Atleast Powell isn't a total idiot...

[AmyStrange]

In Sketchy Data, White House Sought Clues to Gauge Threat
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/20/international/worldspecial/20WEAP.html?pagewanted=1&th
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Similarly, Mr. Powell was more cautious than Mr. Bush was in describing Mr. Hussein's meetings with what the president, in his Cincinnati speech, had called Iraq's "nuclear mujahedeen." Mr. Powell was urged by some in the administration to cite those meetings, and to illustrate it with a picture of one of the sessions.

"Now tell me who these guys are," he asked a few nights before his presentation, when the C.I.A. showed him the picture, a participant in the conversation recalled.

"Oh, we're quite sure this is his nuclear crowd," came the response.

"How do you know?" Mr. Powell pressed. "Prove it. Who are they?" No one could answer the question.

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I'm sorry, but even though Powell is on the wrong side, I still like the guy. When I hear him speak on the radio, I swear it sounds like I'm listening to Leonard Nimoy...

And, what the h*ll is up with that quote?:


"Oh, we're quite sure this is his nuclear crowd,"


Is this how our intelligence really works?



Dave (AmyStrange.com)

DU (slang/ folklore) Glossary (Dictionary): http://DUG.SeattleActivist.org/
Index of WMD Articles: http://WMD.SeattleActivist.org/

Here are some excellent resources and timelines of quotes and interviews and newspaper article quotes documenting the different things Bush and Co did and said for the last two plus years concerning the war in Iraq and WMDs (and other fun things) from the Howard Dean Website---even if you're not a Dean Fan, these are still excellent resources:

The Bush Administration And WMDs: Then And Now:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/PageServer?pagename=bush_wmd_summary

Niger-Uranium Timeline:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/PageServer?pagename=niger_timeline

Bush and WMD: Assumptions vs. Reality:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/DocServer/TikTok_-_Bush_-_Iraq_-_Side_by_Side.pdf?docID=781

The Bush Administration and WMD: What did they know and when did they know it?:
http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/DocServer/TikTok_-_Administration_-_Iraq_Deception.pdf?docID=762

[JackSwift]

1. Powell is quite intelligent, he didn't want to be set up as

the fall guy. He's been around these guys since he whitewashed the Mai Lai investigation for them. He always watches his own back.

[karlschneider]

2. No, no idiot, but he's a sellout and a whore.

:(

[AbbPoacher]

3. Powell must promote UN peacekeeping forces.

Getting our troops home should be his/our first priority.

[clarkbarr]

4. Please, Powell is the ULTIMATE Whore

Powell lied, schemed and backstabbed to get where he is.

He is a selfish, evil bastard who craves power and will do anything to keep it!

[Dont B bush N Me]

5. Powell is as right wing wacko as any in the Bush cabal. Proof?

The apple never falls far from the tree and his son is the right wing scum head of the FCC.