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  • What happened to honor? What happened to loyalty? People like him, McClellan, and Powell get praised by liberals for their sleazy betrayal of their boss.

  • amazing....we are going down...

  • Is it even more fucked up that I had to watch a commercial for Xerox just to see this video?

  • Larry keeps laying it out on Real News and elsewhere. His atonement is welcome for intellectuals who long knew the devious nature of our erected leaders.

  • Brilliant interview. Wilkerson should head the Commission of Enquiry, & the first person he should appoint should be Alan Sabrowski. Then you'd see some serious shit hit the fan! I still doubt though that any commission would have the balls to conduct the root & branch expose that the country needs, & if the only people with the political skills to do it are the Cheneys Rumsfelds and Kissingers, then "Houston, we got a problem!"

  • Mr. Rumsfeld is original CEO of RAND CORP. he is the real power.

  • Cenk I think you are wrong about the guy being dumb. THAT is why he won't say it. He knows he is smart and didn't care about all these things you are talking about went wrong. He proly did it on purpose for some reason that benefits him somehow.

  • well said.

  • Lord Mush ruled!

  • Great interview. Very informative.

  • And that my friends is why you shouldn't elect the village idiot to rule the country, he couldn't even rule his staff! I'm sure he tried his hardest bless him, but thank god bush is gone!

  • He couldn't even get his military staff to back him up!

  • I believe you're right! We need a SERIOUS "house-cleaning" done on Congress and the Senate. We have an over abundance of "Good Old Boys" left; We have open bigotry and too many people who just vote "the party" instead of what's good for the American people. Why 2 parties? And why 2 different sets of values? We've forgotten that they are supposed to LISTEN to how WE want THEM to vote! We need to start ALL OVER! Some of these people need to TAKE THEIR PENSIONS and GO!

  • Why don't these guys ever tell this shit while it's going on? Look how many ex-Bush Administration people have come out of the woodwork to spew their guts after the fact! Cheney needs to rot in hell. He should die in prison.....soon.

  • Um, for all of you hate-filled libs, why are we still in Iraq? Why are we still in Afghanistan? Why is Guantanamo still open? Why is Pelosi not in an asylum? Like I told another idiot somewhere on YouTube: You WON your prize: a lib in the white house. yaaay. Now act like it. You're supposed to be HAPPY, but all the world sees is an angry, hatred-spewing bunch of sore winners. Either get off your liberal butts and FIX SHIT or shut the hell up. Now's your chance, don't Jimmy Carter things up.

  • Wow, it almost sounds like you're talking about the World Series.

    Maybe it's because that lib came to the white house after a con made such a huge mess of things he's only going to be busy cleaning the cons mess up. You do know that making a mess is more fun and easier than cleaning it up right ?

    And con does not mean conservative.

  • Unfortunately, it doesn't mean convict.

  • So true -Bush spent $356M a day since day 1 in Iraq without putting it in budget -borrowing from China which now our national security & trade vulnerable-no regulation on our finanaical system for 8yrs & collapsed the world's bank -torture? warrentless wiretapping? Katrina? Corruption? 1M innocent people dead, 4M displaced -our soliders were placed in harms way, etc. Someone needs to be held accountable for this.

  • i agree with you that the bush adminstration should pay for there crimes. and for everything else. i am a hurricane katrina survivor and you are right 100%

  • I don't understand why Americans are not demanding it. I've already written emails to my Senator and Congress officials. Wow, so glad to hear you are alive and healthy. I cried when I watched the footage of Katrina and I then got very mad by how the Bush admin handled it. Some legacy he has -

  • Wait...a quarter of a million Iraqi deaths?

    Whoa!

  • Actually its around 1.5 million..Thats according to studies conducted by John Hopkins University and Columbia University.

  • Shock and Awe bombings, why does that surprise you?

  • ok so on scale of 1-10, 10 being insane

    how corrupted are our highest and most respected political offices?

