“the boys in the band were brain dead.”

[Miles Archer]

Rice: If Rumsfeld, Pentagon Had Done Their Job, Iraq Might Have Turned Out Different

Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell exchanged emails in 2015 criticizing comments made by their former Bush administration colleague.

Powell initiated the 2015 exchange by emailing Rice, who was the national security adviser at the time of the Iraq invasion, with a link to Woodward’s comments.

“First, we didn’t invade Iraq to bring democracy — but once we overthrew Saddam, we had a view of what should follow,” Rice responded. “If Don and the Pentagon had done their job (after claiming the rights to lead post-war rebuilding—things might have turned out differently).”

“Don should just stop talking,” she added. “He puts his foot in his mouth every time.”

Powell replied by seconding Rice’s critique, saying “the boys in the band were brain dead.”

https://www.buzzfeed.com/christophermassie/rice-if-rumsfeld-pentagon-had-done-their-job-iraq-might-have?utm_term=.miM8LMjoJ#.karDMqJPz

[lunatica]

1. I guess Powell saw the Bush administration as the sinking Titanic

That's a pretty accurate view, although this time the Titanic sank in a quagmire.

[Iggo]

2. I'm glad we get to see this, but don't forget they were both big players in that band. (n/t)

[barbtries]

4. ditto. nt

[barbtries]

3. we never had a good reason.

all bullshit.

i have no respect whatsoever for condoleeza rice. lying sack of shit that's what she is.

[catbyte]

5. Powell will never be able to live down the massive lies he told at the U.N. How many died

due to his complicity? It's a real shame he permanently stained his reputation because he went along with Shrub & Darth Cheney.

[90-percent]

6. I have FB friends

that are convinced that WMD's were eventually found and therefore the invasion was justified. I paid close attn. to what the GWB was up to post 9-11 and being a DU reader of the time,was well informed about our governments madness stupid war profiteering for the last fifteen years. A story we all know well, but I still marvel there's been no Nuremberg Trial for war crimes and also we were all so stupid we conducted a war "because WMD's were the only thing we could all agree on."

Our present corrupt Oligarchy can be infuriating, lack of justice-wise.

-90% Jimmy