Colin Powell buries ‘birther and liar’ Trump in CNN interview

floridafan said:
But of course you can't post a single comment to that effect
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Colin Powell: War Criminal
Scott Horton
April 5, 2009
Rachel Maddow busts Colin Powell, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former Secretary of State of the United States, as he pretends on live TV to not be qualified to know whether someone (him) would be in violation of the laws of war if that person had done what he did.

Colin Powell Skates Free on Torture
by Robert Parry
From his whitewash investigation of My Lai-related complaints as a young Army officer to his key role giving legitimacy to George W. Bush's presidency and the Iraq War, Powell almost always did what was best for his career, not for his country.

Colin Powell: Another War Criminal Cashes In
by Medea Benjamin, Charles Davis
One could be forgiven for thinking there's anything honorable or honest about Colin Powell. For more than two decades now the Washington media has portrayed the former Secretary of State as something of a real life action hero, a reluctant warrior whose greatest fault – should they deign to mention any – was just being too darn loyal to a guy named George and his buddy Dick. What you might have missed is that Powell is a war criminal in his own right, one who in more than four decades of “public service” helped kill people from Vietnam to Panama to Iraq who never posed a threat to America. But don't just take some anti-war activists' word for it: Powell will proudly tell you as much, so long as he can make a buck from doing it in a book.

Colin Powell Lied to the UN: Following Orders Is No Excuse
Posted on May 7, 2016 by State of the Nation
“A hoax on the American people, the international community, and the United Nations Security Council.”

That is how Secretary of State General Colin Powell’s February 2003 Iraq WMD speech to the UN was described last Friday (Feb. 3) on PBS by one who ought to know, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, chief of staff to Secretary Powell.
 
floridafan said:
Then we have a list of the other republican who have announced that they wont vote for Bush:

Cindy McCain
GWB
Jeb Bush
Paul Ryan
John Boehner

Each week this list will get longer and longer
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Cypress said:
I do not recall a single prominent liberal here calling Powell any racist names.

Powell played a role in exaggerating the threat from Iraq, but unlike you and George Dumbya Bush, he has long since shown the character to express his regrets for his role in it.
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Democrat quotes on WMDs
Saddam Hussein has spent the better part of this decade and much of his nation's wealth not on providing for the Iraqi people but on developing nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and the missiles to deliver them."
-- President Bill Clinton (State of the Union Address), Jan. 27, 1998

"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."
--President Bill Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998

"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program."
--President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998

"No one has done what Saddam Hussein has done, or is thinking of doing. He is producing weapons of mass destruction, and he is qualitatively and quantitatively different from other dictators.""Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."
--Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998

"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983."
--Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998

"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
Letter to President Clinton, signed by:
-- Democratic Senators Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others, Oct. 9, 1998

"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."
-Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998

"Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."
-- Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999

"There is no doubt that ... Saddam Hussein has reinvigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to redefine delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover of a licit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that will threaten the United States and our allies."
Letter to President Bush, Signed by:
-- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), and others, Dec 5, 2001

"I mean, we have three different countries that, while they all present serious problems for the United States -- they're dictatorships, they're involved in the development and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction -- you know, the most imminent, clear and present threat to our country is not the same from those three countries. I think Iraq is the most serious and imminent threat to our country."
-- Sen. John Edwards (D, NC) Feb. 24, 2002

"We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandate of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and th! e means of delivering them."
-- Sen. Carl Levin (D, MI), Sept. 19, 2002

"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power. We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country." "
-- Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002

"There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein's regime is a serious danger, that he is a tyrant, and that his pursuit of lethal weapons of mass destruction cannot be tolerated. He must be disarmed. We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction."
-- Sen. Edward Kennedy (D, MA) Sep. 27, 2002

"Now let me be clear -- I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers his own people to secure his own power. He has repeatedly defied UN resolutions, thwarted UN inspection teams, developed chemical and biological weapons, and coveted nuclear capacity. He's a bad guy. The world, and the Iraqi people, would be better off without him."
-- State Senator Barack Obama (Democrat, Illinois) Oct. 2, 2002

"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons..."
-- Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002

"My position is very clear: The time has come for decisive action to eliminate the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction."
-- Senator John Edwards (D, NC), Oct. 7, 2002

"We stopped the fighting [in 1991] on an agreement that Iraq would take steps to assure the world that it would not engage in further aggression and that it would destroy its weapons of mass destruction. It has refused to take those steps. That refusal constitutes a breach of the armistice which renders it void and justifies resumption of the armed conflict."
-- Sen. Harry Reid (D. NV) Oct. 9, 2002


"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force -- if necessary -- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security."
-- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002

"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years ... We also should remember we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of weapons of mass destruction."
-- Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D, WV), Oct 10, 2002

"He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity. This he has refused to do"
-- Rep. Henry Waxman (D, CA), Oct. 10, 2002

"I come to this debate, Mr. Speaker, as one at the end of 10 years in office on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where stopping the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction was one of my top priorities. I applaud the President on focusing on this issue and on taking the lead to disarm Saddam Hussein. ... Others have talked about this threat that is posed by Saddam Hussein. Yes, he has chemical weapons, he has biological weapons, he is trying to get nuclear weapons."
-- Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D. CA) Oct. 10, 2002

"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members ... It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons."
-- Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002

"We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction."
-- Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), Dec. 8, 2002

"Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real..."
-- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003

"People can quarrel with whether we should have more troops in Afghanistan or internationalize Iraq or whatever, but it is incontestable that on the day I left office, there were unaccounted for stocks of biological and chemical weapons."
-- Ex President Bill Clinton, Jul. 22, 2003 (Interview with CNN Larry King)

I asked very direct questions of the top people in the CIA and people who'd served in the Clinton administration. And they said they believed that Saddam Hussein either had weapons or had the components of weapons or the ability to quickly make weapons of mass destruction. What we're worried about is an A-bomb in a Ryder truck in New York, in Washington and St. Louis. It cannot happen. We have to prevent it from happening.
-- Rep. Richard Gephardt (D, MT) Nov. 2, 2003
 
Hello cawacko,

cawacko said:
Powell is free to vote for whomever he chooses. However, when you vote for the Democratic nominee for President four elections in a row you stop being a Republican, let alone a prominent Republican.
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Um, wrong.

