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(35,349 posts)weapons of mass destruction bullshit.
malaise
(269,063 posts)and tried to bring his own life, career, and public statements in line with that ideal.
Martin Eden
(12,871 posts)He FAILED when it counted the most: the bogus WMD case for war in Iraq.
This brings to mind what Yoda said:
Do or do not. There is no try.
malaise
(269,063 posts)dead Iraqis.
He's being deified here in Jamaica as well - I'll pass - I have no love for war criminals
berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)That was a he did what he thought was best statement.
former9thward
(32,028 posts)That's not praise? It is and can't be spun any other way.
berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)onenote
(42,715 posts)What magic words would have constituted praise?
Apparently, you don't think this is praise: "General Powell was an exemplary soldier and an exemplary patriot." "Everyone who worked with General Powell appreciated his clarity of thought, insistence on seeing all sides, and ability to execute." "General Powell helped a generation of young people set their sights higher."
You may not think Powell was deserving of praise, but don't pretend that Obama wasn't praising him.
Lovie777
(12,281 posts)classy.
Tetrachloride
(7,851 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,107 posts)I realize that he is a better man than me, but I have nothing but contempt for that lying sack of shit.
malaise
(269,063 posts)nuxvomica
(12,431 posts)Normally one would not insert "tried" into such memorializing. Obama is both politic and honest at the same time.
malaise
(269,063 posts)Sheer genius
former9thward
(32,028 posts)Michelle and I will always look to him as an example of what Americaand Americanscan and should be.
That is what he said. Why is that being ignored?
onenote
(42,715 posts)They don't think he's deserving of praise and thus they need to twist Obama's words to fit their own perspective.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)rickyhall
(4,889 posts)TygrBright
(20,762 posts)ShazamIam
(2,575 posts)Powel but does not dodge the controversies but never wavers from the idea Colin Powell was a worthy man, deserving of admiration for many reasons.
I like to note how people like Colin Powell and Barack Obama to learn how to talk about controversial subjects without creating more controversy.
PurgedVoter
(2,218 posts)He was that close, and just like James Comey he tossed his own reputation under the bus and caused our American honor, soldiers, families and fortunes to be spent for nothing.
This is how I thought of him when he gave in to PNAC:
Ichabod
By John Greenleaf Whittier
So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn
Which once he wore!
The glory from his gray hairs gone
Forevermore!
Revile him not, the Tempter hath
A snare for all;
And pitying tears, not scorn and wrath,
Befit his fall!
Oh, dumb be passions stormy rage,
When he who might
Have lighted up and led his age,
Falls back in night.
Scorn! would the angels laugh, to mark
A bright soul driven,
Fiend-goaded, down the endless dark,
From hope and heaven!
Let not the land once proud of him
Insult him now,
Nor brand with deeper shame his dim,
Dishonored brow.
But let its humbled sons, instead,
From sea to lake,
A long lament, as for the dead,
In sadness make.
Of all we loved and honored, naught
Save power remains;
A fallen angels pride of thought,
Still strong in chains.
All else is gone; from those great eyes
The soul has fled:
When faith is lost, when honor dies,
The man is dead!
Then, pay the reverence of old days
To his dead fame;
Walk backward, with averted gaze,
And hide the shame!
DENVERPOPS
(8,835 posts)He put himself ahead of his country, instead of putting his country ahead of himself........
Seems to be the Mantra of all Republicans today, and a couple of Dems......