  • 11. We need a new sort of person going into politics. We need brilliant people. People that have been educated in researching topics of any sort and the knowledge, the wisdom, to act properly on the facts. If the facts are overwhelming, then follow the facts. If the experts within that field, like scientists are experts with science, are agreeing on something, then listen to their advice.

    The problem is not just corruption, the problem is how many idiots we have in office.

  • weeeeeener

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  • All Europe hates you

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  • Like that would do any good. Look at the bullshit that came out of the 9/11 commission!

  • fuck bush and fuck you your a sorry motherfucker defending those pieces of shit there no diffrent then the mother fucker that flew the planes into buildings no matter how you slice it iraq is senseless those soldiers died for nothing, for nothing meanwhile the real terrorists are running free and bush dident give a fuck, oh who really gives a fuck what rank powell had hes an asshole like the rest of them fuck him a career isnt worth someones life at least no to honest people

  • Col. Wilkerson just verified the process in which

    Cheney & Co. led the deception. Bush-baby is as stupid as he acts. This is the link the Justice Dept. can start with.

  • if Wilkerson had any balls he would have killed Cheney.

  • the only thing left for the 14 smart people left in this world is to commit suicide.

  • fuck obama too

  • any credibility he fucking bold faced lied about wmds and entire fucking war what are you fucking stupid? fuck powell hes just as bad as the rest of them and fuck you stupid cocksucker, oh by the way he wasnt fired he resinged manufactured intelligence you really believe he dident know what the fuck was going on? ok then why the fuck is he sticking to his story still to this day i dident know it was bad intelligence thats the problem stupid mother fuckers like you

  • Oh, by the way, when a president fires a Cabinet official, there has to be a letter of resignation. So, yes, he most certainly was fired. And if you're going to call someone stupid, you should at least spell correctly.

  • you fuckers look pretty stupid now that Obama is proposing preemptive incarceration, open your eyes and look at the real world

  • pshh i won by a mile. the only person you share your opinion with is yourself. hahaha LLLLOOOOSSSEEERRR!!!

  • if it's so childish, then why do you keep responding? go ahead, keep trying to defend yourself!

  • well for one thing I have nothing better to do at the moment right now lol

    As for number two, I feel it's important to explain to the loser. Just exactly why they lost, otherwise how are they ever to learn?

    Although given your childish immature attitude and the fact that I don't even remember you, which means your comments are devoid of any memorable intellectual material, I can see it's a waste of time.

    Enjoy your evening and your self-delusion. The latter will last longer than the former

  • you've had that many arguments that you can't remember ours? sorry but that is quite sad. it's okay, you will realize your ineptitude at one point or another. I have enjoyed our little quarrel. have a nice life.

  • yea powell fought and all that but he lied just like bush hes really no diffrent than bush he knew that iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 he knew they had nothing to do with bin laden and the taliban, he knew iraq had no wmd yet he still testified to congress that they did, you call him a soldier a real soldier would never pick his career over his fellow troops.

  • Powell was used. He was the only member of the Bush cabinet with any international credibility, so he was sent before the UN with manufactured intelligence. Powell was the odd man out from day one. That's why right after Bush re-stole the 2004 election, he fired Powell and replaced him with Condoleezza Rice so he could have a puppet at the State Dept.

  • He wasn't used as much as ur mom's vaginal cavity.

  • Like I said, were you born stupid or do you just act like a retard to one up yourself? Let's see, he was part of the 3rd Armored Division. Does that spell it out for you? Armored division, you know, tanks?

  • Ok that doesn't tell me his rank. He coulda been a Captain of the 3rd Armored Division....

    You don't know his ranks do you...

  • Man, you are an idiot. His first commission was Second Lieutenant of the 3rd Armored Division. And he has held every commission there after. He was also First Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Lt. Colonel, Colonel, Brigadier General, Major General, Lt General and General 4 stars. Like I said, all soldiers start out at the bottom and work their way up. Oh, and when he was in ROTC while in college, he graduated top of his class.

  • so he was never infranty...front lines.

