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I've been thinking about Colin Powell and Keith Olberman.
Keith Olberman's speech the other night was an Edward R. Murrow moment. But there was, IMO, a moment when our current nightmare might have been avoided. It was the moment when Colin Powell lied to the U.N. and to all of us, and decided to go along with BushCo and their never-ending river of lies. And he did it with full knowledge of what he was doing.
Before our Iraq disaster began, he was perhaps the one person on the face of the earth who might have been able to head it off. Colin Powell was the most (perhaps only) respected statesman in this diseased administration who had the standing, position and respect to possibly stop the insanity before it started.
He knew we were being fed a ton of lying crap and he could not have helped but know what was being done by Bush/Cheney/Rove/Rumsfeld and Co. Yet, for some reason I'll never fathom, he said nothing.
Colin Powell has more than demonstrated his battlefield courage and love of country. Yet, at a time in our national history when we needed a champion, he kept silent and went along. It may not have made a difference since the demented vermin who currently hold all the power, have "swift boated" everyone who has ever spoken up. But Powell was in a unique position.
Imagine if Colin Powell, (the Secretary of State at the time), had stood up and told us the truth and how we were being screwed over. He was a respected giant surrounded by malignant dwarfs. Who do you suppose we would have believed? I think that most people in this country, and the rest of the world, would have spit on BushCo and trusted Colin Powell.
I wonder if he ever thinks that he might have prevented the countless deaths that have occurred since the day he decided that being loyal to his "president" was more important than being faithful to his oath of office and to his own honor. That may be an unfair statement, but it's one that the Colin Powell that existed, before this "war" got started, must ask himself.
Keith Olberman is our modern day Edward R. Murrow. And Colin Powell is a man who may have achieved greatness by throwing himself in the way of an oncoming fascist state. (But then hindsight really is 20 20.)
There was a time I saw Powell as a great man. I looked up to him and admired him. Unfortunately, I believe he sold his soul at a crucial moment that just might have made a difference. And the world will never be the same.
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