The Washington Times reported yesterday that Senator Durbin knew that America was being lied into war but was sworn to secrecy:
The Senate’s No. 2 Democrat says he knew that the American public was being misled into the Iraq war but remained silent because he was sworn to secrecy as a member of the intelligence committee.
“The information we had in the intelligence committee was not the same information being given to the American people. I couldn’t believe it,” Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin, Illinois Democrat, said Wednesday when talking on the Senate floor about the run-up to the Iraq war in 2002.
“I was angry about it. [But] frankly, I couldn’t do much about it because, in the intelligence committee, we are sworn to secrecy. We can’t walk outside the door and say the statement made yesterday by the White House is in direct contradiction to classified information that is being given to this Congress.”
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It’s truly hard to imagine how any of these people can sleep at night. As of this writing the April American death toll has passed 100. Deadliest month to date.
” Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don’t have brains enough to be honest. ”
- Benjamin Franklin
We have people in this administration, starting with the top two, who want to disavow our constitution and will succeed if not stop soon.
They’re arrogant, stubborn theory of victory is an invitation for more carnage.
Even with the troop surge, the bloodshed has continued and become worse.
The bloodshed will continue due to this inept and bungling ‘war’ policy.
This got to stop.
We should not be afraid/frightened to say; ” Enough is enough”.