bag for a long time (since before the war actually). The gig is up. They are safe in their second term. The neocons got what they wanted, and abandoned Bush for the most part (Kristol, Wolfowitz). The fact is, there is not much we can do in this fascist state of ours. The Democrats are too weak and broken to call for an impeachment. Another reason for the ICC supporters.

Answer 4

The 9/11 Spectacle has reached the end of its useful life. Time to deny, diffuse, distract to another topic.
Too many people are learning too much about what reaLLy happened, and the Corporatists are going to take a little blame to look like they aren't so bad after all, maybe pay some fines, fire a couple of scapegoats, and move on to the ebb and flow of wealth in the Empire. They make money when the money flows, they don't like stability. We will probably see another disaster soon that comes from the hand of a 'Threat to Democracy'. We will have to defend 'Freedom' around the world.
(feel free to substitute "shareholder profits" for "Democracy" and "High Oil Prices" for "Freedom")

Answer 5

its not really new info. all thats new is that bush and cheney finally are admitting it. although, with the senate reports concluding there were no ties, bush and cheney's backs were up against the wall on this one. like i said, its not really anything new. just something that anybody with a brain could have concluded years ago when the administration failed to offer anything other than vague threats as justification for war.

Answer 6

That much has been pretty well understood. I remember a top financial specialist saying that he supported the war in Iraq to stop Saddam Hussein from blockading the oil shipment water lanes.

Since we are so tied to oil from that area, many of our motives are not as upright as we might like to think

Answer 7

"The use of armed forces against Iraq is consistent with the United States and other countries continuing to take the necessary actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations or person who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001."

-Bush’s Letter to Congress, 3/21/03]

Answer 8

It means that we will always have the memories of the people we know. So even if we don't see them again we can always remember our times together. When we meet again we can have even more memories to remember untill the next time. Hoped this helped!!!

Answer 9

It is no secret, Bush said asmuch during his state of the union address. The reason we are there is because it is just another front in the war on terror. Saddam supported terrorists proudly. Just not those terrorists on that day.

Answer 10

Well I figured out there was no connection even before we wnt in there so I got over being upset already and I was never confused. It was all a lie to get us over there so time to stop crying and better to figure out how the hell to get out without leaving it in total chaos.

Answer 11

We didn't invade Iraq because they were responsible for 9/11. We invaded Iraq because Sadaam wouldn't comply with numerous UN resolutions and we weren't going to take any chances of any weapons falling into the hands of terrorists. Sadaam had a choice. He chose to defy. Wasn't it reasonable to assume he had something to hide? We couldn't tolerate it in a post-9/11 world.