Powell says U.N. speech a 'blot' on record

[kskiska]

WASHINGTON - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday his prewar speech to the United Nations accusing Iraq of harboring weapons of mass destruction was a "blot" on his record.

"I'm the one who presented it to the world, and (it) will always be a part of my record. It was painful. It is painful now," Powell said in an interview with Barbara Walters on ABC-News.

The presentation by the soldier-diplomat to the world body in February 2003 lent considerable credibility to President Bush's case against Iraq and for going to war to remove President Saddam Hussein.

In the speech, Powell said he had relied on information he received at Central Intelligence Agency briefings. He said Thursday that then-director George Tenet "believed what he was giving to me was accurate."

(snip)

He said he had never seen a connection between Baghdad and the 9-11 attacks on New York and Washington in 2001. "I can't think otherwise, because I'd never seen evidence to suggest there was one," he said.

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http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/special_packages/iraq/12594149.htm

[BlueEyedSon]

1. He knew it was "bullshit" before he presented it

he even said so at the time!

[BlueEyedSon]

8. Heres the article from US news & world report

6/9/03
Truth and Consequences
New questions about U.S. intelligence regarding Iraq's weapons of mass terror
By Bruce B. Auster, Mark Mazzetti and Edward T. Pound

On the evening of February 1, two dozen American officials gathered in a spacious conference room at the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Va. The time had come to make the public case for war against Iraq. For six hours that Saturday, the men and women of the Bush administration argued about what Secretary of State Colin Powell should--and should not--say at the United Nations Security Council four days later. Not all the secret intelligence about Saddam Hussein's misdeeds, they found, stood up to close scrutiny. At one point during the rehearsal, Powell tossed several pages in the air. "I'm not reading this," he declared. "This is bulls- - -."

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/030609/9intell.htm

[Owl]

9. Absolutely.

Total BS and he knew it.

[krkaufman]

11. Yes, he looks a bit like a leopard....

... what with all the various blots he's collected.

[niceypoo]

24. Just another poop smear on the toilet paper he calls a record.....

[tk2kewl]

2. And now that you see how Bush feels about black people who can't ...

do anything to advance his agenda, have you FINALLY seen enough to come clean and help this country take him down?

[rodeodance]

3. so why not make a fuss about it NOW!! and help get the troops HOME!

He said he had never seen a connection between Baghdad and the 9-11 attacks,,,,

[MisterP]

6. Colin says: "me Lai 4 U a lot"

no refunds on sold souls, it seems

[0007]

66. Very clever, I love it!

[BillZBubb]

4. How many thousands have died, and it's just a blot?????

No Colin, it's an ever expanding POOL OF BLOOD. You sold your soul for nothing. Burn in hell.

[peaches2003]

Too Bad Too Late

He has the blood on his hands of 2000 soldiers (so far) and he will just have to live with it. I like to think he will find that hard to do; Bush, on the other hand, could care less.

[msgadget]

5. Duh

It's a little too weak and a lot too late. Glad he was able to get it off his conscience but, at this point, it only benefits him 'cause we've torn Iraq apart. The world TRUSTED him and he knew that when he got behind the podium.

[Malikshah]

7. Too damn bad, TRAITOR. Burn in hell for the deaths

of over 100,000--

"Blot" on record my Aunt fanny...

You're a stain on humanity along with the rest of the regime.

[NeoConsSuck]

12. Thinking the same thing..

Powell, you're a BLOT on the Human Race. A worthless piece of shit, like the rest of your buddies in the WH.

[journalist3072]

10. Not impressed by his words now

If he had an ounce of integrity, he would have resigned in protest from the administration during Shrub's 1st term, and laid all of Bush's shit bare for the rest of America to see.

[Bonhomme Richard]

13. Being a good soldier, not unlike General Franz Halder

who lasted with Hitler until 1942.

[David Zephyr]

14. A "Blot"? You call lying to make war a "blot"?

Colin Powell also blames people in the intelligence community for "not speaking up". Duhhhhhhhhhhh. There were people speaking up and being punished for doing so, Mr. Powell.

Colin Powell chose to keep is comfy job and to ignore those that had spoken up.

Colin Powell knowingly presented lies to the United Nations because he was afraid of Bush and Cheney.

Blot? Sorry, much, much more than a blot.

Mr. Powell, your lies to the United Nations will define you forever more in history. Not a blot at all, it will be the hallmark of your career.

