I do recall Colin Powell in from the U.N. making the case we knew exactly where the WMDs were located.
Then years later W. said there were no WMDs.
It's also the left wing party line. For a Republican candidate to repeat it shows that that candidate is a liar who will say or do ANYTHING -- literally -- to get elected.
JUST when I get to like Trump again, after one of his speeches, he says THIS. Bush was no liar. Trump is losing my vote...again.
JUST when I get to like Trump again, after one of his speeches, he says THIS. Bush was no liar. Trump is losing my vote...again.
JUST when I get to like Trump again, after one of his speeches, he says THIS. Bush was no liar. Trump is losing my vote...again.
Tsk, sorry for the repeat, folks...er, the three-peat.
I was taught in Middle School that the Kurds were being attacked with chemical weapons. Are those not WMDs?
if this doesn’t finish him, then sanity has truly left the political process this year.
spewing lunatic left wing conspiracy theories has got to be disqualifying. another example is from a couple of weeks ago when he came out for universal health care; he claimed that americans were “dying in the streets”.
Trump is rewriting history. He will destroy conservatism.
if Trump builds a wall and starts the illegals packing he can claim the earth is flat and walk around nude painted green. I’ll vote for him at least once. At least
Trump and some of his supporters toss around the words "lie/liar/lied" like Al Sharpton tosses around the word "racist".
The US knew they had been moved, as did many of us here who viewed sat photos of the truck convoys.
Now, any that are usable and have not been turned over by Syria are in the hands of Al Nusra or ISIS.
Nothing that Oprah... er Trump says surprises me. He is just another celebrity that is full of crap.
Bush and his admin did lie by misrepresenting the truth. I posted links earlier today. His chief CIA terrorism expert said so.
I do recall Colin Powell in from the U.N. making the case we knew exactly where the WMDs were located.
Then years later W. said there were no WMDs.
“How did he keep us safe when the World Trade Center — the World — excuse me. I lost hundreds of friends. The World Trade Center came down during the reign of George Bush. He kept us safe? That is not safe. “ ~~ Donald J. Trump
George W Bush’s worst error, early on, was keeping CIA director George Tenet, Clinton appointee in place for so long. he should have named his own CIA director immediately upon assuming office. and even then through all of the fumbles and errors after nine one one he kept Tenet in place.Obama made no such mistake when he took office
Powell Blames Himself, Others For Specious Iraq WMD Claims to U.N.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell in a new book said he blames himself for not trusting his instinct and making what proved to be false assertions to the United Nations about Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction, Bloomberg reported earlier this month (see GSN, Feb. 17, 2011).
Powell's high-profile February 2003 prewar presentation to the U.N. Security Council included now-discredited claims that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had movable biological weapons facilities and was involved in a "sinister nexus" with al-Qaeda.
No evidence of active WMD production facilities or usable stockpiles have been found in Iraq following the U.S.-led March 2003 invasion.
"A failure will always be attached to me and my U.N. presentation," Powell writes in "It Worked For Me," a book that provides leadership advice. "I am mad mostly at myself for not having smelled the problem. My instincts failed me."
In his recently published book, Powell asserts "there would have been no war" in Iraq had then-President George W. Bush and his councilors understood that Hussein did not possess any functioning unconventional weapons. However, he lauded the fact that under Bush "we got rid of the horrific Hussein" government and toppled the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
The retired general also faulted U.S. intelligence officers for lacking the "courage" to alert him that he was receiving bad data on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction ahead of his U.N. appearance.
"Why did no one stand up and speak out during the intense hours we worked on the speech?” the ex-secretary said. “Some of these same analysts later wrote books claiming they were shocked that I have relied on such deeply flawed evidence."
Powell said he relied on the CIA to help develop his U.N. presentation but that he was not aware at the time that "much of the evidence was wrong" (Capaccio/Tiron, Bloomberg, May 4)
Was it a false pretense? Yes.
Was it a purposeful lie by the Bush Administration? Don't know.
Is it the Bush Legacy? Yes.
* The whole Bush Cabinet was delayed by the 33 days from Hell and other subterfuge.
* Condi Rice sent a report to go after Bin Laden to POTUS ( IMMIC ) on 9-10, gee would have gotten out earlier if she wasn't delayed.
* Lets not talk about the "Gorelick Wall" that was imposed under Billy-Boy that nixed the FBI talking to the CIA about rubes like the 19 Hijackers.
* Oh Mr Trump you forgot about the 300 Metric Tons of yellow cake that went from Iraq to Canada ( Cameco ) circa Oct 08' to be re-processed.
* We are also forgetting the NYT story was it last summer that yes we found WMD's and that ship dit Rove nixed even talking about it...
Is it me or is this guy not ready for prime time...