Powell Speech to UN Live Thread

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Might as well start up the live thread. Speech starts at 10:30 EST (scheduled), which is within the hour.

[dittomom]

POWELL - SADDAM was impressed by the Al-Qaeda attacks in 1998, the USS Cole, etc....

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm...who was US President then???

[Catspaw]

Saddam was more willing to assist al Qaeda after the bombings of our embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. And of the Cole.

[Quilla]

How in the world do you get these jpgs up so fast? :-)

Ain't it the truth - I can barely read the thread.

[finnman69]

Wed Feb 5,11:35 AM ET A fighter plane in Iraq allegedly simulates a chemical weapons drop in this image displayed on a screen during Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites)'s presentation to the United Nations (news - web sites) Security Council at the U.N. Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2003. (AP Photo/via APTN)

[bigaln2]

Having a fast connection and an open FTP session helps :)

[Freedom2specul8]

Thnx for the ping! I've been glued to the tv rather than get on the computer this morning..

[Mo1]

The press is going to love this stuff.

I can't wait to see Chis Mathews face after this .. wonder if he'll still say Iraq is not a threat to us?

[Lee'sGhost]

Did Steponallofus say that bec he thought CP was not going to have that much and CP was lowering expectations or bec he thought CP was setting the public up for a fast ball?

[Timesink]

Former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter of the United States makes a point during his speech in Tokyo February 5, 2003. Ritter, an outspoken critic of U.S. policy on Iraq, said on Wednesday that he expected war to break out by the end of February and that Pyongyang would likely seize the opportunity to attack Japan and South Korea (news - web sites).

Not "attack" - NUKE. Whopper Boy specifically said NK will nuke Japan as a result of our war with Iraq because "they know they're next."

[spectre]

"Powell is doing a great job"

He wasn't wearing those stars for nothing, gal!

I'm so proud of General Colin Powell!

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[GraniteStateConservative]

Bush has no experience making presentations like this. Powell has done it for decades.

[OldFriend]

Daschle will insist that if it's not enough for the French, it's not enough for him.

[republicanwizard]

That isn't Bush's training. Rummy couldn't it.

Powell is meant for this type of thing.

It's why Shakespeare didn't write prose.

It's why Keats did write prose.

It's why Twain didn't write poetry.

Artists have different skills, which does not make them any less talented than another.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

I think Powel should rap it up by saying... you have 15 mins to vote... I have planes in the air as we speak.

[Constitution Day]

I was at Ann Coulter's CPAC speech, and during the question/answer session, she said the only reason we hadn't already started in Iraq was:

"...to give the human shields more time to get there." :)

[Peach]

They said a link wouldn't be made between Iraq and AQ. I'd say "they" were wrong.

[Ichneumon]

C-SPAN internet feed is slow. Any other streams out there?

The one at www.whitehouse.gov is superb -- it looks better than broadcast TV.

[republicanwizard]

That could be a rat.

[NautiNurse]

Thanks for posting the stock market graphs. Looks good!

[DoughtyOne]

Good point. Wait until some of those weapons have been used on our troops.