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The Architect and the War
Karl Rove played a key role in the selling of the Iraq War, which may help explain why he’s still bullish on the ultimate outcome, no matter how grim the news.

By Michael Isikoff
Newsweek
Updated: 3:35 p.m. ET Aug 13, 2007


Aug. 13, 2007 - In the summer of 2003, Karl Rove flew off to Bohemian Grove—the famed male-only retreat for the wealthy and powerful—where he had a revealing exchange in the Northern California woods about the state of affairs in Iraq. Spotting AOL founder James Kimsey, a big financial backer of President Bush who had just gotten back from Baghdad, Rove shouted out: “Hey Kimsey, it must have been wonderful to see the happy faces on all those liberated Iraqis!”

Kimsey was appalled. “Are you nuts?” he replied. He tried to tell the president’s political guru that the Iraqis he saw were sullen and resentful and that “if we don’t do something soon, all hell is going to break loose.”

But Rove wanted to hear nothing of it. “Nice talking to you,” Rove responded and walked away.

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It is now barely remembered, but when the Bush White House first floated the idea of invading Iraq in 2002, public opinion polls showed most Americans had profound doubts. Even after the trauma of September 11, the public (including many Republicans) didn’t quite understand the rationale for launching a preemptive war to get rid of Saddam Hussein, who while a ruthless dictator had no plausible connection to the terror attacks. As House Majority Leader Dick Armey bluntly put it that summer: “We Americans don’t make unprovoked attacks.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20251378/site/newsweek/
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Ohwell, thems the breaks... dubya's administration rolled the dice. If Iraq had gone the way that this republican administration had initially predicted, we'd all be talking about how brilliant the neocons were.

But it didn't go as they planned. Instead they dug a deep dark hole for the USA. Now we get to spend the next decade or so trying to fix junior's legacy in mess'opotamia.

yay

And this is under "history" because.... Rove is?

Man, I can't wait to see what ends up in Bushie's "presidential library"....

And prediction: Cheney isn't going to have a library.

What is this crap? The US invaded iraq because several nations' intelligence said he had nukes, not because of terror attacks. How could anyone get such a fundamental fact wrong.

"had nukes". Who told you Saddam had nuclear weapons?



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He will... in an undisclosed location.

Yeah...Bohemian Grove cracks me up. That's where the big Freakin owl statue is and some members dress in robes, similar to the KKK's.

"Weaving Spiders Come Not Here"

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I've been informed....don't blame Bush, he's "not in control"
That must make him out of control