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This is pure and utter bullshit lies. Just like the US lies (garnered through torture) that tried to link 9/11 to Saddam Hussein & Iraq to justify the illegal invasion of Iraq. Now these lies to justify attacking Iran. 15 of the 19 hijackers behind 9/11 attacks were Saudi.
Fuck Mike Pence. The reason I’m quote tweeting him and calling out his lies is because I don’t trust the US political memory. Americans are so willfully and obstinately amnesiac when it comes to history. So it’s easy for politicians to blatantly lie like that.
In my oped about Gina Haspel’s nomination to head ghe CIA, I wrote this reminder of how that bogus information connecting Iraq to al-Qaeda was obtained and used to justify the illegal invasion of Iraq google.com/amp/s/www.nyti…
Libi recanted the story after being returned to C.I.A. custody in 2004 as the war raged.
I maintain: the enemy of my enemy is my enemy, not my friend
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