Obama selects chief of staff, to meet Bush on Monday (Roundup)

JustinNov 6th, 2008 - 20:29:57

Can someone tell me why Colin Powell is in position to get a job within the Obama administration? Wasn't he the one waving the vile of anthrax at the UN claiming he found the 'smoking gun' we needed to invade Iraq?

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lanceNov 6th, 2008 - 20:44:09

Yeah, Colin Powell:

He was a Bush crony, but then found the light and came clean.

Everyone makes a mistake, but not everyone comes clean.

Colin Powell seems like a decent fellow to me.

Hopefully he will stay clean and will not recommend jesus-bombs in the future.

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JustinNov 6th, 2008 - 21:26:09

Not disputing that he is a decent guy. I'm just curious as to why he gets a job after the clensing of Bush policies.

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obamaNov 6th, 2008 - 21:26:54

needs to steer clear of the bastard from crawford texas.

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lanceNov 6th, 2008 - 21:49:27

'I'm just curious as to why he gets a job after the clensing of Bush policies.'

Because he did something most people never do in their entire life: He learned from his mistakes; or so it appears.

That is a hard lesson and is so rare that it is valuable by nature of its rarity alone. Lets hope that he is wiser for it and does not repeat the same mistakes.

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SP4: Why Yes, Justin!Nov 7th, 2008 - 14:20:22

...Colin Powell has been put in charge of the thirty pieces of silver! Now, if he can only find a tree and a rope...

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@ SP4: Why Yes, Justin!Nov 7th, 2008 - 14:47:12

Hey slimeball, I see you did not jump off the bridge afterall---too bad.

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How quickly you guys forget what really happened.Nov 7th, 2008 - 15:02:12

1) Powell opposed starting a war in Iraq 'unilaterally' ... he made many public statements that dealing with Saddam should be done through the UN and the International community.

2) Powell was given assurances by Bush that the US would follow the UN path, and not start a war in Iraq unilaterally.

3) Powell was given complete assurances by George Tenet (CIA director) that the 'WMD' info he was to present at the UN was 100% verified. (It wasn't, and Tenet knew it)

Neither Bush or Tenet honored their commitments to him.

So Bush then started the war without the International Community approving it anyway.

And before you start your crap SP4 ... NO, UN resolution 1441 didn't approve the war ... that resolution said 'Iraq was to disarm or face serious consequences' ... 'serious consequences' could mean many things other than war ... war was not specifically approved ... Russia and France both said they would not have voted for 1441 if 'war' would have been the intent ... regardless of how many times people like SP4 say it did 'specify' war, the truth is it didn't.

Powell resigned a short time after the war was started ... he felt used and betrayed by both Bush and Tenet to use his credibility to publicly sell the war.

(Re: SP4 ... I'm sure he'll post his own made-up version of history ... he has a long record of doing that on this forum. But what I've posted is the truth)

Powell is a very, very good patriot ... He has more credibility in his little finger than Bush and Tenet combined ...they threw him under the bus.

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