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RainDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-11 09:50 AM
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7. Powell wants to have it both ways
give Bush/Cheney their war and then pretend he wasn't told it was based upon lies - that it wasn't a war crime - a war of aggression.

I remember that time - funny how Powell's memory is so lacking.
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  -Colin Powell's Own Staff Had Warned Him Against His War Lies Donnachaidh  Feb-18-11 09:07 AM   #0 
  - Colin is first a ninny and second acts stupid because of his ninnyness  ensho   Feb-18-11 09:17 AM   #1 
  - he knew he was lying at the time, and it is utterly despicable.  niyad   Feb-18-11 09:18 AM   #2 
  - It's called situational ethics. He was lying for our better good. Now he is trying to rationalize  rhett o rick   Feb-18-11 09:24 AM   #5 
  - He saw that this would be the perfect...  Badfish   Feb-18-11 09:20 AM   #3 
  - He's not lying to us. He's lying to himself. It is the only way he can  Nordmadr   Feb-18-11 09:20 AM   #4 
  - he can sleep at night - remember when he said he and the neo cons  ensho   Feb-18-11 10:14 AM   #11 
  - It was obvious at the time that he was lying and that he knew  Bluenorthwest   Feb-18-11 09:47 AM   #6 
  - Powell wants to have it both ways  RainDog   Feb-18-11 09:50 AM   #7 
  - Right.  H2O Man   Feb-18-11 09:51 AM   #8 
  - Yup.  Badfish   Feb-18-11 10:28 AM   #13 
  - Colin's  Carolina   Feb-18-11 09:53 AM   #9 
  - Like Powell never knew how to tell a lie during his entire military career  somone   Feb-18-11 09:58 AM   #10 
  - I don't know who Powell thinks he's fooling  gratuitous   Feb-18-11 10:22 AM   #12 
 

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