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Lawrence Wilkerson Pt7: Before Powell's UN presentation I wrote my resignation but didn't submit it

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[Redfingers]

As an American, Colin Powell's UN presentation, retrospectively, was probably the most embarrassing foreign policy event in American history.

It is absolutely unacceptable that it took us this long to realize just how utterly ridiculous that entire charade was.

My only question is whether this was pure negligent incompetence or deliberate negligence.

"Curveball," eh. "This is a vial of anthrax."

I've never been more embarrassed to be American in my life.

[nilbud]

Hans Blix told everyone there were no WMD, the world knew there were no WMD and it was pure fiction. Colin Powell threw away any credibility he had when he lied that day.

[MyTotalRemedy]

@Bankstercide

What's ironic is that he actually represents everything wrong with politics.

[Bankstercide]

Powell's "Half a million troops" is telling. It means he absolutely knew the kind of commitment the US would need in Iraq. But at the same time, the gov't. was trying to convince the US public that Iraq would be a cakewalk, that it would require only a modest commitment of the US Armed Forces. Gen. Shinseki has crucified by the Administration for claiming those very same numbers in public.

I wonder if Powell would have been as forthcoming as Shinseki.

[Bankstercide]

@Redfingers He is right about Colin Powell's rep - he really was consider The Last Honest Man in the gov't., let alone the Bush Administration.

But I suspected at the time that something like this was going to happen, based off the the way the Administration and State Dep't. seemed to work at cross purposes.

[danpt2000]

@Redfingers: USA is one big Ponzi Scheme!

[largo2001]

amazing interview. thanks.

[im4wur2]

"I witnessed neoconservative agenda bearers within OSP usurp measured and carefully considered assessments, and through suppression and distortion of intelligence analysis promulgate what were in fact falsehoods to both Congress and the executive office of the president." - Lt Col. Karen Kwaitkowski

[im4wur2]

"I saw a narrow and deeply flawed policy favored by some executive appointees in the Pentagon used to manipulate and pressurize the traditional relationship between policymakers in the Pentagon and U.S. intelligence agencies." (cont)

[im4wur2]

From Lt Col. Kwaitkowski's "New Pentagon Papers": "From May 2002 until February 2003, I observed firsthand the formation of the Pentagon's Office of Special Plans and watched the latter stages of the neoconservative capture of the policy-intelligence nexus in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq..." (cont)

[cetnikz]

@Redfingers Indeed, what is surprising is that the American people, decade after decade continue to elect this rich cocksuckers that do not care about but power and profit. It is time for another American revolution.

[carlo88moe]

@Redfingers exactly, you hit it on the head!!!!

bc if it was regular negligence that means the people were just incompetent, if it was intentional then,WHOA HEY, ur calling people evil, and "everyone knows" u must be some sort of left wing nut, right, to suggest MAYBE there were people in power who abused it (like it would be the first time in history)