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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: Darksheare

When Colin Powell is referred to as a defense for some action or statement of a favored candidate on FR, we’ve lost.


61 posted on 02/19/2016 6:50:53 AM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: drunknsage

Nah, I have a life and a job, unlike the Trumpsters.


62 posted on 02/19/2016 6:51:02 AM PST by dinoparty
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To: xzins
Even if you think Powell is a liar does not mean that TRUMP made up the notion that Bush lied.

It came from the mouth of Bush's OWN Secretary of State.

You know what that means to me? The Donald is uninformed and trusted a liar and a liberal. We, on FR, knew better. WE had information that was easily obtainable.

63 posted on 02/19/2016 6:51:52 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: xzins

Haha! So if its solid even if it came from an Obama supporter? Classic


64 posted on 02/19/2016 6:52:19 AM PST by dinoparty
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To: dinoparty

Does not seem to bother Gov Palin Trump did so. She saw the GOPe for what it really is.


65 posted on 02/19/2016 6:53:22 AM PST by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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To: 20yearsofinternet

Which shows the wisdom of Trump in disconnecting himself from it.

For heaven’s sake: Bush’s own brother, Jeb, finally concluded that GW was wrong.

I think the nation-building was illogical. I had no problem with the hit and the search and destroy.


66 posted on 02/19/2016 6:53:37 AM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Servant of the Cross; Darksheare
When Colin Powell is referred to as a defense for some action or statement of a favored candidate on FR, we've lost.

Yup.

But Cruz repeats something he heard on CNN and HE'S a liar. Un-freaking-believable!

67 posted on 02/19/2016 6:54:38 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: DJ MacWoW

There’s nothing wrong with your believing that Trump should have gone to better sources than Bush’s own Secretary of State.

However, that is admitting on your part that Trump DID NOT make it up. He really DID hear it.


68 posted on 02/19/2016 6:54:59 AM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: dinoparty

Illogical comment.


69 posted on 02/19/2016 6:55:25 AM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: DJ MacWoW

There was a lot of false intel at that time - see the Curveball informant fiasco - so just because it was on FR back in the day - knowledge moves forward and old rumors passed as intel gets disproved.


70 posted on 02/19/2016 6:55:55 AM PST by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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To: xzins
Colin Powell the Affirmative Action general.

Living proof it does not work.

71 posted on 02/19/2016 6:56:41 AM PST by TYVets
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To: Servant of the Cross

Tell me about it.
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2016/02/17/80505318/

Seems ISIS used mustard gas.


72 posted on 02/19/2016 6:56:56 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: xzins

Yeah, if we were going to do anything, I wish it would have been more of an “in and out” operation a la Desert Storm. But according to the Bush Doctrine that would have been impossible, since part of the stated purpose was to take over management of the entire country. Personally I always thought that was a boneheaded idea that was doomed to fail, but I kept my mouth shut out of deference to our troops.


73 posted on 02/19/2016 6:57:19 AM PST by 20yearsofinternet (Border: Close it. Illegals: Deport. Muslims: Ban 'em. Economy: Liberate it. PC: Kill it. Trump 2016)
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To: Trumpinator

http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2016/02/17/80505318/

Where did ISIS get the mustard gas shells?


74 posted on 02/19/2016 6:57:30 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: silverleaf

Huh?

Powell was CJCS from ‘89-’93. The invasion of Iraq was in March of 2003. How is it that these guys were somehow his staff and he picked them when we are talking a decade later?

The information that he presented at the U.N., such as mobile WMD labs and such was said to have been recent intel at the time, not many years old.


75 posted on 02/19/2016 6:57:44 AM PST by AirForceFD
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To: TYVets

Disagree. Colin Powell earned it coming up through the ranks and as a combat commander in Vietnam.

His “massive force” doctrine is the correct way to fight a war at the beginning. I’d add “massive follow through” and “massive national participation” and “War declaration”, but I’m just an old softie.


76 posted on 02/19/2016 6:58:48 AM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: xzins
And your defense is he heard on TV? He heard it on TV!. LOLOLOL He'll be a GREAT leader. /S
77 posted on 02/19/2016 7:00:06 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Trumpinator

You have no idea what you’re talking about but that’s ok.


78 posted on 02/19/2016 7:00:45 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: 20yearsofinternet

It only makes sense if there is all out war, utter defeat, and unconditional surrender.

Japan was just as radical and religiously fanatical a nation in WWII.

They were utterly defeated and unconditionally surrendered. Within months Americans were walking freely in their cities and marrying their women.

We’ve been at these wars for 15 years, and there is no place that a sane commander would tell his troops: “You have weekend passes. Everyone go into town and have a good time.”


79 posted on 02/19/2016 7:01:51 AM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: xzins

The entire world knew he had WMD. It was documented everywhere by everybody, and the UN voted to take him out. Enough of this shit.


80 posted on 02/19/2016 7:02:01 AM PST by petercooper (All the world's problems are caused by the sandrats, hoodrats, gimmedats, democrats and commiecrats.)
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