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In reply to the discussion: Fuck! Enough Already! Colin Powell is why America is where it is! [View all]JohnSJ
(98,883 posts)on why America is where it is today. In fact, that element was instrumental at getting the bush administration elected which pushed the road to war, along with giving us the Supreme Court that we have today.
As for Powell being the only one to blame why we invaded Iraq based on a lie, there were a lot of willing participants in that LIE, including the MSM. Knight Ridder was one of the few that reported there were no WMDs, but the rest of the MSM choose to ignore that, and push the invasion narrative.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-reporting-team-that-g_n_91981
One group may have been able to stop it, and that was Congress, though I suspect the bush administration was so hell bent on invading Iraq, even that would not have stopped them.
The populous was itching to make someone "pay" for 9/11, and they were willing to accept any lies and reasons, even without veracity of the evidence