Colin Powell: Terrorists are not greatest threat to nation

[Poiuyt]

Colin Powell: Terrorists are not greatest threat to nation

In an interview with GQ magazine that's scheduled to be put online here at 11 a.m. ET, former secretary of State and one-time potential presidential candidate Colin Powell has this to say about terrorism and the threat it poses to the USA:

"What is the greatest threat facing us now? People will say it's terrorism. But are there any terrorists in the world who can change the American way of life or our political system? No. Can they knock down a building? Yes. Can they kill somebody? Yes. But can they change us? No. Only we can change ourselves. So what is the great threat we are facing?"

Powell adds, in an interview with Walter Isaacson, that to improve its image in the world, the USA should focus on welcoming newcomers. He takes on the immigration debate that has become a hot-button issue in the presidential race:

"America could not survive without immigration," he says. "Even the undocumented immigrants are contributing to our economy. That's the country my parents came to. That's the image we have to portray to the rest of the world: kind, generous, a nation of nations, touched by every nation, and we touch every nation in return. That's what people still want to believe about us. They still want to come here. We've lost a bit of the image, but we haven't lost the reality yet. And we can fix the image by reflecting a welcoming attitude -- and by not taking counsel of our fears and scaring ourselves to death that everybody coming in is going to blow up something. It ain't the case."

more -

http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2007/09/colin-powell-te.html#more?imw=Y

I wish more people would come out and put the threat of terrorism into perspective. Yes, it's bad, but your chance of being killed in a terrorist act on American soil is about the same as being killed by lightning.

Powell is saying some good things right now. I just wish he would give the real story about how we got into war and why he didn't try harder to stop Bush.

[BeHereNow]

1. Oh, please just shut the fuck up Mr. Powell- You've said QUITE enough at this point.

You and your silly power point cartoon presentation
to the UN got us where we are today.
Now crawl back under your rock and STFU.
BHN

[Disturbed]

5. I could almost forgive Powell if he came clean about his

shameful capitulation to the Busholini Regime.

On this point he is correct. America's greatest danger is the Cabal of Neocons, Kristian RWing, the Military Industrial Complex, the Fascists & the Multi-Corps. The eminent danger is Busholini & Darth.

[BeHereNow]

9. Run that forgiveness by the families of the dead first.

His lies and capitulation should NEVER be forgiven.
BHN

[pnwmom]

21. No, he should keep talking, now that he's finally telling the truth.

Why would anyone want him to shut up when there are millions of conservatives he could still influence in a positive direction?

I'm sending the link to any conservative I know. You should, too.

[villager]

2. Finish the thought, Colin: And Dick Cheney, Bush, and the GOP *are* the greatest threat...

n/t

[BeHereNow]

10. Scott Ritter named Cheney as the biggest threat to America...

Have you heard him speak at any of the presentations
he has done in Los Angeles.
He is STUNNING.
Come, we go next time-
Shance, Cui Bono, NSMA, you and me!

BHN:hi:

[jobycom]

11. Maybe it's just me, but I thought that was exactly what he was saying.

Powell was a decent but naive man before hooking up with Bush. Maybe some part of him is trying to become decent again? Who knows?

Either way, it's good to hear someone on the other side finally speaking truth. Not saying I can forgive him for his UN speech, which he knew was full of lies and outdated, discredited information before he gave it. But this time, he's at least speaking truth. Took him six years to catch on to what we were saying all along.

[TwilightGardener]

3. I'm conflicted about Powell. He obviously has deeply patriotic feelings

and is a thoughtful man--probably would have made a pretty good President, IMO. But he just messed it up so badly trying to serve his "Commander Guy"--why throw away your reputation for that undeserving putz? Was Powell seduced by proximity to power, or did he really believe in the Bush Cabal? When I hear him now, I can't believe he was ever a part of that mess.

[Poiuyt]

8. He is a thoughtful man, but I'm not sure if he would have made a good president.

He's to used to just following orders. He should have been more forceful in stopping Bush.

[driver8]

12. He could have stopped Bush but chose to lie us into a war.

I lost all respect for this man when he jumped in bed with these criminals.

He knew what he was saying wasn't true, and now he is trying to cover his ass.

He may have been a thoughtful man at one time, but now he is a war criminal.

[bbgrunt]

4. no, it's people who facilitate the lies and go along with the charade who are the biggest threat.

[BeHereNow]

7. And that would be Powell.

Fuck him and his betrayal of the rest of us.
Especially our wounded and dead soldiers and the countless
Iraqi innocents.
SHAME on that mother f@@ker.
Wonder how much he made off the deal...

BHN

[babylonsister]

6. Powell: I'm sorry...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=306771

[Lucinda]

15. Thanks for the link

I missed that somehow

[pinto]

13. Well said Mr. Powell. Somewhere I think he is really hurting for his collusion in the big lie. n/t

[Lucinda]

18. I think so too

[Webster Green]

14. Greatest threat is traitors like Powell..

They've sold their souls and sold out their country just to lick a little chimp butt.

Fuck you Powell!....You asshole!:mad:

[tabasco]

16. LMAO. "Why he didn't try harder to stop Bush."

Yeah he was really trying, wasn't he?

Powell is a stooge and a war criminal.

He's trying to revise his part in the whole disaster but that is the story of his life. Always blame it on someone else.

[0rganism]

17. Powell has been a lying apologist for mass murder since at least 1968

"relations between American soldiers and the Vietnamese people are excellent" - Maj. Colin Powell, whitewashing the My Lai Massacre in 1968


I have no sympathy whatsoever for the man. Remember, he KNEW it was all bullshit when he sold us the war. His honor means nothing to him, so it means less to me. His words are a mass grave for truth, his actions a betrayal of life itself. Any successful con-artist must first win the trust of his victim, so don't be his fool now, and don't be his bitch later.

[rodeodance]

19. as it stands now terrrorism rules our lives in one form or another.

[Goat or Panic]

20. Powell's still covering his ass

From his interview with Tim Russert.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5202007/


"SEC'Y POWELL: But it turned out that the sourcing was inaccurate and wrong, and in some cases deliberately misleading. And for that I am disappointed, and I regret it."

"Deliberately misleading?"

Can we call Bush a liar now?

This is the infamous interview where Powell's press secretary physically moved the camera away from Powell.

[baby_mouse]

22. "touched by every nation, and we touch every nation in return" - NATION-TOUCHERS!

You touch NATIONS, America. You TOUCH them. Like creepy nation-touching nation touchers!

:rofl:!

Sorry, juvenile, I know, but I just can't take this idea seriously...