[Enraged_Ape]

15. Cry me a river, Colie.

This was your chance to have a "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" moment. You could have presented the whole thing as the absolute shameful farce that it was. You could have exposed these scoundrels, on the world stage, for what they were. You could have shut down all the shame and torture and senseless killing before it even started. You could have saved the lives of almost two thousand American soldiers and countless tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians.

You could have been the next President of the United States. You could have been the first African-American President of the United States. You could have been a national hero. That's an opportunity that YOU HAD AND THAT SO FEW GET.

But you BLEW IT. Spectacularly.

Deal.

[riverwalker]

16. it does not compute

5.6 liters of blood (per human body) x 1850 dead troops = one blot
It's more than that Powell, you gutless lying cowardly slime.

[Demobrat]

17. Boo Fucking Hoo

Anybody who watched that speech knew he knew he was lying from the look on his face.

At the time it ALMOST made me feel sorry for him.

But it sounds like he's feeling plenty sorry enough for himself now.

A blot on his record.......that's so freaking disgusting I wish I believed in hell.

[DawgHouse]

27. Cry me a river...

[Isere]

18. Well, whoop-de-doo!

Too little, too late, buster.
Please spare us the recriminations.

[newscott]

19. This confession will come in handy at the trial.

You think Kruschchev was funny now Colin?

[pschoeb]

20. Hey Colin, it makes you a war criminal, that's more than a blot

but I guess since you've been a war criminal since covering up Mai Lai, it's no biggy to you.

[LisaM]

21. It's not the only blot. There is his despicable son

and the fact that he fought (successfully) Clinton on gays being able to serve openly in the military.

On edit, oh yeah, I forgot about My Lai, also.

[Erika]

22. Harry Belafonte knew what he was talking about, didn't he?

Unfortunately. I had much respect for Mr. Powell until his compliance
in these lies. I've never held any respect for Emelada (Condi) Rice.

[goclark]

28. Harry speaks TRUTH to POWER

[ignatius 2]

23. A blot? So many are now dead, as in not ever coming back,so much

damage has been done in Iraq, so much money(OUR tax dollars,spoken in republicanese) are pissed away, NO lies in ruins for lack of money and their own National Guard, and you have the unmitigated gall to call your whoring of the war a blot?

Old man, your day of judgment will be a sad one, but well deserved.

[bunny planet]

25. It's a hell of a lot more painful for the families of soldiers wounded and

killed and innocent Iraqis dead because of Colin Powell's enabling of this corrupt, lying administration.

More than a blot Colin.

[UpInArms]

26. Powell was a liar then and is a liar now. .........eom

[Kelvin Mace]

29. 100,000+ people died for that "blot"

[truthpusher]

30. Powell speech 'painful' (said UN speech was 'a blot' on his record)

http://www.themercury.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,16543679%255E401,00.html

Powell speech 'painful'
---------------
From correspondents in Washington
09sep05
---------------
FORMER US secretary of state Colin Powell has said his UN speech making the case for the US-led war on Iraq was "a blot" on his record.

In the February 2003 presentation to the UN Security Council, Mr Powell forcefully made the case for war on the regime of Saddam Hussein, offering "proof" that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.
The presentation included satellite photos of trucks that Mr Powell identified as mobile bioweapons laboratories.

(snip)

"It's a blot" on my record, Mr Powell said in an interview with America's ABC News to be aired today.

"I'm the one who presented it on behalf of the United States to the world, and (it) will always be a part of my record. It was painful. It's painful now."

Mr Powell spent five days at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters ahead of the speech studying intelligence reports, many of which turned out to be false. He said he felt "terrible" at being misinformed.

(snip)

complete story: http://www.themercury.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,16543679%255E401,00.html

[skooooo]

31. oh STFU

Go off somewhere and count your money or something.

[metisnation]

40. admitted?

what is the penalty under the federal law?

sorry is not good enough.

[kiraboo]

41. I'm with you. He had a chance... no, he had chances... to call the

Bush Administration out before they got out of control, and he let it pass him by. For the sake of... his career? And now we're supposed to sympathize with him. Sorry. No farking can do.

[ArbustoBuster]

44. Not yet

He can't count it until the blood on it dries.

[RobertSeattle]

32. Gee Colin, thanks for waiting 3+ years to fess up

Exactly how many corporate boards are you on now?

