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ProfessionalLeftist

(4,982 posts) Thu Nov 1, 2012, 09:40 AM Nov 2012

"Solid" - OFA TV Ad w/ Colin Powell

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"Solid" - OFA TV Ad w/ Colin Powell (Original Post) ProfessionalLeftist Nov 2012 OP

I'll bet thet Powell is gratefull he is no longer enmeshed in the Bush administration. lumpy Nov 2012 #1

Powell is one apology short of redemption ... and it's a very big apology Vox Moi Nov 2012 #2

I agree. Powell should come clean and tell just what his position was regarding his role lumpy Nov 2012 #3

lumpy

(13,704 posts)

1. I'll bet thet Powell is gratefull he is no longer enmeshed in the Bush administration.

Reply to ProfessionalLeftist (Original post)

Thu Nov 1, 2012, 10:38 AM

Nov 2012

You could tell he hated the position he was in.

Vox Moi

(546 posts)

2. Powell is one apology short of redemption ... and it's a very big apology

Reply to ProfessionalLeftist (Original post)

Thu Nov 1, 2012, 10:56 AM

Nov 2012

Powell's presentation at the UN of Iraqi WMD was a complete disgrace to himself and to our country.
That presentation was, in part, responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans and untold thousands of Iraqis.
It was a lie and I want to know why a Former Joint Chief of Staff brought himself to iterate such nonsense in front of the whole world.
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There is a valuable lesson for Americans that he is not sharing. Was he honestly duped? Was he pressured? Was he simply mistaken about the concept of 'duty'? What was he thinking?
Until he helps us come to grips with one of the darkest hours in our history he will be on the wrong side of it.

lumpy

(13,704 posts)

3. I agree. Powell should come clean and tell just what his position was regarding his role