On Colin Powell:

[Mike K]

The following is copy from an email I just sent to Keith Olbermann. Please email Olbermann and ask him to go after Powell before the S.O.B. manages to re-invent himself as an honorable public figure: [e-mail] is Olbermann's email address.


Keith Olbermann,

The current effort to repeal Don't ask, Don't tell has afforded Colin Powell another opportunity to crawl out of the hole he's been hiding in since being exposed as a disgrace to the uniform he once wore, as referenced in the following excerpt from a Huffington Post (David Sirota) article:


"<...>Let's just remember: Colin Powell is one of the major reasons we went to war in Iraq. In his 2003 United Nations speech, he perpetrated one of the biggest frauds in the history of international diplomacy - a deliberate and calculated fraud that, in terms of its blood-and-guts ramifications, dwarfs major scandals like Watergate. Sure, there were certainly other Bush officials who helped get us into war. But to deny that Colin Powell was a major factor in sending us into a war based on lies is to quite literally deny that the sky is blue.<...>

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sirota/a-reminder-about-colin-po_b_135861.html


It troubles me that news commentators reporting on Powell's endorsement gambit choose to ignore what this man is guilty of. I believe his sleazy treachery calls for a "Special Comment," and I'm hoping you do, too. He richly deserves it.

Regards,

Mike K - - - (ID details deleted)

[FrenchieCat]

1. He was the Republican Sec. of State, a 4 star general,

and his opinion "matters", especially to Independents and to some Republicans.

Him speaking out to repeal DADT is a good thing,
and if you may want to believe that it isn't,
you would be wrong.

[Captain Hilts]

2. I agree. He and Sam Nunn created DADT, it helps if he wants to unmake it. nt

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[uppityperson]

4. Colin Powell got us into Iraq debacle. His speaing out against DADT is good. People are mixtures

In movies, people are "good" and "bad". In real life, they are mixtures.

Colin Powell had a big role into getting the USA into invading Iraq. For that he has a black mark which will stay with him forever.

If he is now speaking out against DADT, that is a good thing.

[joeybee12]

10. He's the main reason we have DADT...there's nothing good about him...

mixture my ass.

[Walk away]

5. Powell has been lying and abusing his power since he helped cover up the Mei Lei massacre.

He has spent his entire career betraying his country, his race and humanity. Only the republicans could turn him into a saint or a hero.

[Ardent15]

7. That's a hefty accusation against a man who has served his country for decades

I may not agree with a lot of Powell's stances, but I'm not gonna demonize him.

[Bluebear]

8. "I'm not gonna demonize him" >>>

[FiveGoodMen]

9. His lies killed over a million people

You don't have to demonize him, he's already done that himself.

[Mike K]

11. A "hefty accusation" to be sure -

- but considering what it is that Powell did, do you actually think it's excessive?

And as far as his service is concerned, a casual review of Powell's record makes it clear that the principal object of his service has been himself -- certainly not his country. Considering the damage his treacherous action has facilitated his betrayal is every bit as egregious as was that of Aldrich Ames, Jonathan Pollard, Adam Ciralsky, Robert Hanssen, et. al. It certainly did more damage.

I think you need to look a bit more deeply into just what Powell did and what came of it. Your impression seems to be influenced by your personal sense of importance of the DADT issue. If you will indulge an analogy; suppose that a man molested your infant daughter, would you be inclined to forgive him if he helps you to get a loan or a mortgage?

[Walk away]

12. In my mind a man who starts his career off with a cover up of the murder of babies and innocent...

villagers in Vietnam and capped it off lying us into a war in Iraq where thousands of Americans and possibly hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have died, is a villain. In fact he is a world class villain. Go back and watch him do the Neo-Cons bidding in front of the entire world holding his vial of white powder. The man is disgusting.

[niyad]

6. let us not forget his role in the attempted coverup of the MyLai massacre--way back at the beginning

of his career. he has done nothing but carry water for the powers-that-be from the beginning.