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- mrlivingston, on 04/11/2008, -5/+29I'd be happier about Colin Powell's opinion if we didn't learn yesterday that he approved torture.
- xekko, on 04/11/2008, -9/+29Powell is the one man from the whole Bush administration I have respect for.
- carpespasm, on 04/11/2008, -6/+23Indeed, he should have spoken out on their *****. Lying to the UN put a huge stain on his otherwise good career.
- jdenzer, on 04/11/2008, -2/+18Hannity's reaction to this on his radio show "I don't know what to make of it."
LOL
Colin Powell a republican ,who Hannity thought would make a great president, is showing support for Obama.
And not trying to discredit Obama. - kynn, on 04/11/2008, -5/+18I'm glad to see that more and more MSM commentators are bringing up Obama's stellar performance running a presidential campaign (and, expressly or by implication, Clinton's and McCain's abysmal ones) as proof that the experience issue has been grossly overplayed.
- cygnus2112, on 04/11/2008, -7/+20If you watched Bush's War or read anything of the Administration's actions during that time, you would know that Colin Powell was not involved in fabricating the evidence, but he was trying to fight for UN approval instead of invading unilaterally with too few troops.
- Shakermaker, on 04/11/2008, -3/+15Watch "Bush's War" on Frontline, then retract your comment later. I'll wait.
- reuscel, on 04/11/2008, -2/+11It's sad that the Bush administration has completely destroyed the reputation of this once great American.
- hauntedchippy, on 04/11/2008, -1/+10Does it just suck being you?
- killbert24, on 04/11/2008, -10/+19Powell and Obama: both great men. Good, straight forward video.
- inactive, on 04/11/2008, -14/+21Colin Powel was the one presenting the propaganda on WMDs.
- cygnus2112, on 04/11/2008, -2/+8"He really has no chance of winning the overall."
Why are you referring to Hillary as a "he", Bill? - occam, on 04/11/2008, -0/+6This headline is a bit misleading - he admires and agrees with him regarding what he said in his speech on racism, not necessarily what he says in general.
With that said, those are some rare kind words coming from across the aisle. It's refreshing to see it these days. - nonnam, on 04/11/2008, -2/+7Powell presented evidence to the UN prior to his finding out the truth. The boys (Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld) supplied him with false and manipulated data. Condi played blocker on the team; kept Powell & his suggestions and questions away from Bush. Subsequently, Powell resigned....no doubt because he was used & abused by the Bush administration and his character was tarnished.
- mlvassallo, on 04/11/2008, -0/+5He admires him for not abandoning his minister and agrees with the speech he made on race. He never said he agrees across the board. Interesting paraphrasing in the title though.
- pintomp3, on 04/11/2008, -2/+7don't judge the entirety of his career and character by one act. also, there is a deeper back story about what happened. like shakermaker said, watch "bush's war" on pbs:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/bushswar/ - swr1ght, on 04/11/2008, -3/+8I agree with cygnus2112 above, and would also point out that Colin Powell did quit over this issue and his battles with Rumsfeld, who likely WAS the one that was fabricating the evidence. Further, I would point out that it is highly unlikely that he would give his support to Obama...Powell is a Republican after all.
- MOJIRA, on 05/17/2008, -0/+5404; the most trusted name in news.
- Hillsfar, on 04/11/2008, -3/+8I think Powell secretly likes Obama but doesn't want Hillary to get ugly on him!
- roodammy44, on 04/11/2008, -1/+5Dumbasses. Just proof that he's a clueless idiot.
Most of the rest of the world didn't believe it, including the majority of the UK.
I guess we didn't have your propaganda machine though. - kreneskyp, on 04/11/2008, -0/+4i used to like powell. he did not stand up to bush as strongly as he should have when it came to iraq. He was bullied and pushed around eventually gave in. He let them use his credibility to sell their war.
- MacEnvy, on 04/11/2008, -0/+4Too late - she got ugly a long time ago.
Take that as you will. - pintomp3, on 04/11/2008, -2/+6is he a phony soldier too?
- buddhistMonkey, on 04/11/2008, -1/+5I totally oppose his politics, but I think that Bush's first Treasury Secretary, Paul O'Neill, is both honorable and sane -- qualities which I can't attribute to any other member of the Bush Administration. O'Neill was against Bush's irresponsible tax cuts, and he was an advocate for investigating al-Qaeda funding originating in the United Arab Emirates (for some strange reason, Bush opposed the idea). As we all know by now, George Bush isn't known for surrounding himself with independent thinkers, so it was almost a foregone conclusion that O'Neill would be one of the first in the Bush Administration to resign.
- smokeymcdank, on 04/11/2008, -2/+6Yea Powell got *****. Plain and simple. Do watch that Frontline and you can see how.
- dinot, on 04/11/2008, -1/+4He didn't lie. Bush ***** with him and put him in the spotlight. That's why he left the administration shortly afterwards.
- bubba9999, on 04/11/2008, -0/+3A story was out yesterday that he was present at the meetings that authorized the CIA to conduct torture, in addition to Condi, Rummy, Cheney, and the rest of the happy crew (except W).
I get the impression that he was a minor voice in all of these dealings though - I seriously doubt that he raised much of a profile in any of their dealings. - f4st4word, on 04/11/2008, -6/+8I am with daxsymbiont here. Colin Powell may not have fabricated evidence, but he agreed to go to the UN and deliver a sensationalist, fear-mongering speech that empowered Bush to commit us to a disastrous war in Iraq.