[BrklynLiberal]

33. too little..too late. Almost 2000 soldiers dead in Iraq. Tell your story

to their parents, children, brothers, sisters, and wives.

[imperialismispasse]

70. And 27K Iraq civilians

[Skwmom]

34. He knew he was "misinformed" and he STILL presented it. n/m

[neuvocat]

35. How about your conscience, ASSHOLE!!!!

[NYC]

50. CYA. No conscience.

If he had had a conscience he wouldn't have done it. I don't believe he has suddenly developed a conscience. He is just covering his ass.

He ought to be leading the anti-war protests since he promoted a war based on lies.

[peace frog]

36. No sympathy from this quarter..

Powell threw his lot in with the Bushies and remained with them when he could have resigned and thereby kept his integrity intact.

No sale, Colin.

[Harry S Truman]

37. Hey general....

...go look at Al Gore and see what a real leader looks like. You lying, compromised sack of Bushshit.

[opihimoimoi]

38. Fuck the MFR, He got Blood on HIS HANDS...2000 of them

I hope he has nightmares of all those boys killed for shit.

[xray s]

39. that "blot" is a shit stain on the Constitution

Colin...

FUCK YOU!

[Wickerman]

42. More than painful for over 1,800 young soldiers

ass***e.

By throwing your hat in the ring with Bush and Co. you ruined a good and distinguished career you sell-out freak. Hope whatever you got was worth your black spot in history.

[saigon68]

43. what more do you expect from him

He sold his soul to the Bush Criminals cabal long ago.

[tuvor]

45. Hasn't he sung this tune a few times before?

Tired of hearing his self-flagellation.

[Mikimouse]

46. Hey Colin, Harry's on the phone for you....

said he wants to make sure you got his previous message.

[kaygore]

47. Being part of the Bush mafia is the blot on his record

He sold his soul long ago. His son, Michael, is just as craven and self-serving as he is. A pox on his house and may all his generations that follow be marked with the sign of the Devil.

[daninthemoon]

48. Whatever his loyalty to Cheney etal., his first loyalty should have

been to his country and his comrades in arms. He sold us all out, and "sorry" doesn't come close. Are we supposed to feel sorry for HIM now?

[speedoo]

49. You sold out, you traitorous murdering fuck.

You sold out thousands of dead and wounded US soldiers, many of whom served under you when you were in uniform.

You sold out many more dead and wounded Iraqis who never threatened out country.

You sold out your country.

Burn in hell.

[glitch]

51. One of many, starting with your My Lai coverup.

Thousands dead and he's concerned about his record. :puke:
Take some Ambien, Colin.

[regnaD kciN]

62. Hitler: Holocaust an "embarrassing miscalculation"

:eyes:

[BlueEyedSon]

52. Another accessory to the murder of 100k Iraqis....nt

[Warren Stupidity]

53. "He said he had never seen a connection between Baghdad and the 9-11 "

Oh - so you just compartmentalized the fact that the rest of the administration was busy lying about this at every opportunity, and that you knew it was bullshit. How convenient. How damning. How self incriminating of you to say this. Blood on your hands Powell, blood on your hands. Maybe when you are 80 you can pull a mea culpa like that vile fuckwit MacNamara and hope that everyone will forget all the innocents that died because of your lies and your complicity in the lying and the killing. I won't forget.

Shame. Shame on this entire administration.

[FlyByNight]

54. Mr. Powell has a gift for understatement

He played the willing fool for his former bosses and he calls that a "blot"?

Nearly 1900 US soldiers and scores of thousands of Iraqis are dead because he enabled war profiteers/chickenhawks to (have others) fight an elective war based on nothing but lies.

Hell of a time for remorse now.

:grr:

[Arkana]

55. He KNEW, but he did it anyway.

Powell gets no sympathy from me.

[Javaman]

56. Tell that to all the soldiers you killed with your fucking lies...

oh and one more thing, FUCK YOU!!! you are another bottom feeding scumbag water carrier for that asshole*. blot schmot, you should be put in a cell and tortured like the poor bastards at abu garib.

[mitchum]

57. Powell's ENTIRE record is a blot on his record

[Lindacooks]

58. A 'blot'??? More like an acre of blood, you asshole Powell.

[StrafingMoose]

59. What Powell is not telling anyone...

is even if these weapons were there, they would have been hidden and gotten rid of pretty quick. Why? Because these would have been traced right back to the USA :rofl: Way to start the War On Terra! So I guess they prefered the "Oh sh*t we messed up AGAIN, sorry!" line while they, anyways got what they wanted.

