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Chris Wallace on Colin Powell: He was 'very protective' of his reputation
The Hill ^ | 10/18/2021 | DOMINICK MASTRANGELO -

Posted on 10/18/2021 11:40:43 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace on Monday remembered the late former Secretary of State Colin Powell and his controversial speech before the United Nations in 2003 about weapons of mass destruction before the Iraq War began.

"I think the low light of his career was in 2003, when he addressed the United Nations and made the case that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. He didn't want to make that speech," Wallace said during Fox's coverage of Powell's death. "He took a lot of pressure from people in the Bush 43 white house including vice president Cheney who was reported to have said 'look you got high approval ratings, you can use a few of those points to sell the war.' He was very skeptical of the case and actually went out to the C.I.A. and was briefed on it and asked questions and was not thrilled about it but got given order by his boss President Bush and Vice President Cheney and spoke before the U.N. and of course most of what he said about Saddam Hussein having chemical and biological weapons turned out not to be true."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: powell; protective; reputation; wallace
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To: rlmorel

What he did to Scooter Libby is the main reason I’ve got a smile on my face. Only a truly evil, loathsome person would behave like Powell.


21 posted on 10/18/2021 12:02:31 PM PDT by Mr Rogers
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To: ChicagoConservative27

When Chris comes on I turn off Fox News.


22 posted on 10/18/2021 12:04:10 PM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: Tell It Right
very true they had the satellite pics of the convoys heading to Syria prior to the war.
23 posted on 10/18/2021 12:09:09 PM PDT by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: bdfromlv

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2006/06/saddams_wmd_discovery_and_deni.html is an article that says that Colin Powell’s speech was amazing accurate. Why was he so ashamed of it?


25 posted on 10/18/2021 12:15:14 PM PDT by bhive
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To: Lurkinanloomin; Mr Rogers

To me, one of the basic tenets of fine military service is honor.

It generally doesn’t stop with fine military personnel when they leave the service.

What Colin Powell did was dishonorable. Up until that point, I had maintained a degree (even after all the other things he had done to that point) some semblance of respect.

In my mind, I couldn’t think of any explanation that would dispose honorably of that behavior on his part, and I lost all respect.

Honor and Respect are two qualities that can take so many years in building, but be torn down in a single day.

Colin Powell did just that.


26 posted on 10/18/2021 12:23:06 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: \/\/ayne
His reputation as a political general rather than a military one?

All Generals (and Admirals) are politicians to a degree.
27 posted on 10/18/2021 12:35:37 PM PDT by Izzatso
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To: rlmorel

Powell also had a part in burying the My Lai story. The reason that no senior officer ended up in the dock was largely because of his report as G-3 of the Americal Division in 1968.

It’s pretty rich for Colin Powell to be worried about ‘his reputation’ when he had already established a dubious one while still only a major.

https://edwardrynearson.wordpress.com/behind-colin-powells-legend-the-my-lai-massacre/


28 posted on 10/18/2021 12:43:48 PM PDT by Tallguy
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Powell had no reputation to protect.


29 posted on 10/18/2021 12:46:06 PM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: Tallguy

I did not know that. I am going to check that angle out.


30 posted on 10/18/2021 12:51:16 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
He was very skeptical of the case and actually went out to the C.I.A. and was briefed on it and asked questions and was not thrilled about it but got given order by his boss President Bush and Vice President Cheney

Chris, if he didn't believe it and didn't resign but made the speech anyway, then he was a man of very low character but you don't have the courage to say that because he was black, so you talk out of both sides of your mouth at the same time.

Oh, and BTW, just because they didn't find the weapons doesn't mean they didn't exist.

31 posted on 10/18/2021 1:04:15 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: Vendome

In other words, he was willing to lie to protect his reputation.


32 posted on 10/18/2021 1:05:09 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: \/\/ayne

He reminds me of the General in “Mars Attacks” picked to meet the Martians in the desert.


33 posted on 10/18/2021 1:09:04 PM PDT by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
As a Politician he was a RINO.

As the Chairman, JCOS he was an Affirmative Action hire.

34 posted on 10/18/2021 1:13:18 PM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I doubt that a white person with the same accomplishments would have been promoted up the ranks like him.


35 posted on 10/18/2021 1:15:25 PM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: Socon-Econ

He was no Chappie James. That man was the real deal.


36 posted on 10/18/2021 1:18:55 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: bdfromlv
He reminds me of the General in “Mars Attacks” picked to meet the Martians in the desert.

Well at least Colin, wasn't 'light in the loafers' like the Mars Attacks General was.

37 posted on 10/18/2021 1:20:16 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

When push came to shove he chose the first black communist over the country!!!!


38 posted on 10/18/2021 1:27:06 PM PDT by ontap
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Saddam had chemical weapons Chris...


39 posted on 10/18/2021 1:28:29 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: libertylover

In other words, the White Man made him do it.


40 posted on 10/18/2021 1:29:58 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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