  • zztoproadster, you really are a tool

    if all you can do is troll shit you should fuck off from here

  • ha ha good one

  • Seriously, guy, do you have a gay lover whose in the infantry? What is your fucking obsession with the infantry? He LEAD combat troops during Vietnam and several other wars since. Not everybody who serves in combat were part of the infantry. If your objective is to be stupid, Mission Accomplished.

  • That was my point. He lead, he wasn't out there by their side. He steps on a fuckin spike and he's a hero.

  • What was your point? That you're an idiot???

  • You act like he was some bad ass that worked his way from the BOTTOM. He didn't. When he graduated from F.U. he was a Sgnt.

  • Too bad he didn't graduate from FU, whatever that's supposed to be. He graduated from City College of New York, then got his master's degree from Marymount College, It seems you're just jealous of the fact that Colin Powell made it and you never will. PS- You're still an idiot.

  • If you don't get "F.U." than you're dumber than I thought lol.

    And because he's a Mary.

    He "made it." Made what? A house out of popsicle sticks?

  • Cover your mouth with your hand

    2. Make a wish

    3.Close your hand (fist)

    4. Hold your hand at heart for 5 seconds

    5. Send this to 3 more videos

    6. Tommorrow will be the best day ever

  • Liberal or conservative, trash talk will only make opponents stand more stubbornly by their convictions. If we disagree, can't we do it in a civil manner and try to develop better understandings of each other instead? We will accomplish a lot more by doing so.

  • Hatred of The Left: simply read the comments. And you libs keep preaching about how intolerant and hate-filled conservatives are. Test this for yourselves if you have the guts...

    Write NOBAMA on your rear window with that white crap you use to write on car windows. Just watch the ass-loads of pure hatred that you get thrown your way. That's LIBERAL hate, and if you flip it around and put BUSH SUX or whatever, you'd find that you never get the same kind of reaction from conservatives. Libs hate!

  • Don't try to confuse hating George Bush with " liberal hate ". No decent person doesn't hate George Bush. I'd personally name my next child after someone who assassinated him or virtually any member of his inner circle. He is a worthless pile of human garbage who should be doused with gasoline and set on fire. He murdered more Americans than Osama bin Laden did. He is a terrorist. Who doesn't hate terrorists that perpetrate crimes against America? Ditto for Dick Cheney and Karl Rove.

  • lol "murdered more Americans than Osama bin Laden" when you have arguments like that, it's a good sign to just let you go.

  • Like I said, you're an armchair pussy. And you read right. Every soldier killed in Iraq were murdered by Bush. More people died in Iraq than on 9/11. Bush is a terrorist. What he did with Iraq is no different than what Osama bin Laden did on 9/11. And Powell did a hell of a lot more than you did.  He fought in Vietnam, he was part of the Third Armored Division. You CANNOT become a general without having fought. By your definition, John McCain didn't fight either. You're an idiot.

  • What was the lowest rank Powell ever had?

  • Were you born stupid or are you just trying to one up yourself every time you say something retarded? You so not go into the Army and become a commissioned officer. You start out as a private. Those who aspire to rise through the ranks get promoted accordingly.

  • I asked you what were his ranks. If you don't pack the gear to answer, then don't.

  • Dude, do yourself a favor. Google US Army and scroll to the bottom of the page where they show all of the rankings. And when you see them, look at the part where it shows commissioned officers. It begins with Second Lieutenant and goes up to general. Once you do that, count all the ranks. There are ten. And there lie your answers. Oh, and he also won 12 military awards. Only an asshole would downplay Colin Powell's service, and you, little girl, are an asshole.

  • When did he serve as an infantryman?

  • Fantastic interview.

  • That was really good stuff!!! No one better than an inside man! Have him on again.

  • I gave him two minutes. Big yawn.

  • Typical liberal!

  • "Arrogance" INDEED best characterized the bush-cheney incompetent admin

    It is that bush-cheney 'arrogance' that caused the pre-911 'heads up' info to be ignored.

