tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381917167978264683.post1088683002310985770..comments2023-10-30T06:31:05.501-07:00Comments on MilPub: "History" can bite you in the assFDChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381917167978264683.post-63307263754506522122012-05-15T15:56:52.302-07:002012-05-15T15:56:52.302-07:00Al-
My "No, agree on that."
Should be ...Al-<br /><br />My "No, agree on that."<br /><br />Should be "Yes, agree."<br /><br />A "cynical view" threw me off. I definitely need to ENLARGE my text box, since I still use an absurdly small text box . . . why is that? Habit. The habits of a 50ish gray-haired man, squinting into his mac resting on top of his roll-top desk . . . summer sounds in the moonlight. <br /><br />It's going to be a hot summer. Hope all is well with you in Greece.seydlitz89https://www.blogger.com/profile/15431952900333460640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381917167978264683.post-56448123086070192532012-05-14T06:52:16.054-07:002012-05-14T06:52:16.054-07:00Al-
No, agree on that. We do need a historical r...Al-<br /><br />No, agree on that. We do need a historical record of what supposedly was going through the minds of the various officials involved. <br /><br />It is an interesting aspect about GWB that he decisively exposed the negative side of those who worked for him. Rice, Powell, Bremmer, the various generals, would all probably have come out quite different working for someone else. The cynicism, the corruption, the lies . . . all have taken their toll and these people what remains are essentially empty husks. <br /><br />The exceptions are those that broke with Bush after leaving the administration - O'Neill, Wilkerson, McClellan . . . The latter wrote in regards to the Iraq war, "his advisers confused the propaganda campaign with the high level of candor and honesty so fundamentally needed to build and then sustain public support during a time of war."seydlitz89https://www.blogger.com/profile/15431952900333460640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381917167978264683.post-29338341218359168862012-05-13T22:44:55.213-07:002012-05-13T22:44:55.213-07:00Taking a cynical view, perhaps Powell wasn't a...Taking a cynical view, perhaps Powell wasn't as duped as he says, but knows "the record" was screwed enough to make him look "out of the loop"? Plausible deniability.<br /><br />As historians dig and look back on this whole WMD sham, it is not going to be a pretty picture. Whether or not Powell is a "man amongst men", any exposure he adds to the lies that were used is appreciated, at least by me.Aviator47https://www.blogger.com/profile/05585964386930142907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381917167978264683.post-45049183990014133032012-05-13T11:06:55.707-07:002012-05-13T11:06:55.707-07:00I've never been that impressed with this guy. ...I've never been that impressed with this guy. <br /><br />He'll never admit that he was a fool and a dupe for following Bush. Bush used him like a tool, squeezed him for what credibility he had and then discarded him like an empty tube. His former CoS Wilkerson has displayed much more character. Powell still thinks he can play people for suckers . . .<br /><br />Something to compare his current status with:<br /><br />http://www.cfr.org/world/us-forces-challenges-ahead/p7508seydlitz89https://www.blogger.com/profile/15431952900333460640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381917167978264683.post-65906071883548096042012-05-12T15:31:22.309-07:002012-05-12T15:31:22.309-07:00http://www.tinyrevolution.com/mt/archives/003619.h...http://www.tinyrevolution.com/mt/archives/003619.html<br /><br /><b>Again: Powell took evidence of the Iraqis doing what they were supposed to do—i.e., searching their gigantic ammunition dumps to make sure they weren't accidentally holding onto banned chemical weapons—and doctored it to make it look as if Iraq were hiding banned weapons.<br /><br />Since the State Department was questioned about this by journalist Gilbert Cranberg, the translation at variance with Powell's version has disappeared from its site. It's now available only via archive.org.<br />.<br />.<br />Did Powell know what he was doing at the time? It's unclear. Here's a transcript of an exchange between Powell and Sam Husseini in Washington in December, 2006, with video below:<br /><br />HUSSEINI: You cited Hussein Kamel in your U.N. testimony. Did you know he said there were no WMDs?<br />POWELL: I only knew what the intelligence community told me.<br /><br />HUSSEINI: But did you know that fact?<br /><br />POWELL: Of course not!<br /><br />HUSSEINI: You didn't know that, even though it was reported?<br /><br />POWELL: I've answered your question!<br /><br />As you can see in the video, Powell was not happy to explore this line of questioning. (He's also never shown any inclination to find out who purportedly steered him wrong; when asked by Barbara Walters asked who was responsible for the mistakes in the overall presentation, Powell stated "I don't have the names.")</b><br /><br />A comment from this link<br /><br /><i>He HAD to kill his conscience ( if he had any to start with ) to start the obscene war ( thanks to his so called alleged credibility ) with his lies, which continue today.......<br /><br />As told to Mainichi of Japan...<br />"It was the intelligence that was wrong. I did not make up this information; I did not invent it; I did not pull it out of the air. It was information that our intelligence community stood behind," he stated.<br />Sept. 4, 2010<br /><br />HOW COULD he say with a straight face, he did not know or that he was not lying? No wonder, he is mad at the bloggers because THEY KNOW, it has always been lies and lies and lies from the so called "American statesman" and a retired four-star general in the United States Army... for sure, we can do without such "Statesmen".<br /><br />@Portmanteur<br /><br />Should I hold my breath for someone from the MSM to give this evidence? I will die of hypoxia.</i><br /><br />OT, things seem to be methysmenos in Greece these days. Old fellow shooting himself in his head in Syntagma, elections, not elections, Golden Dawn.<br /><br />bbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-381917167978264683.post-12638435824705481762012-05-10T11:01:09.589-07:002012-05-10T11:01:09.589-07:00I don't see how anyone could find Powell's...I don't see how anyone could find Powell's behavior mysterious after My Lai and Iran Contra.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com