>Lets face it . It only became a big story because an American got killed.
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>Until the USA stops providing the market this problem won't go away.

Very true. We've wasted so much money on the 'War on Drugs', especially marijuana. We created the drug cartels (indirectly, if not directly) and now we're surprised at the outcome. Like Prohibition never happened, never created the Mobs as we know them. Yeah....no.

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>>Didn't say it did or didn't, just pointing out that it's not the first time the White House has claimed it.
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>>>Now, do I think this is a witch hunt? yes, I do.
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>>>We wouldn't have heard a damn thing about any of the "Fast and Furious" operations had this one not gone south.
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>>What would've happened is irrelevant, the operation did go south and people were killed.
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>>>Was "Fast and Furious" the first 'operation' like this? No
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>>Yes. This was the very first time that a "gun-walking" operation was designed to allow the guns to go untracked and unintercepted.
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>>>there were at least two other similar 'gun-walking' incidents during the Bush Administration (don't know how successful they were),
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>>The recently cited operation known as "Wide Receiver" intentionally tracked and intercepted the weapons.
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>>>so having the Republican Congress critters getting all up in the air screaming about this all being a Democrat operation strikes me as a little hypocritical.
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>>Of course it's hypocritical, they're politicians.
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>>>Do I think something went horribly wrong with "Fast and Furious"? yes, I do.
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>>>Do I think "Fast and Furious" was an incredibly stupid idea? yes, I do, but I can understand the thinking behind it.
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>>>Do I think this is the way to get to "what went wrong"? No, I don't.
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>>>Please don't feel the need to go all ballistic
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>>The oversight committee has repeatedly requested documents that the DOJ has refused to release. The DOJ has been caught in at least 2 untruths in sworn testimony which they have had to retract. The DoJ has repeatedly asserted that the White House and President Obama had no involvement or knowledge of the gun-running operation yet the President has now claimed executive privilege. Those last two points are mutually exclusive.
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>>"You know, there’s been a tendency on the part of this administration to — to try to hide behind executive privilege every time there’s something a little shaky that’s taking place." - Senator Obama 2007
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>>>>>No more than Reagan, Clinton, and the Bushes - it fact, this is the first time the Obama administration has used executive priviledge.
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>>>>So that makes it OK.
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>>>>>>Executive priviledge over Justice Dept?
>>>>>>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-invokes-executive-privilege-holder-faces-contempt-vote-143710603.html;_ylt=AkFnQAgIBUbNAp808eY7S7ybCMZ_;_ylu=X3oDMTFka3BkYnE0BG1pdANCbG9nIEJvZHkEcG9zAzEEc2VjA01lZGlhQmxvZ0JvZHlBc3NlbWJseQ--;_ylg=X3oDMTMycXVuM2x2BGlu
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>>>>>>It's not the crime, it's the coverup.