Republican Senator WARNS our Government has LIED about WAR!

Senator Hagel warns us with a lesson from the Vietnam War: our government lied to us then and could lie us into a war with Iran and Syria now.

Stop the 'War President' Now!

SENATOR HAGEL: ... but I would even begin with this evaluation; that we owe the military and their families a policy, a policy worthy of their sacrifices, and I don't believe, Dr. Rice, we have that policy today.

I think what the president said last night -- and I listened carefully and read through it again this morning -- is all about a broadened American involvement, escalation in Iraq and the Middle East. I do not agree with that escalation, and I would further note that when you say, as you have here this morning, that we need to address and help the Iraqis and pay attention to the fact that Iraqis are being killed, Madame Secretary, Iraqis are killing Iraqis. We are in a civil war. This is sectarian violence out of control -- Iraqi on Iraqi. Worse, it is inter-sectarian violence -- Shi'a killing Shi'a.

To ask our young men and women to sacrifice their lives, to be put in the middle of a civil war is wrong.

It's, first of all, in my opinion, morally wrong. It's tactically, strategically, militarily wrong. We will not win a war of attrition in the Middle East.

And I further note that you talk about skepticism and pessimism of the American people and some in Congress. That is not some kind of a subjective analysis, that is because, Madame Secretary, we've been there almost four years, and there's a reason for that skepticism and pessimism, and that is based on the facts on the ground, the reality of the dynamics.

And so I have been one, as you know, who have believed that the appropriate focus is not to escalate, but to try to find a broader incorporation of a framework. And it will have to be, certainly, regional, as many of us have been saying for a long time. That should not be new to anyone. But it has to be more than regional, it is going to have to be internally sponsored, and that's going to include Iran and Syria.

When you were engaging Chairman Biden on this issue, on the specific question -- will our troops go into Iran or Syria in pursuit, based on what the president said last night -- you cannot sit here today -- not because you're dishonest or you don't understand, but no one in our government can sit here today and tell Americans that we won't engage the Iranians and the Syrians cross-border.

Some of us remember 1970, Madame Secretary, and that was Cambodia, and when our government lied to the American people and said we didn't cross the border going into Cambodia. In fact we did. I happen to know something about that, as do some on this committee.

So, Madame Secretary, when you set in motion the kind of policy that the president is talking about here, it's very, very dangerous. Matter of fact, I have to say, Madame Secretary, that I think this speech given last night by this president represents the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam, if it's carried out. I will resist it

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[abbadabbadolittle]

Look at that olive oil seahag cuntdoleeza rice bush asslicker.

[MrBullfrog9876]

@ooocrowooo The first method of fighting this war should have been to have had a complete investigation of 9-11 starting on day one to find out who planted the demolition charges in those buildings, then we would have known who to go after and then we would not have to bomb innocent people and leave a "waste land", as you put it.

[abbadabbadolittle]

@AbortedMeatloaf Easy to do when the subject is so transparent....thanks

[AbortedMeatloaf]

@abbadabbadolittle That was quite a clever displace of words my fine fellow.

[TAJIKROCKS]

WoW Brave comments that you never see on CNN or MSNBC by some reason. But they show you flying boats with a child in it lol

[RetSquid]

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[RetSquid]

@Alienpimp33

You can't even get the conspiracy theory right, much less the truth.

[Alienpimp33]

Debunking911 is just more fancey lies.. Building 7 still fell the same time the others did and no plane wreckage in the pentigon cannot be changed.. They failed get over it we caught you.! Some people just arn't dumb enough to belive lies. Dick cheyne still said he had to pull it on wtc 7 !

[ikesterman1]

@MrBullfrog9876 We know by the facts , that this policy was in the works before 9/11 Pentagon lost 2.3 trillion one day before , and Bush asked for 50 billion to beef up our military .you have to ask why ..No matter what you think conspiracy or not , the 9/11 families where stonewalled by the Bush admin. at every turn shown disrespect and fead a Bs story by the 9/11 comm. Plus the fact that the American people where lied to about Iraq, what makes you think they wouldn,t lie about 9/11 .

[eerginer]

man is blabbering using words as if he means something. What a scam artist. He is not saying anything substantial and in the direction of defining the problem and offering a solution. 

[commins100]

Rice is a bitch. and needs to be taken out of the frame. What about her telephone to San Francisco prior to 9-11.

[Brianvanpatten]

debunking911 is the website