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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 06:50 PM Original message |
In an interview, Colin Powell says the surge cannot work. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. hell they didn't care what colin said when he was in the cabinet...he's moot. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. He probably still has an impact on PUBLIC opinion. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. Ok, maybe Powell won't burn in hell... |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. Maybe his memory is returning to the discredited 'Powell Doctrine' someone once came up with.... |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. For over a hundred years, that was known as the Grant doctrine. |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. Thanks for that info. George Lakoff had it right, GOP is controlling the language nt |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 04:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
40. How Is The "Powell Doctrine" Discredited? |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. He's full of crap!!!!! They were told there would be an insurgency. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Powell didn't say the insurgency was a surprise -- not to him, anyway. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. I see a lot of finger-pointing by Colon Bowel. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. All that, as true as it may be, is really beside the point. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-11-07 12:24 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I understand your point. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-11-07 01:16 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Believe me, I haven't forgotten or forgiven |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. Ah, shaddap, Colin. You lied your ass off to get us into war. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. No, Oregonian, his words now help to counter Gen. Petraeus. |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. And we should care about Colin Powell . . . why? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Because a lot of people in Middle America will listen to him |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yes, because "credibility" and "Colin Powell" go together like cookies and milk |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. When Repubs like him speak out against the continuance of the war, |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Yes, liars seeking redemption are much more compelling than those who were right all along . . . |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 09:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Since the average American supported Bush's attack of Iraq, |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 08:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. I agree...I care a lot that powell |
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Joe for Clark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. I personally think highly of General Powell. |
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PsN2Wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. He had the opportunity to do the honorable thing |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. His name will not come out clean |
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Joe for Clark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I do want it too - I can't help the fact I want it too. |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:14 AM Response to Reply #13 |
39. Me too Joe. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. Good for him to speak up again. I am glad he is doing so and hope that those who |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. He's a regular fountain of common sense - NOW |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 10:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Now is when Gen. Petraeus is delivering his message. This is a GOOD |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 11:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Better late than never |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 11:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. The Administration was glad to get rid of him. |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
22. it was 10 little indians. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. Oh, please. Another General has been saying that for months! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 10:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Clark opposed the war from the start. However, |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
26. Powell is slowly coming around to admitting the truth--too slowly, but |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
27. Colin Powell says Earth is round, 2+2=4 |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 10:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Petraeus is saying it's flat, and that 2 + 2 = 22 |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 11:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. He has a long way to go to make up for his UN presentation |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-12-07 01:07 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. just some fuzzee math |
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