    911, like Iraq, WAS PREVENTABLE!

    Arrogance, ignorance, INCOMPETENCE and pure evil by cheney-bush-rumpsfell were responsible for bringing America presently to its knees militarily, economically and diplomatically

    And the Congress-S Court RIGHTLY earn low marks from the American people; because it refuses to ensure 'checks & balance'.

  • I would like to see Colonel Wilkerson on a show opposite Liz Cheney. They always have her on with a guest who has very little personal knowledge on the issue of torture and the inner workings of the Bush Administration.

  • hey cenk reads GQ, who'd a thunk it.

  • lol, try craigslist

  • We need to get him to challenge Cheney to a debate. That would be money. Make it happen TYT

  • If that were to happen, one thing would happen, guaranteed. Colonel Wilkerson would LITERALLY shoot Dick Cheney. There is undisputed hatred of Cheney by Colonel Wilkerson. It sickens me to think that cowards like Cheney held a higher influence on national security with Bush than did Powell, Wilkerson, Tony McPeak, Tony Zinni, etc. Colonel Wilkerson is a true patriot. Cheney is a slimeball coward who should die in a fire.

  • Powell's a pussy.

  • What branch of the service did you enlist? How many Purple Hearts do you have? Yeah, that's what I thought. Go finish fantasizing about blowing Todd Palin.

  • When you get that high up on the food chain you get a medal for takin a shit...

    He doesn't pack the gear.

  • Did he ever serve as an infantryman or was he always ranked pretty high?

    He got a purple heart for fuckin steppin on a spike...

    And if you want to read about some real bad ass American soldiers, read about Carlos Hathcock U.S.M.C., George Patton, or Chesty Puller U.S.M.C.

  • So I take it that I'm right. Another war cheering armchair pussy. Whatever. You don't get " that high up the food chain " by not knowing what you're doing. Powell was a lieutenant in the Third Armored Division in Vietnam. Don't try this bullshit about trying to pit one military battalion against another. Powell held the same rank as Patton. Not to mention becoming chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. That defines you as the best. Wipe your chin when you're done blowing Todd Palin.

  • He was in the back watchin everything.

    I don't care that Patton and Powell held the same rank; Patton was a fighter, Powell was not.

  • zztoproadster

    what a piece of shit you are

  • thanks

  • Sounds like a straight talker to me. Kudos to Lawrence Wilkerson.

  • Go video. Thanks, Young Turks!

  • It seems more and more obvious that America had Cheney as the real president for about 6 years or so.

    That's the problem with electing a gullible and dimwitted man.

  • oh btw loved the interview, finally some honesty.

  • whataburger, its a burger, oh what a burger should be...................they are nice burgers mmmmmmmm. lol.

  • Follow the money! It´s all about profits.

    YT gives us globally the chance to stand up against these special interests that is clearly against the interests of the american poeple not to mention the millions died as a consequence.

  • Finally a republican who can make merrited discussion that has sense fact and lack of insane lemming mentality.

  • Make sure to share this interview with everyone on your YouTube Friends List.

  • Excellent interview!

  • This obviously is what the previous administration was about... what purpose would a former chief of staff for lying... and with half a brain anyone could see what was happening... Bush wasn't/isn't smart enough to pull any strings, much less the many Cheney decided they would be involved in...

  • i just came

  • We always knew Dick Cheney was the real President. Bush was the puppet. (the goofy looking puppet)

  • Bush: "hehhehehe...puppet."

  • I fuckin' love Whataburger! They don't have it where I live, but I had one in texas and it was awesome! Good times...

  • on what platform do you make that comment?

  • I agree nice comment. Thanks for representing.

  • come on that was a pretty good interview

  • Republicans are a bunch of ignorant malcontents, who can be worked into a frenzy about anything. They simply can't live with the reality that they lost the election so badly. Their desperation has lead them to look increasingly insane. Their divorce from reality and retreat into the political netherland of subjective hate and fear, runs counter to the direction of the conciousness of our country. These Palinesque optics will lead them to a major defeat in 2010 and 2012. Life is beautiful.

