Powell Says US Should Not Have Invaded Iraq

[MyTotalRemedy]

Whiny, overrated, disloyal, Obama-loving douche.

[Vann7]

Thats an hipocrite motherfuquer.. he went to UN to show the evidence of CLEAR WMD in IRAQ.

[guyNbluejeans]

I remember thinking that these people learned nothing from Vietnam and how easy it is to get into a war but getting out is a different story. And when they set a specific date that they would attack they attacked a day or so earlier because "we thought saddam was at that particular place at that time." So right there we knew this was going to be a total waste of money and lives! FOOLS! They should have sent a covert sniper team in to kill saddam and his sons instead & let Iraq sort itself out!

[etetepete]

The french where right and warned the american people about it.

They where your allies and true friends, no matter what republican warpropaganda says otherwise.

/watch?v=MJ_1hWqSz6I

[jituhanif]

Powell, its to late to say them words .coz u did lie to un . even u know thats you are doing wrong ,

[vinnie1369]

OK, he doesn't say that the US should not have gone in. The title of this video is wrong. He is saying IF we knew then what we know now then we would not have had justification to go in. That doesn't mean we wouldn't have anyway. (Although, it's extremely unlikely that we would've.)

Also he is not saying it was a mistake. He is saying our information was wrong. Simple. Period. End of story.

[SunnyIllusion]

There was no Zionist trap. He is a Jew himself.

[SunnyIllusion]

This guy is a phony. He knew well what he was doing. What a pile of bs!

[allgotti]

Sorry pal...u can go on news claiming how you would have done it differently, but the fact remains: YOU ARE JUST AS GUILTY!!! YOU WILL ALWAYS BE.

We have heard all these "I was mis-informed" or " I had little to do with it" plenty of times in the Nazi trials in Nuremberg.

[ElSanti0]

Should have been right the first time you fucking bastard. SO much death and destruction. For what? Freedom? Democracy? NO.

[rahmans420]

i think Colin Powell is good man but he fall for zionist trap and he regret now.

[Hickey66]

A Nazi.

[MyTotalRemedy]

@Hickey66

A liberal Nazi.

[alderete74]

Tell me again how Tim Russertt died? Powell was promoted through affirmative action through the ranks of the Army. Promotion lists would not get congressional approval without the requisite percentage of minorities. Although eloquent in voice he has always been shallow in content . Colin Powell mislead the American people when he should have clearly known better, another example of his lack of character. He like Obama is a complete fraud and a patsy.

[MyTotalRemedy]

@alderete74

He was also a disloyal, insubordinate POS who throws his colleagues under the bus.

[Volkmoidruk]

NOW he tells us. Flip-flopping, powerass-kissing POS.

[lamrof]

I really hate his answers. This guy lies. The question was knowing what you know today, would you do the same thing all over again. His answer is since there will be no support by others it would be impossible to go to war. Now you be the judge whether he answered the question or not. Powell will always be a face changing chameleon.

[ripleyLV426]

they did know it then.... which is why Bush ushered out Blix before the final report ... because that was the conclusion. If Bush had waited for the final report from Blix he would have had no ground to invade.

[henryjanok]

. . . wondering!!!

[rockondon]

because of his lies,alot of children were

melted alive..i knew it was a lie..

able danger

[ftballfrk]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAA­HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA "hussein...human rights abuses abounded"

hmmmmm. . . but when the Americans bomb all the Iraqi civilians and they themselves, through the UN, deny food and basic medical supplies, oh, they're definitely not abusing human rights . . . it's for the greater good

get the fuck outta here

[johns76222]

Colon Powell is a lying piece of shit only trying to cover his ass. He is a weak man who is trying to lay blame onto others when he should accept and admit that he himself made mistakes. What a complete piece of shit he his -- Glad he belongs to Obama now.

[aviomaster]

250.000.000.000 Barrels of Crude OIL ,, Converted to dollars , 20.000.000.000.000 Dollars , which is wealth unimaginable to anyone ,,,

[smalls469]

They knew it then, they distorted the facts in order to invade Iraq, that is why it was and still is a cirme...

[bobcatwelder00]

Dont kill the messenger kill the source of the lies he is one great war hero . he would be another Black american that i would vote for president he his a great leader and thats my opinion as a american

[viketaker]

nigger lover

[tauras88d]

viketaker nigger lover is a little harsh, i belive the words you are looking fo are underdevoleped subspecies jungle monkey lover....lol dont you think so!

[lamrof]

@tauras88d

shut up albino.

[gina124u]

If Bush was really fighting a war on terror and wanted to catch Osama, then instead of wasting a billion dollars a month in iraq, why not put a billion dollar bounty on bin laden's head, I'm sure somebody from his camp will set him up. With all this power and technology the u.s, in 8yrs should've been able to capture this man, but it's all a conspiracy so the u.s can have a reason to be in Iraq trying to get that oil, which Bush owns. Wake up people!

[homer30]

Powell together with Bush, Rumsfield, Cheney, and Rise should be executed for war crimes in Iraq under false war.

[MyTotalRemedy]

@homer30

I don't get it. In inverse liberaland where Bush is Hitler, wouldn't Powell be the Rommel?

