jeremy scahill

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

@JJakobDesign @intercepted I’ve been nonstop talking about the conditions of people in prison under COVID-19 pandemic. — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

@JJakobDesign @intercepted I support many of Sanders policies and positions. I have explicitly not endorsed Sanders. I’m not a politician and I don’t believe in ignoring facts that are relevant to the office Sanders is seeking. — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

@RAM0018 It’s not an attack. It’s stating a fact about someone running to be commander in chief. — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

@JJakobDesign Have you not seen any of my work and you are just jumping into my mentions because I pointed out some facts you don’t like about Sanders? Spend 2 seconds looking at my work, especially for the past 3.5 years on @intercepted — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

@Inspect45409871 Only the 2001 AUMF that I’ve ever seen. — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

@JJakobDesign Do you understand how NATO works? Seems you do not. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JJakobDesign He was a major proponent of the US-led NATO war in 1999, which circumvented the UN and which a US General was the supreme commander of, yes. I am saying Sanders supported that. — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

@bahrrt It’s not digging dirt. It is accurately reviewing the record of people running to be commander in chief. — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

@JJakobDesign Were the civilians cluster bombed at the Niš marketplace doing genocide as they shopped for vegetables and were shredded into human meat? — PolitiTweet.org

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@AB4Pets Iraq was bombed repeatedly in the 1990s under Clinton. Clinton oversaw the most deadly regime of economic sanctions in history, killing 100s of thousands. Not sure what your definition of war is. — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

Bernie Sanders is hardly a pacifist. He was a major proponent of the bombing of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, a war where civilians were killed in cluster bomb attacks, civilian trains were attacked, a TV station was bombed, killing media workers and depleted uranium was used widely. — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

@EyeDKFA I’ve been reporting critically on Bernie Sanders Iraq record for years. — PolitiTweet.org

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@derfrankreiner Of course not. But when you run for President, your record becomes extremely relevant, especially on issues related to commander in chief status and questions of war. — PolitiTweet.org

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Bernie Sanders also has a lot to answer for on his pre-2002 Iraq positions. He supported air strikes in the 1990s, deadly economic sanctions & voted for the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998, which made regime change law of the land. I’ve asked to interview Sanders and... silence. — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

@realcamrob1 @kennethgoodreau I’m stating as fact that Biden lied about Iraq and WMDs before Bush and Cheney were elected. He did this before 9/11 and after. I’m stating as fact he used his position at Foreign Relations to promote going to war, while many colleagues were saying it was all lies. — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

@realcamrob1 Biden had many many colleagues saying the intelligence was lies. Yet, he didn’t allow any dissenting testimony and promoted those lies. He didn’t probe it, he didn’t question it. He used his power to support it. His job was to fact check those claims. Instead he cheerlead them. — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

@realcamrob1 @kennethgoodreau Nope. You keep lying. He aided and abetted the lies. Other congress members saw it for what it was. Biden refused to listen and used his power to aid the drive to war. — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

@realcamrob1 Again, do you not understand that Biden was CHAIR OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE? He used that position to aid the war. How were other members of congress able to see the lies, but Joe decided to PROMOTE lies and prevent dissenting voices from testifying? — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

@realcamrob1 @kennethgoodreau Aided and abetted the Bush administration by using his powerful position as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to help sell the war and ensure no dissenting voices were heard. That’s not just a dude innocently misled. That’s a player. — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

@realcamrob1 Wrong. Do you know any of this history at all? Some of us were reporters at the time, so lying doesn’t work. — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

@realcamrob1 @kennethgoodreau Joe Biden was chair of Foreign Telations Committee. Very powerful. He used that position to aid the CIA, Bush/Cheney and the drive for war. He absolutely was a key player in this. — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

@realcamrob1 Wrong. MANY MANY people were questioning that intelligence. Many. Including Biden’s challenger. Joe Biden refused to allow any of them to testify in front of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee he chaired. He aided and abetted the case for war at every single turn. — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

If Joe Biden was serious, he would say: “I was wrong to promote lies about WMDs, I was wrong to use my chairmanship of Foreign Relations Committee to aid the case for war against Iraq, I was wrong to vote for the war and abet Bush and Cheney.” But he continues to just lie. — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

@Jable35526152 It is a documentable lie that he wanted to prevent a war. He was chair of Foreign Relations Committee and actively aided and abetted the case for war, promoted lies unprompted about WMDs. — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

@Jable35526152 He continues to lie about it. If you actually look at his promotion of WMD lies at the time, you will see he continues to lie. He wasn’t fooled. He helped do the fooling. He has never acknowledged that. It’s disqualifying. — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

@Jable35526152 Yeah. It was only the most disastrous, murderous and consequential vote of the modern era and says nothing about qualifications to be commander in chief. Let’s just move along. — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

@BoggisNews Spending 3.5 years repeatedly reporting on Trump’s fascistic policies and also pointing out that the so-called opposition supports wars of aggression and continues to give Trump endless war money and surveillance powers is just like supporting the Nazis. You’re a genius! — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

@Jable35526152 Past actions are the best indicator of future policies. He continues to lie about his Iraq war vote. Sorry, I won’t forget that because it’s absolutely unacceptable. — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

Go off king. Make sure you tell this to 2002-2003 Joe Biden. — PolitiTweet.org

jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill

@JeffSharlet Yes — PolitiTweet.org