Is he as guilty as Bush/Cheney? No, but Powell has definitely discredited himself, and does not deserve a public forum. - PhantomPhoenix, on 04/11/2008, -0/+2He is a particularly moderate, if not liberal, Republican. Just because someone is one party or another does not mean that that person will just follow that party's stereotype.
I personally think that the party system needs to be dismantled. - inactive, on 04/12/2008, -0/+2Wow, dugg for the mega rant effort.
Of coarse Obama is a fraud, else he wouldn't be running........... - tk0680, on 04/11/2008, -0/+2Digg has got to the point that I stop assuming you're joking.
- OwdenBowden, on 04/11/2008, -1/+3Hold on a second. ICSU did you forget who Powell was working for at the time? I'll refresh - The Bush Administration. The same very powerful people who rigged the elections so that George W. Bush would win. So knowing how powerfull they are - how quickly would you do what you had to to save your life?
Don't blame Powell - Blame Bush. - Jaablaze, on 04/11/2008, -2/+4fail
- netsql, on 04/11/2008, -1/+3Does he admire that Powell lied to UN about WMD?
- ralph12c41, on 04/11/2008, -4/+6Colin Powell = drifting with the wind
- Pherdnut, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1Colin Powell's blatant lies helped justify the Iraq war. As a general, he ought to have known exactly what the consequences of his lies would be. I respected him once but when it really counted he chose to be a traitor and a coward. Get a clue people.
- Pherdnut, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1I'd sooner see Obama and Clinton.
- kcalabama06, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1You ever think - It might just be the true indicator as to who has the popular vote! Digg is not an obama site - there are just more of his supporters that actually care about who the next president should be!
It might also be that Hillary is trolling the nursing homes - and places like Digg aren't exactly hot spots for that community - you could join a bingo site maybe? - PhantomPhoenix, on 04/11/2008, -1/+2He was forced out of the administration.
- kcalabama06, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1try the republican party ;-)
- tk0680, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1You realise that mindless rejection as is stupid as mindless acception, right?
- Pherdnut, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1Prove it. Even Powell admits he had serious doubts about the evidence after the fact. He might be the only member of that administration with enough decency to actually feel shame over it but that's not enough. He should have quit before helping start a ***** war that resulted in deaths of hundreds of thousands. We need to stop looking for heroes where there are none and hold these jagoffs accountable for a change.
- nihilite, on 04/11/2008, -1/+2your rights are an illusion. This administration's policy is that your rights are whatever they decide they are at that moment. They have passed bills to suspend habeas corpus, allowed torture, and lie constantly about their actions and intentions. You are free until your freedom is inconvenient for them.
- f4st4word, on 04/20/2008, -0/+1"Um. No. Colin Powell was (almost alone) fighting for support of allies when some in the administration wanted to go it alone. Powell was discredited by bad evidence given to him."
"He did make the mistake of not vetting the evidence himself,"
Exactly. So how does this not discredit him? You just say "Um. No." and then admit that he discredited himself.
So what's your point exactly? That Colin Powell shouldn't be held responsible for helping to start a disastrous under false pretenses, because he encouraged Bush to encourage our allies to support the same stupid war?
We GOT the support of several allies, and this ENABLED this stupid war.
"He did make the mistake of not vetting the evidence himself, however, his intent was not fear mongering, but negotiating with allies."
No, his intent was negotiating with allies AND fear mongering. Did you even watch his speech? He pulled out a vial of white powder and described the carnage that the same amount of anthrax could cause. How is that not fear mongering?
"LO L @ he does not deserve a public forum. Yet you post in a public forum anonymously. Who is more deserving?"
LOL Well, let's see, I didn't help start a disastrous war under false pretenses that killed hundreds of thousands of people and cost trillions of dollars, and Colin Powell did. Me? - Noureddin, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1"Powell and Obama: both great men. Good, straight forward video." -killbert24
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Idiot... Powell is a lying bastard... and guess what? Obama is too! Talking about change, health care... all this bull. Seesh. He's just wants to get elected. THATS IT!!! He doesn't give a rats ass about you! If you like him, Don't vote for him. Cause once he's voted in, He'll die. And chances are they will use his death to invade Iran: "Reports say Iran terrorists take president obama capture." Something like that. Pretty sad *****. Cause people will ACTUALLY believe it.
Meh, Here comes the bury brigade. - inactive, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1Whatever.
BTW how's the search for those mobile chem labs coming along? - inactive, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1Don't forget his involvement in covering up the My Lai massacre.
- missingnoh4x, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Ironically enough, his profile lists McCain and not Hillary for the whole "Digg the Candidates" gimmick.
- smokeymcdank, on 04/11/2008, -3/+4Um. No. Colin Powell was (almost alone) fighting for support of allies when some in the administration wanted to go it alone. Powell was discredited by bad evidence given to him. He did make the mistake of not vetting the evidence himself, however, his intent was not fear mongering, but negotiating with allies.
LO L @ he does not deserve a public forum. Yet you post in a public forum anonymously. Who is more deserving? - roodammy44, on 04/11/2008, -2/+3If someone could be misled by bush on a subject so obviously fake I'd have trouble calling them a Great Man.
A ***** Moron, yes, but not a Great Man. -
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