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originally posted by: alexpmi
I guess if you are not from the states it is rather imposible to grasp the inner workings of your gubberment
originally posted by: face23785
originally posted by: angeldoll
a reply to: face23785
Meh. I was just curious to see him talking. I really wasn't that familiar with him. Just watched the first thing I saw him on when I searched his name.
Sorry about your apple cart.
In other words you were uninformed. Now you're informed. There still isn't an apple cart. You also got a good lesson in how Google results are biased. If that was the first thing you saw, they've really gotten bad. Go forward wiser and more caution and don't be duped so easily.
originally posted by: soberbacchus
a reply to: face23785
The idiot wanted to invade Cuba.
And I don't need or watch Youtube, I personally lived through the lead up and invasion of Iraq based on false intelligence this man sold.
For all of trump's crap he gave Jeb Bush about Ws bad decision to invade Iraq, he is hiring the man who helped rig the intelligence and make it happen.
Bolton’s staff prepared a speech alleging that Cuba had an active biological weapons program. This wasn’t true, and the State Department’s lead bioweapons analyst at the time would not sign off on the claim. Per the analyst’s sworn testimony to Congress, Bolton then called the analyst into his office, screamed at him, and then sent for his boss
originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: Xcathdra
I wonder if McMaster was suspected as being a "leaker" in the White House?
originally posted by: Xcathdra
originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: Xcathdra
I wonder if McMaster was suspected as being a "leaker" in the White House?
That was my thought as well. I do know earlier in Trumps 1st year a member of the NSC supposedly resigned for leaking info. McMasters was also against moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem. Having a difference of opinion when it comes to US policy and you are a top member of the admin it becomes problematic. That was one of the reasons Tillerson was replaced.
originally posted by: soberbacchus
a reply to: face23785
The idiot wanted to invade Cuba.
And I don't need or watch Youtube, I personally lived through the lead up and invasion of Iraq based on false intelligence this man sold.
For all of trump's crap he gave Jeb Bush about Ws bad decision to invade Iraq, he is hiring the man who helped rig the intelligence and make it happen.
originally posted by: soberbacchus
a reply to: face23785
"some of which remain unsubstantiated" (In 2005)
That means other allegations had been substantiated.
And since then via congressional testimony and hearings.
Do your homework.
Bolton’s staff prepared a speech alleging that Cuba had an active biological weapons program. This wasn’t true, and the State Department’s lead bioweapons analyst at the time would not sign off on the claim. Per the analyst’s sworn testimony to Congress, Bolton then called the analyst into his office, screamed at him, and then sent for his boss
www.vox.com...
Congressional Testimony link available in click through in the article.
During April 11-12 Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on the confirmation of John R. Bolton to be U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations, a major controversy involved the use of intelligence on alleged Cuban efforts that might lead to biological weapons.
The speech that Bolton delivered read, “The United States believes that Cuba has at least a limited offensive biological warfare research and development effort. Cuba has provided dual-use biotechnology to other rogue states. We are concerned that such technology could support [biological weapons] programs in those states. We call on Cuba to cease all [biological weapons]-applicable cooperation with rogue states and to fully comply with all of its obligations under the Biological Weapons Convention.”
Bolton's statement was widely quoted in the mass media and became a major issue in Washington, DC, as it implied that Cuba was not complying with its obligations under the BWC, possibly because it was undertaking an offensive BW development effort (research, even if "offensive," is not mentioned in the BWC and therefore does not fall under its provisions). Attempting to defuse a sensitive situation, Secretary of State Colin Powell at a later press briefing answered a question concerning Cuba as follows:
As Under Secretary Bolton said recently, we do believe that Cuba has a biological offensive research capability. We didn't say that it actually had such weapons, but it has the capacity the capability to conduct such research. This is not a new statement... So Under Secretary Bolton's speech which got attention on this issue again wasn't breaking new ground as far as the United States' position on this issue goes.
In 1998, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) released a report suggesting a potential Cuban BW program. [27] It stated: "Cuba's current scientific facilities and expertise could support an offensive BW program in at least the research and development stage. Cuba's biotechnology industry is one of the most advanced in emerging countries and would be capable of producing BW agents." Thus, nothing damning was noted by the DIA in 1998, only that Cuba had the potential to acquire biological weapons should its leadership so decide. In a subsequent report, issued in 2000 by the U.S. Department of State, seven states were identified as sponsors of international terrorism, including Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Cuba, Sudan, and North Korea. According to the authors, it was "alarming" that several of these states were believed to also have a BW capacity, although Cuba was not specifically mentioned in this regard. [28]
originally posted by: avgguy
a reply to: face23785
Perfect for Low information voters
originally posted by: burdman30ott6
I like Bolton.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: carewemust
I haven't seen the left crapping themselves this much since the night of the election.
The ultimate irony is if Trump can negotiate a peace.
When will the leftists do??? Argue for war just to be anti-Trump?