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Sanity Claws

(21,822 posts)
14. Are you sure about that third item?
Thu May 3, 2012, 09:39 PM
May 2012

That mural is in Madrid, if I recall properly. It was in NY's Museum of Modern Art for decades but finally went back to Spain after Franco's death

Whoa. "Colin Powell's Blot" [View all] babylonsister May 2012 OP
No props. He forgot the troops. He allowed his ambitions to come ahead of the troops. peacebird May 2012 #1
Bullshit. He didnt throw anything under the bus. "fealty"?! forget his endorsement in 2008? pasto76 May 2012 #11
colin powell was the young army officer who was charged with iemitsu May 2012 #15
Powell has been a career lying sack of sh!t. His endorsement of Obama EFerrari May 2012 #26
Powell is lying when he says he was fooled by the information given to him. Much has been written sabrina 1 May 2012 #23
Fair enough, but what has been his response to the people who lied to him... JHB May 2012 #34
ambitions?? grasswire May 2012 #29
piss on Colin Powell KG May 2012 #2
Its like not smelling shit when you're in the outhouse. undeterred May 2012 #3
+1 Canuckistanian May 2012 #8
Great analogy lunatica May 2012 #33
millions of others had better instincts than Powell on this one. Whisp May 2012 #4
Erroneous? Iggo May 2012 #5
Dang. I wonder what happened at Mai Lia hootinholler May 2012 #6
Three strikes Colin .. underpants May 2012 #7
Man, I didn't know about the Guernica thing. That, along with covering the Statue of Lady Justice TrollBuster9090 May 2012 #10
Are you sure about that third item? Sanity Claws May 2012 #14
there is a tapestry reproduction at the UN justabob May 2012 #19
What is #2 a reference to? I share your assessment of Powell, but I'm coalition_unwilling May 2012 #24
Iran-Contra underpants May 2012 #32
Yeah, the point is, they sent Powell to the UN *BECAUSE* the world community believed him to be TrollBuster9090 May 2012 #9
Powell Can't Get Away With This DallasNE May 2012 #12
A "blot"? I'd say that's just a little bit of an understatement. Crunchy Frog May 2012 #13
It's like the Powell Doctrine never existed.. Fumesucker May 2012 #16
it was a terminal blot on the lives of how many thousand soldiers? spanone May 2012 #17
A blot? "Oh my, I appear to have gotten a drop of spaghetti sauce on my tie." tclambert May 2012 #18
"Before the smoking gun becomes a mushroom cloud." jerseyjack May 2012 #20
A blot? What about the blood on your hands, mr. powell? Skip Intro May 2012 #21
Eight years and 11 months later gratuitous May 2012 #22
Before he answers for those crimes, there's the little matter of survivors coalition_unwilling May 2012 #25
He's talking like he's on trial lutefisk May 2012 #27
He is a coward and a liar JFN1 May 2012 #28
Boy, did you ever open yourself up to a hailstorm for expressing a simple opinion...While I didn't Rowdyboy May 2012 #30
Really! Good thing I've developed a thick skin... babylonsister May 2012 #31
That's quite a blot given that it helped destroy thousands of American families ... GOTV May 2012 #35
"It worked for Me". GeorgeGist May 2012 #36
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