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Colin Powell Saying He Was Misled Before UN Speech on WMDs (Powell saying he was lied to)
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Posted on 02/19/2016 6:25:35 AM PST by xzins

aded on Jun 12, 2007

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, appearing on the June 10, 2007, edition of "Meet The Press," reiterated and expanded on his claim that he was misled by unknown forces in the intelligence community who failed to reveal vital information to him before his infamous February 5, 2003, speech before the


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KEYWORDS: bush; powell; trump; wmds
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To: xzins

and your point is ... that he spouts whatever he might have heard from some liberal in the past?


21 posted on 02/19/2016 6:32:48 AM PST by dinoparty
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To: dinoparty

Again, irrelevant.

Trump DID hear it. It was on Meet the Press.


22 posted on 02/19/2016 6:32:49 AM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: dinoparty
I think it makes Trump look worse if he heard from Powell than if he made it up himself

Only to you...

23 posted on 02/19/2016 6:32:59 AM PST by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: dinoparty

He was George W Bushs’ Secretary of State. So yeah, what he says is kind of important.


24 posted on 02/19/2016 6:33:05 AM PST by jpsb (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismark)
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To: xzins

I recall that it was Powell who cautioned GHWB about the optics of the Highway of Death and world opinion in the aftermath. So much so that it convinced GHWB NOT to complete the rout of IRAQ and take Baghdad.

Imagine had this Democrat shut his damn mouth and let Saddam be deposed how many of the 2nd war veterans might not have been lost?


25 posted on 02/19/2016 6:33:18 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: xzins

So, when I know the NYT is lying and I repeat their lie, I’m in the clear because I’m just repeating them?


26 posted on 02/19/2016 6:33:33 AM PST by G Larry (ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants.)
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To: xzins

So we are to believe a turncoat?


27 posted on 02/19/2016 6:33:49 AM PST by willk (everyone)
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To: pgkdan

nice response. nanny nanny boo boo to you too


28 posted on 02/19/2016 6:34:04 AM PST by dinoparty
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To: xzins
um ... if I found myself agreeing with the dishonorable, lying 0bama-loving Colin Powell ... I'd be doing some SERIOUS soul searching.
29 posted on 02/19/2016 6:35:10 AM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: xzins

Washington, February 20, 2021

In a press conference today Former UN Ambassador Susan Rice replied to questions that she was lied to prior to going on TV five times to perpetuate the false information regarding video induced riots in Libya that resulted in the death of an ambassador and several others.


30 posted on 02/19/2016 6:35:49 AM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trump.)
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To: xzins

Colin Powell is a dirt bag who got where he did because of affirmative action. Nothing he says should be believed.


31 posted on 02/19/2016 6:36:00 AM PST by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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To: HarleyLady27

Im not a Rumsfeld fan but itwasnt him who pushed the Iraq war. According to his personal account, He was surprised as others in the DOD when this was dropped in his lap. This was Wolfowitz and Cheney. If the intel community gamed the war on someones bequest, every dead soldiers family should demand another congressional hearing and demand prison time for those responsible. I believe GWB was misled, and IMO, we should have killed Saddam in 1991-1992 and not fought the same war twice.


32 posted on 02/19/2016 6:36:20 AM PST by Tulsa Ramjet ("If not now, when?" "Because it's judgment that defeats us.")
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To: jpsb

Can any of you point to posts you made prior to 2015 stating that Bush lied? Seems to be the cool thing to say now that Donald says it. That doesn’t say much for your ability to think for yourselves. You just follow the latest cult of personality.


33 posted on 02/19/2016 6:36:26 AM PST by dinoparty
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To: HarleyLady27

Did you listen to the video?

If you did, then you’ll know that Powell says he didn’t find out until later that he was lied to


34 posted on 02/19/2016 6:36:26 AM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: xzins
No. It isn't irrelevant. It's the point. Powell isn't trustworthy. I don't care where Trump says he heard it. Hell! It was on the news 24/7 because the press hated Bush and we, on FR, had PICTURES of Russian trucks in Iraq.

I still can't believe that anyone on FR is excusing Code Pink talking points. I'm about as angry as I have ever been. It's a betrayal of the worst kind.

35 posted on 02/19/2016 6:38:02 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: xzins

Powell is a big Obama supporter and race baiter.


36 posted on 02/19/2016 6:38:28 AM PST by swampfox101
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To: Trumpinator

ping


37 posted on 02/19/2016 6:38:37 AM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Yo-Yo

Nothing new here...


38 posted on 02/19/2016 6:38:41 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: dinoparty
nice response. nanny nanny boo boo to you too

Looks like Trump's dominant poll numbers this morning have driven another Cruzer off the deep end...

39 posted on 02/19/2016 6:39:13 AM PST by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: xzins
Unfortunately, the pics are gone.

DoD Report: 50 Trucks Carried Iraqi WMD To Syria

40 posted on 02/19/2016 6:40:50 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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