[ricklicious]

Hey Powell you're a smart cat! Dont pretend you didnt know what was going on behind the scenes. You are just as guilty! Maybe Obama will pardon you now that you endorsed him. Ha!Obama! Another corporate puppet! Havent people realized our 2 party game yet? Opposing issues yet same agenda behind the CFR curtain! Suckers!

[godswiph]

ur so smart. smart person. smart. smart. smart.

[osgangstarrr]

you mr Powell are a shame to America and your homeland of Jamaica. As a Jamaican I am ashamed of you and what you have supported.

[faceswithin]

it all comes down to color does it? there will be whites that vote for McCain due to he is white, there will be them that vote for Obama due to he is black. Now Powell will jump ship and back Obama. How sad, we will never have a good leader. Bush and Obama are the same no time in. To high on them selves. No way should they been voted in but we are doing it again. EAR MARKS Bush Obama take them McCain doesn't McCain been to war so he will not jump to it as the answer. Obama will like Bush did.

[Infinitus123]

faces, you clearly know nothing of mccains record and policies (90% of which he supports Bush). he also votes AGAINST big business regulation and blieves in the trickle down theory of wealth. you say we wont have a good leader, im optomistic we will, just not with john mccain. someone who lies on his t.v. ads and has over 150 lobbyists and has accepted over 10 million on campaign cntributions and then says he HAS voted for campaign funding reform is NOT my idea of a good leader.

[Ironlungzzzz]

Prescott Bush funds Adolf Hitler into power.

Hitler Kills millions of Jews.

Jews come to US and infiltrate government.

Ask yourself which JEW made the most money on 911?

I would say Silverstein because he insured WTC 6 weeks before its demolition and raked in 7billion dollars. Not bad for a $500million investment.

[dylanrocks83]

and of course, you have proof of this, right?

[Ironlungzzzz]

Yes i have proof.

And did u not see Silverstein admitting pulling wtc7?

Demolitions take upto a week to set up so how did he set up wtc7 in less than 6 hours?

And explain how a boeing got lost in the pentagon leaving a 16 foot hole?

[Ironlungzzzz]

Just tell us how much Bush payed you to tell us that 45 min bullshit.

And if your such a good boy now go and ask your faggot friend Bush to open up a public inquiry into 911 you fat cunt.

If only the native Red Indians had a better army the world wouldnt be in this mess.

If anyone has done their research then they will know the Jews are running the show in America.

The Americans(English) stole land from the natives and now the Jews will do the same to US. Infact they already have.

[ericyingling]

Fuck Colin Powell! Fuck Tenet! They are in the same league as Rice and Rumsfeld.

Too bad.

[darthdeath420]

I used to have so much respect for Powell.Now I can see he's just another NEOCON lacky...

[larma7]

Could someone tell me why it would of mattered if they did have those weapons??? We were never attacked!!!

[DriverInc]

true true

good job lama! Spread the truth! LAMA FOR YouTube Poster of the year! YEEEEEEEEEEEHAH!

[larma7]

Hahaha . . . sarcasm?

[DriverInc]

no I'm 100% against the iraq war

LAMA FOR PRESIDENT!

[Ironlungzzzz]

Well Israel HAS wmd's and have directly said they will fuck up America if they didnt play by their rules. Not exactly in those words. But Ariel Sharon did say that. Im still looking for that clip.

So b4 Sharon took power why was he regarded as a war criminal worldwide?

Says alot about him.

[falloutboyisitachi]

Ironlungzzzz...sorry I forgot what I had in mind in response to such a ridiculous post. Your stupidity has baffled me and everyone here. Anyways, please seek professional help.

[TheCozybear65]

@larma7 because thety would sell them off to terrorist groups. That is a threat to U.S security.

[breezeman199]

I would have had more respect if he had resigned in protest against the war in 2003.

[wonk22]

He can't put this on the CIA since he had a gut feel about shaky intel that was being fed to him. He folded like a cheap lawn chair under Cheney's pressure to sell the case for war to the UN.

[BooBooLane]

Dr. Powell will have that blood on his hands same as the rest of the Neocorns and their enablers, will have it for all time.

Many of us have done very bad things but not on this scale. The fact that the Dems are enablers and worse can be certified by the obvious truth that there is no impeachment, no punishment for these folq.

It began in Vietnam.

[startwiththeballs]

this sack of shit should go for war crimes too, bush, cheney, rice, powell. dont believe this shit he is slime all the way down to his bones and should be responsible for his actions. 3000 dead US soldiers, nearly 700,000iraq civlians murdered, maybe triple that injured and with no end in sight. support ron paul and his message.

"FREEDOM, PROSPERITY and PEACE"

[lendwood]

Just Like MLK, heres another example of why many may visit but only certain ones will be recognized as Head of Household @ The White House. Just ask Kennedy, Lincoln or

Garfield.

[omeusbelo]

what a dick! I still see brown on that nose of his, & it's not his skin, cause that means nothing to him, for he played a major role in destabilizing Haiti. Fuck U Mr. powell! Just as culpable as Bush

[scottcos]

Was this posted by Michael Moore? It is a cute way of cutting out a snippet to try to mis-characterize an entire interview. Google the NBC transcript and you will gain a much more complete understanding of General Powell's positions.

