▲ 1528 ▼ Iraq War was preceded by the largest worldwide non-violent protests in history and the war happened anyway. (lemmy.blahaj.zone) submitted 2 years ago* by SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 133 comments fedilink hide all child comments Those non-violent protests shook them so bad they wanted to charge non-violent Quaker protestors with terrorism.
[–] Red89@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) They knew there weren't WMDs and used the fear of 9/11 attacks to push the war. They had OpEd pieces published to further push the idea of WMDs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) IIRC, Biden championed that, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Railing5132@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (3 children) No, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, Rice, and a bunch of others in the administration championed it. Biden et al supported it. Subtle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] leadore@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Congress basically believed what they were told by the warmongers. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Coherence@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Barbara Lee did NOT support it permalink fedilink source parent [–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 1 point 2 years ago Huh, I thought he was critical in making the case. I'm no political historian tho. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) IIRC, Biden championed that, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Railing5132@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (3 children) No, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, Rice, and a bunch of others in the administration championed it. Biden et al supported it. Subtle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] leadore@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Congress basically believed what they were told by the warmongers. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Coherence@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Barbara Lee did NOT support it permalink fedilink source parent [–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 1 point 2 years ago Huh, I thought he was critical in making the case. I'm no political historian tho. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Railing5132@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (3 children) No, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, Rice, and a bunch of others in the administration championed it. Biden et al supported it. Subtle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] leadore@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Congress basically believed what they were told by the warmongers. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Coherence@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Barbara Lee did NOT support it permalink fedilink source parent [–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 1 point 2 years ago Huh, I thought he was critical in making the case. I'm no political historian tho. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] leadore@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Congress basically believed what they were told by the warmongers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Coherence@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Barbara Lee did NOT support it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 1 point 2 years ago Huh, I thought he was critical in making the case. I'm no political historian tho. permalink fedilink source parent
