Reply #5: Much as I think Powell caved, [View All]

[TayTay]

I am glad he is speaking out. This is one more abandonment of the Bush regime and one more abandonment of the way in which this Admin took us to war. Powell was neutered at State by the neocons and fed bad information. He didn't speak up when Rumsfeld consolidated power from across the Executive branch into the Pentagon. He didn't give voice to his doubts enough and use the power of the State Department intelligence to call bullshit on all the dubious claims the Admin made in the run up to the war.

But Powell needs to speak out. This way of waging pre-emptive war is wrong, hurtful to this nation and immoral. Powell's voice can help to sink the neocon deception even further in the public eye and take away even more credibility from an Admin that still thinks it is divinely appointed to spread democracy.

We need Powell to speak. We need him to tell the truth. The American people need to see what was going on and how deep the lies went. We need to discredit this type of thing and the people who ran it.

All hands on deck! The country needs all it's voices in order to repudiate this method of operating for all time.

So go Colin and speak the truth. Unburden your conscience and tell everyone just how arrogant and drunk with power these fools were. Tell us because we need to memorize this for when the next demagogue comes along and promises us easy victories with little cost.