In 2002, a U.S. citizen acting as a secret agent for Saddam Hussein organized a congressional delegation trip to Iraq, which was covertly funded by Iraq’s intelligence service. The trip included three members of Congress: Jim McDermott, David Bonior, and Mike Thompson, who were unaware of the funding source and are considered innocent victims of the scheme. The indictment reveals that the individual involved provided strategic advice to Iraq on lifting sanctions, raising questions about the implications of their actions and the concept of "accidental treason." The discussion highlights the complexities of political lobbying and the unintended consequences of international diplomacy.
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You must mean the Bush-Cheney-Tennet-Clinton-Kerry-Edwards-Daschle etc, etc, etc mantra.Gokul43201 said:...It's funny to read the old blogs articles where the Right Wingers now look silly, talking about nukes and al Qaeda, spouting the Bush-Cheney mantra...
No, I don't. I'm talking about the Bush-Cheney-Rice-Tenet mantra of imminent threat.mheslep said:You must mean the Bush-Cheney-Tennet-Clinton-Kerry-Edwards-Daschle etc, etc, etc mantra.
Implying then that those Senators voted for the war in belief that there was no imminent threat?Gokul43201 said:No, I don't. I'm talking about the Bush-Cheney-Rice-Tenet mantra of imminent threat.
They didn't vote "for the war"; they voted to authorize the President to declare war after it was determined that all diplomatic measures were exhausted. Also, the resolution provided a couple dozen reasons for military action, most of which were not related to an imminent threat. Finally, the President was privy to a lot more intelligence than anyone in Congress, and much of Congress simply swallowed some or most of the propaganda that he was dousing the people with.mheslep said:Implying then that those Senators voted for the war in belief that there was no imminent threat?
russ_watters said:http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9228.html
Oops.
We'll see where this goes, but I expect they will be able to successfully disavow knowledge of the true source of the money, but the fact that they traveled with the spy could prove probematic. Nevertheless, they have exposed themselves as patsies/dupes for our enemy.