On Mar 26, 11:29=EF=BF=BDpm, Ernst Blofeld <blofel...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> http://blog.wa****ngtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/?hpid=3Dtopnews
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> Federal prosecutors on Wednesday accused a Michigan nonprofit
> executive of funnelling money from Saddam Hussein to pay for a 2002
> trip to Iraq by three House Democratic lawmakers, according to the
> Associated Press.
>
> The AP says the dates of the 2002 Iraq trip correspond to those of an
> infamous visit to the country by Reps. David Bonior (Mich.), Jim
> McDermott (Wash.) and Mike Thompson (Calif.). Their trip, which came
> in the heated run-up to the war, sparked controversy and drew heated
> criticism from many war sup****ters who suggested that they were doing
> the public relations bidding of Hussein.
>
> Referring to the true source of the trip's funding, McDermott's
> spokesman told the Associated Press: "Obviously we didn't know it at
> the time."
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Which leads Stephen Hayes to ask:
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http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/03/jim_mcdermott_we_dont_mi=
nd_bei.asp
Thompson and McDermott would have us believe that they visited a
sworn enemy of the United States -- one who had tried to
assassinate a former president and declared that the "Mother of
all Battles" had never ended -- without doing even the most basic
research about who was funding their trip? That's hard to believe.
And Bonior, who was from Michigan and had taken money from al
Khafaji before, had no idea that he was backed by Saddam Hussein?
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BDS trumps all, including sound judgment.
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