  • Excellent interview!

  • This guy is alright, but he totally lost me when he started talking about how we shouldn't prosecute because we have more important challenges, blah blah blah. Bullshit. Nothing is more important.

    Then he says we need something like the 911 commission, and I totally scoff. The 911 commission was a joke; they didn't investigate anything.

    Sorry, Col. Wilkerson, but you are too much a tool of the establishment.

  • It was a very pleasant surprise that TYT managed to get Wilkerson on their show. I mean, to have an insider like him speak as honestly about the true nature of the Bush Administration is like a refreshing reassurance of the suspicions we liberals had of Bush and his manipulative self serving self righteous croneys.

  • That was one of the greatest interviews on TYT.... Hope to hear from Col. Wilkerson again...

    TYT should also get former Governor Jesse Ventura... He is a great man, too.

    Thx.

  • quarter of a million iraqis, jesus fucking christ, that is disgusting and even more disgusting the architects of this war are sleeping well at night. Ofcourse the right will dehumanize these people have died and justify the deaths in the name of democracy, utterly sickening.

  • i had NO intention of sitting through this 17 plus min. interview before i started watching - but wow! what an discussion! i'm actually really sad that it ended.

    thanks for posting TYT!

  • Excellent interview.

  • Behold the fruits of your labor, Bush voters. This generation will never have to wonder again what happens when you make president a good ol retard with a chicken feeding tick. Cheney makes Nixon look like Santa Claus.

  • This is such an awesome interview. Thank you Cenk.

  • A true American Hero, and the Republican party is too small for him.

  • the Republican party is too small for anyone with a brain these days. Stupid neocons.

  • Hmm... Claiming that Cheney strong-armed CIA and Congress... WTF!! So much for checks and balances. I don't doubt that he outlined his agenda, but strong-armed!! If this is the case we need to vote out all congress members that were present regardless of party affiliations for being gutless push-overs. Where's their personal responsibility? Failed checks and balances = failed government. Both parties are at fault here.

  • Both parties are clearly complicit but Cheney's office is culpable first and foremost.

    That said I've seen more interviews on this and part of Cheney's strong arm tactics included straight lying to senior members of congress and the senate. Many people have spoken out on this, arguably to cover their own ass.

    Thing is until there is a full independent investigation we won't know any of that. That's why there needs to be an inquiry as soon as possible. If some dems are guilty too so be it.

  • Remember the Republicans held both the Senate and the House with large majority that they didn't need Democrat votes. I do agree that both parties have some blame. Cheney has been in Congress before. He knew how to make things happen. The Republicans went along with him. Check and balance has been faltering long before...Nixon.

  • So good I had to watch it twice!

  • CENK. BRING THIS GUY BACK FOR A PART 2 INTERVIEW. HE IS ONE OF THE BEST GUESTS YOU HAD EVER.

    Seriously. This guy has so much to get off his chest. Man if we could get Cheney in court, Wilkinson is gonna hammer the nail in the coffin for Cheney.

  • WOW!!!!

  • Bush reelection in 2004 was a crime against humanity, I know that John Kerry was inconsistent weak sauce, Bush and co were too dangerous to remain in office.

    Your two party bipolar system is problematic, A big part of why things are rotten in Washington.

  • Oh man! The Young Turks should be a network news show!

  • This isn't over. The pressure will continue to build.

  • This was a great interview...everyone needs to watch this

  • This is a great interview but I disagree with the colonel's cynical side of his view on torture. People say that it will be so complicated and hard to hold the people who authorized torture accountable, but there is really no skill involved here just will. Mark my words people, if we take these fuckers to trial then the case will make itself. Torture is against the law, so for the attorneys, judges, etc involved, their job will be done for them. All we really need is a truth commission to start

  • Yes!

  • They won't. All people are going to do is talk, talk, talk, but won't take anyone high-ranking official or Cheney, but rather the lower people, the puppets used in it. That's justice for ya.