[PoliticalChase]

No michael moore did not post this. You can put the entire transcript with it and he still says the same thing. If I knew then what I know now, there would be no justification to invade iraq. He said the compelling reason, from his perspective, was the presence of WMDs and without WMDs there was no justification.

[PoliticalChase]

transcript is here: msnbc dot com slash id slash 19092206

[scottcos]

msnbc dot msn dot com slash id slash 19092206

additionally he said that Saddam became more dangerous post 9/11, and the belief that he was hoping to wiggle out from underneath the UN's scrutiny to resume his weapons programs, and any other belief is "naive".

This was not an anti-war interview, if anything it was an anti-intelligence interview, his main target was the CIA and Tenet more than President Bush.

[lysel3]

"This was not an anti-war interview, if anything it was an anti-intelligence interview, his main target was the CIA and Tenet more than President Bush."

Oh yeah, well then it's more of the same B/S. CIA, TENET, BUSH -- all in it together. Until Mr. Powell has the courage to "say it like it is" and stop beating around the bush, his credibility is non-existent.

He's still defending this corrupt administration in a twisted way.

MORE LIES!

[crabtrap]

whats the air date on this clip?

[cvernick9]

Hmm...this is an uninterrupted and fairly long statement by Powell to be characterized as a snippet. This Clip runs 1:28. Powell's response to a direct questions is a clear point-by-point answer that lasts 1:10. No way this is taken out of context, nor is it a sound bite. More Neocon Zombies = More Propaganda.

[scottcos]

Name calling is the weapon of choice for people without a strong rebuttal. Now let me try to explain what I meant in simple terms. Posting just this 1:28 clip, with the headline "Powell Says US Should Not Have Invaded Iraq" completely slants this interview toward a partisan point of view. If you read the entire interview you will find that it is not an anti-war interview. This is the definition of propaganda, using a half truth to further your political agenda.

[cvernick9]

Agreed on the name-calling...I take it back. Read my post again w/o the last sentence; the meaning doesn't change-just as the meaning of Powell's interview does not change because of the clip's title. I did as your 1st post suggested and listened to the entire interview on an MTP feed. I can't help but hear the reasons for attacking Iraq were faulty at best. Powell is saying it precisely, clearly. Watching carefully, how does one derives any other meaning?

[cvernick9]

Obviously Powell's appearance on MTP is to MAKE this statement--he wants it "on the record". He's coming out as a private citizen having demonstrated loyalty by keeping quiet. In other sources it's been more-than-hinted-at he's held this opinion and privately stated it in much stronger terms. Like it or not, most analysts now agree the Iraq intel was deficient, faulty, wrong...inconclusive evidence of WMD, no nukes, no significant ties to AlQueda. Were these not the reasons for declaring war?

[lysel3]

"Were these not the reasons for declaring war?" NO, the unstated "reason" was OIL, profits for Bush/Cheney, and their No-bid contract cronies at Halliburton, Blackwater, etc.

As for "faulty intel", it was not "faulty" it was TWISTED & MANIPULATED. The people who did the manipulating are AT FAULT for the resulting bloodshed!

Powell has to take the blame. He is too smart to have been THAT EASILY "MISLED"!

He must "Fess Up" to clear his name! Name names, give information to start impeachment!

[cvernick9]

Obviously Powell's appearance on MTP is to MAKE this statement--he wants it "on the record". He's coming out as a private citizen having demonstrated loyalty by keeping quiet. In other sources it's been more-than-hinted-at he's held this opinion and privately stated it in much stronger terms. Like it or not, most analysts now agree the Iraq intel was deficient, faulty, wrong...inconclusive evidence of WMD, no nukes, no significant ties to AlQueda. Were these not the reasons for declaring war?

[SKANKER22SG]

The AMBO pipeline covers a distance of 917 kilometers. The 750, 000-barrel-per-day pipeline connects Bulgarian Black Sea port of Burgas with the Albanian Adriatic port of Vlore.

[followerofbasho]

The more `real' argument for attacking Saddam's Iraq was to take the oil reserves out of the hands of the government and the people of Iraq and put it into the hands of multinational oil companies that would operate more rationally. And this, the Administration has succeeded (so far) in doing. A major part of the liberating for the Iraqi's was not from Saddam's dictatorship, but rather from the incredibly damaging effects that US lead sanctions against Iraq had brought down on the populice.

[PoliticalChase]

This war was conceived in 1992, if not earlier, when Cheney, Wolfowitz, et al, did a little creative thinking. Oil is indeed a major factor, but there is a bigger picture.

See this link for more info:

thepoliticalchase (dot) com (forward slash) journal (forward slash)2007 (forward slash) 6 (forward slash) 2 (forward slash) more-on-cheneys-manifesto (dot) html

[oddomar]

the other term for "take the oil reserves out of the hands of the government and the people of Iraq and put it into the hands of multinational oil companies that would operate more rationally" is theft. regardless of the excuse