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Palin Ties Iraq to 9/11 Attacks

Tells deploying troops mission is to 'defend innocent from enemies' who planned strikes

By Caroline Miller,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 12, 2008 8:13 AM CDT
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(Newser) – In her speech yesterday to Iraq-bound troops in Alaska—a brigade that includes her oldest son, Track—Palin linked the war in Iraq with the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Washington Post reports, making a connection the Bush administration has long since stopped making. She said the soldiers' mission is to "defend the innocent from the enemies who planned and carried out and rejoiced in the death of thousands of Americans."

While the view that Saddam Hussein had helped the terrorists plan the 9/ll attacks was once promoted by the Bush administration, the White House and the president himself have since rejected the claim. But insurgents allied with al-Qaeda now operating in Iraq have taken root there since the US invasion, the Post notes.
   

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin greets a veteran during a deployment ceremony at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin greets a veteran during a deployment ceremony at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008.   (AP Photo/ Al Grillo)
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is escorted by Col. Edward Daly, deputy commander of the U.S. Army in Alaska, after she spoke to troops and families during a deployment ceremony Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is escorted by Col. Edward Daly, deputy commander of the U.S. Army in Alaska, after she spoke to troops and families during a deployment ceremony Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008.   (AP Photo/Rob Stapleton)
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is escorted by Col. Edward Daly, deputy commander of the U.S. Army in Alaska, after she spoke to troops and families during a deployment ceremony Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is escorted by Col. Edward Daly, deputy commander of the U.S. Army in Alaska, after she spoke to troops and families during a deployment ceremony Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008.   (AP Photo/ Al Grillo)
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks during a deployment ceremony for the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska Thursday Sept. 11, 2008.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks during a deployment ceremony for the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska Thursday Sept. 11, 2008.   (AP Photo/ Al Grillo)
Troops fall into formation during a Stryker Brigade deployment ceremony in Fort Richardson, Alaska Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. The 4,000 soldier brigade is leaving for Iraq.
Troops fall into formation during a Stryker Brigade deployment ceremony in Fort Richardson, Alaska Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. The 4,000 soldier brigade is leaving for Iraq.   (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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hwoodude
Aug 18, 2009 1:42 AM CDT
Poor, sorry Sarah..she's just a few years late in her understanding of the "innocent" which would now be most of the Iraqi citizens who just want a normal life, with freedom of choice, et al.. The Taliban's infiltration of their country now makes that very difficult. Imagine if King Bush had gathered all the countries in sympathy with America IMMEDIATELY after 9-11 and blanketed Afghanistan with troops and obliterated the al Qaeda and bin Liden and/or followed them into Iraq and Pakistan? Instead the great "decider" jerked around looking for "weapons of mass destruction" so he could then attack oil rich Iraq. And so, 9 years later...the Taliban...al Qaeda and.....well....??? Having Sarah comment on world events, politics, history, et al is akin to a bull in a china shop except with her it's spelled "bulls---!"

 
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