  • That was possibly one of the best interviews I have ever heard. Of course Lawrence Wilkerson was more than willing to share and wasn't going to sugar coat anything but wow, that was great.

  • this was a great interview.

  • Col. Wilkerson lays out the machinations of Cheney and Rumsfeld in astonishing detail and perceptiveness. What a disaster this previous administration was! Thank God we've sent them away - for now.

    But they'll be back if we let 'em.

  • Can you believe some people still have the nerve to argue that we are "more safe" now as hannity said in the ventura interview or that the bush presidency was a success? Why people will stand behind someone like Bush even after its obvious they are an evil person is beyond me...and its no surprise that these same people standing behind a failed administration condemn the obama administration in the early months before anything has really had time to happen. well bush had his 8 years he fucked up

  • Mind opening! Most of what Col. Wilkerson said is believed by most conspiracy theorists and even I believed but did not have any proof. Here is a dedicated Republican, decorated soldier, telling us about the imcompetence and the criminality of the Bush Admin.

  • Dick Cheney is Darth Sideous Lord of the Sith!

  • That was good!

  • amazing interview 5 stars

  • Really great interview...ty tyt!

  • Some of us saw that this administration would be extremely unilateral and extremely arrogant in early 2000. What I don't understand is why so many people didn't see it in 2004. What I REALLY don't understand is why 21% of people still don't get that THAT is not a good thing, and no way to get anything done in this country. Sometimes your "pro-life" candidate loses. Why throw the baby out with the bathwater?

  • Cheney needs to go to jail and get pounded in the ass by Dirty Dan

  • well done TYT

  • TYT is going to the MOOON! Wow. Great interview, this guy is a legend.

  • Seems like Bush is'nt the sith overlord after all. What a suprise...

  • Interesting interview indeed.

  • Wow!

    I cant believe that the buck would stop at Cheny. It almost seems as if Cheny was more of a president than Bush was!!

    No wonder Cheny and his daughter have been out there deperately pleading his case. They know the he is mainly responsible and they're trying to save his ass from prosecution.

  • Awesome interview, Cenk!

  • Holy shit. Lawrence is a Republican??I

    Wow, the Republican party is tearing itself apart. Not to metion the fact that they are constantly being attacked in the media and thier popularity is almost at an aLl time low.

    LOL, the Grand Ole Party is dying.

  • Excellent episode!!!

  • this is such a great interview!

    and this guy along with Powell are the type of republicans that this country need to be great again. if a one party system runs this country then it will be the down fall of us. and i am a "democrat"!

  • i also think that Bush should push for this investation cause it will kinda clear his name. and show where the blame laid for all these years.

    maybe his presidency wouldn't be seeing as a HUGE failure!

  • Great interview Cenk! top class

  • Great interview Cenk... very insightful.

  • It's crazy how people saying those things a few years ago were seen as crazy or conspiracy theorist. Not many wanted to believe that Cheney was really misleading Bush and all those accusations were by far not as bad as reality. Too bad that this is only known now, after 8 years of disaster.

  • Bush didn't know what the hell was going on? Why am I not surprised?

  • My sentiments exactly

  • Very enlightening interview, thanks Cenk. Wew, it looks like Cheney (and Rumsfeld) outdid Machiavelli.

  • Wow, amazing vid, us TYT viewers should really send this to everyone we know.

  • What an excellent interview, though too short. It's amazing -in the negative sense- that Cheney, Rumsfeld and the rest of 'the pack' haven't been prosecuted to the netherworld. The evidences are mounting skyhigh by the day ... go get'em damnit. The signal value of electing Obama made me start believing in the U.S again, and making those f*cks Wilkerson talks about legally pay, well that would make me even respect the U.S again.

  • Excellent interview it could have went on 30mins +

  • This is mindboggling.

  • Saw this live and just watched it again. By far the most important interview we have seen this year. Kudos to The Young Turks.

  • Are you drunk ?