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I dont give a monkeys about Italians oopNorth, but if it is a sufficient cassus belli to make white Britorigine working class people break the law in defiance of government, en-masse, then its great!
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Still, she fails to address the key point of the argument ... our cassus belli for invading Afghanistan was to remove a government that refused to turn Osama Bin Laden -- a very popular leader in that part of the world -- over to justice.
Audio: Hillary Privately Blasted "The Activist Base Of The Democratic Party" For Caucus Defeats 2009
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And yet every day we are seeing more evidence that Bush is turning up the heat, creating an environment where they can claim a phony cassus belli, it's all over the news --- and we're still hearing campaign cliches and counter-productive sabre rattling.
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
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As that last sentence shows, the U.S. government is well aware that their cassus belli is nothing but trumped up lies.
Peace, order and good government, eh?: August 2007 Archives 2007
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It sounds as though this person is accusing the president of setting up a phony cassus belli for war with Iran.
Hullabaloo 2007
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And yet every day we are seeing more evidence that Bush is turning up the heat, creating an environment where they can claim a phony cassus belli, it's all over the news --- and we're still hearing campaign cliches and counter-productive sabre rattling.
Hullabaloo 2007
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So, when president Bush used the phrase "protect our troops" followed by everyone from Gates to Rice, my antennae were way up; it was obvious that it was a potential cassus belli for an attack on Iran.
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
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So, when president Bush used the phrase "protect our troops" followed by everyone from Gates to Rice, my antennae were way up; it was obvious that it was a potential cassus belli for an attack on Iran.
Hullabaloo 2007
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Click the link to see Pollacks explicit advice that the government use covert action provoke Saddam into retaliation so that we might invent a cassus belli.
Hullabaloo 2006
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They must impeach Bush for his phoney cassus beli, the highest crime a sitting President can commit.
Think Progress » Bush To Terrorists: ‘Do Not Be Joyful’ Over Midterm Election Results 2006
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