Colin Powell is a registered Republican who is free to vote for whomever he chooses. Period.

It is not up to you to determine which party he is registered in.
 
floridafan said:
In a highly candid interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, former Secretary of State Colin Powell went all in attacking Donald Trump, saying he didn’t like him in 2016 when he was running as a “birther” and he dislikes the president even more now because he is a “liar.”

Speaking with the “State of the Union” host, the normally reserved Powell became very animated.
After explaining his opposition to Trump in 2016 because of his flood of insults and racist remarks, the retired general then went on a tirade about Trump.
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“When I heard some of the things he was saying, he made it clear to me I could not vote for this individual,” Powell recalled. “The first thing that troubled me is the whole birther movement. The birther’s movement had to do with the fact that the president of the united states, President Obama, was a black man. that was part of it. And then I was deeply troubled by the way in which he was going around insulting everybody — insulting Gold Star mothers, insulting John McCain, insulting immigrants and I’m a son of immigrants. Insulting anybody who dared to speak against him.”

“That is dangerous for our democracy, it is dangerous for our country, and I think what we’re seeing now, those massive protest movements I have ever seen in my life. I think this suggests the country is getting wise to this and we’re not going to put up with it anymore,” he stated before calling the president “a liar.”

Later in the interview he was asked if he would support Biden’s presidential, bid, he answered in the affirmative before adding he would be casting his vote for the former vice president
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/co...rump-in-cnn-interview-and-vows-to-vote-biden/
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Maybe if Powell was not complicate in lying the USA into two illegal wars and maybe if the following administration (Obama's) dealt with the war crimes and profiteering of his predecessor's administration, we would actually have justice in the USA and accountability of the civil servants of a government which is presumably of the people, by the people, and for the people, Powell would have some credibility. And just maybe the entire system, would not have been so fucked-up that it laid the toxic groundwork for a corrupt POS such as Trump.

Powell is FOS! And the rot is that deep!
 
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Cinnabar said:
Maybe if Powell was not complicate in lying the USA into two illegal wars and maybe if the following administration (Obama's) dealt with the war crimes and profiteering of his predecessor's administration, we would actually have justice in the USA and accountability of the civil servants of a government which is presumably of the people, by the people, and for the people, Powell would have some credibility. And just maybe the entire system, would not have been so fucked-up that it laid the toxic groundwork for a corrupt POS such as Trump.

Powell is FOS! And the rot is that deep!
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Just posting examples of republicans jumping ship. Just wait till we are closer to the election, the gates will open wide.
 
floridafan said:
In a highly candid interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, former Secretary of State Colin Powell went all in attacking Donald Trump, saying he didn’t like him in 2016 when he was running as a “birther” and he dislikes the president even more now because he is a “liar.”

Speaking with the “State of the Union” host, the normally reserved Powell became very animated.
After explaining his opposition to Trump in 2016 because of his flood of insults and racist remarks, the retired general then went on a tirade about Trump.
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“When I heard some of the things he was saying, he made it clear to me I could not vote for this individual,” Powell recalled. “The first thing that troubled me is the whole birther movement. The birther’s movement had to do with the fact that the president of the united states, President Obama, was a black man. that was part of it. And then I was deeply troubled by the way in which he was going around insulting everybody — insulting Gold Star mothers, insulting John McCain, insulting immigrants and I’m a son of immigrants. Insulting anybody who dared to speak against him.”

“That is dangerous for our democracy, it is dangerous for our country, and I think what we’re seeing now, those massive protest movements I have ever seen in my life. I think this suggests the country is getting wise to this and we’re not going to put up with it anymore,” he stated before calling the president “a liar.”

Later in the interview he was asked if he would support Biden’s presidential, bid, he answered in the affirmative before adding he would be casting his vote for the former vice president
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/co...rump-in-cnn-interview-and-vows-to-vote-biden/
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Great clip, great American Hero, thank you!!!
 
cawacko said:
Kind of interesting contrast. Condi Rice has remained a Republican and is decried as a war criminal and is cancelled from speaking on college campuses among other things. Colin Powell became a democrat so therefore he’s a man of integrity and was only following orders during his time in office.
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When did that happen??

Or do you now beleive just those that support trump are allowed in the gop??

Certainly no one in that party could, should or be allowed to disagree w/ the current regime.............
 
Nordberg said:
Lifetime Republican who worked in Republican administrations. He is a Republican. He just sees trump for what he is. That is not political but evidentiary. He would vote Repub again if they ran a decent man.
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Are there any left?? :dunno: I would like to think so, but I can't name one.....:(
 
Bill said:
When did that happen??

Or do you now beleive just those that support trump are allowed in the gop??

Certainly no one in that party could, should or be allowed to disagree w/ the current regime.............
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I have no issue with people not voting for Trump if they don’t desire to. I’m a Republican and did not vote for Trump. But when you vote for the Democratic candidate in four straight Presidential elections as Powell has/will I question how much of a Republican you really are.
 
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