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Yesterday, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly made the incredible claim that the United States never invaded Iraq: “We didn’t invade Iraq.” He added, “It was a declaration of war, it was a declaration to enforce the first Gulf War Treaty.” Watch it:
Despite O’Reilly’s revisionist history, the United States did invade Iraq. The U.S. military forcefully entered the country in order to overthrow that nation’s leader. That’s an invasion. During a 2006 speech, President Bush discussed his administration’s “two major invasions as a part of the war on terror.”
Part 3 of Bill O'Reilly's interview of President Bush. I didn't think it'd ever end! And on what a note it ends! After a cozy infomerical disguised as an interview, what better way to wind the entire affair down but talk about the Bush-haters.
O'REILLY: "Like psychologically, you work hard, right?"
G.W. BUSH: "I think I do."
[...]
O'REILLY: "...Woodward says, you don't listen to anybody, you just uh... you blow them off."
G.W. BUSH: "This is a job where there's only 1 decision-maker, and that's me. And I make decisions based upon principle. I make decisions based on the information that I have. And I believe the decisions that I have made -no matter how difficult they are, are going to make the world a better place."
Appearances caused him to be nicknamed Baghdad Bob (in the style of previous propagandists with alliterative aliases such as "Hanoi Hannah" and "Seoul City Sue") by commentators in the United States and Comical Ali (an allusion to Chemical Ali, the nickname of former Iraqi Defence Minister Ali Hassan al-Majid) by commentators in the United Kingdom.
Originally posted by biggie smalls
reply to post by Blaine91555
We did invade Iraq, will you refute this as well?
Yes, we invaded Iraq when we liberated the country Saddam invaded.
An invasion is a military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory, or altering the established government.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion
Originally posted by jackinthebox
reply to post by Blaine91555
Yes, we invaded Iraq when we liberated the country Saddam invaded.
Actually, the US told Saddam repeatedly that we had no interest in his plans to re-patriate Kuwait, which was indeed originally a part of Iraq.
Originally posted by Sublime620
reply to post by Blaine91555
Why are you playing a game of semantics?