[Corgigal]

60. You were used but

it could have been much worst. You could have been poor and in NO last week. Lots of vets were. Please go away now.

[autorank]

61. It's all about Colin, isn't it. He should apologize for making it all ...

about Powell. Why else would he give a bogus speech? Did he think it would be a quick victory and he would be able to tell the big lie without sullying his record? Does he now realize, he can't get away with the lie so he needs to incrementally ease into an apology for his lie?

This guy is deep! hip deep in his own bull shit.

He should have told Bush to fuck off and then quit. THAT WOULD HAVE STOPPED THE WAR, THAT'S HOW MUCH POWER HE COULD HAVE EXERCISED.

If anybody thinks that the war could have survived public opposition by Powell, I'd love to her the analysis (I'm sincere about this because I can't imagine it but would be in awe if you could convince me).

[Guaranteed]

63. Kick nt

[Uncle Roy]

64. "Out, damned spot! out, I say!"

"Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will
not sweeten this little hand."

MacChimp 5.1.38,55

[GOTV]

65. That's it?

a blot? Poor Colin, don't tell him about dead soldiers because he's suffering too!

A blot that has killed almost 2000 Americans and 100000 Iraqi's and this is what he does about it? He says "ooops"?

I won't be happy until a parent of a dead GI spits in his face. Probably not even then.

What's worse, to play patsy for an idiot and help sell an unecessary war? Or to realize you've done it and do nothing about it?

With his admission of this "blot" he becomes even more of a pathetic traitor.

A vanity interview to atone for promoting deadly lies.

[Lucille]

67. Questions Barbara WaWa should have asked

Colin, my friend:

You say there were people in the intelligence community who knew that the information George Tenent gave you was weak, and that is "devastating" to you. Who are these people who knew that the intelligence was weak? People have said that John Bolton, our UN ambassador, and others from a civilian group run out of the Pentagon and with close connections to the vice-president who himself went to the CIA to "supervise" intelligence-gathering, threatened and abused those who spoke out against the weak intelligence. Do you believe those charges? Why do you think people in the intelligence community remained silent if they knew the information you were presenting was wrong?

Colin, you say that there is no connection between 9/11 and Saddam Hussien. Why did you not speak out on this lack of connection when others in the administration were promoting it? Why are you disputing the claim now?

Colin, Americans learned there were no WMD years after your speech before the UN, after we were already enmeshed in a bloody and costly war. When did you first become aware that the intelligence you presented before the world at the UN was false? When you knew with certainty that you were wrong, what did you do to correct the misrepresentations you had previously promoted before the world?

Colin, if you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?

[Mari333]

68. Too little, too late. The blood is always going to be on his hands

no matter how much he tries to wash them.

[alarcojon]

69. Yep

A day late and a dollar short.

Fuck Powell

[Puglover]

71. Hey Colin

there is a scene from the original "Airport" where Maureen Stapleton is watching people deplane from a plane her husband just blew up. She's sobbing and repeating "I'm sorry" I'm so sorry. I'm sorry I'm sorry." Do THAT for the rest of your stinking life and maybe I'll believe you feel remorse. A "blot". Evil clueless bastard.

[Amonester]

72. Wish there will be a way to indict him, and to throw him in jail

like the rest of them for mass-murdering Americans and foreigners, and for looting the Treasury for the love of oil and war-profiteering as soon as it'd become possible to do so.

[0007]

73. Sane 0' Colin, a tap dancing son of a bitch

I had it shut it off I can't take this stupid cock sucker.

[indie_voter]

74. I weep for you douchebag. n/t

[MODemocrat]

75. He's sorry because he got caught, period.

He's a grown man, and he knew full well he was telling a barefaced lie.
It doesn't matter how he tries to spin it and cover it up, it's still
what he intended, it was a lie, and it surprised me at the time that he would have his nose up Bush's butt so far, that he would do something like that to help Bush get on with his damned unprovoked war. He knew how corrupt Bush was and yet he went along with aiding and abetting his scheme. He has no shame, and he should just shut the hell up now.
Colin Powell has absolutely no credibility, zilch, na na, zero.
:thumbsdown:
:nopity: :spank: :spank: