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MADem

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1. To be fair, MT, Powell was a tool, not an instigator.
Wed Mar 4, 2015, 04:44 AM
Mar 2015

Remember, he was the Pottery Barn guy--you break it, you own it. He was the EXTREMELY reluctant dude telling GHW Bush to not keep plowing towards Baghdad. He's also the guy who wrote a memoir that included an apologia along the lines of "Those assholes LIED to me!!!" Under the W administration, he was given his lines and a pat on the ass, and told to deliver them. He should have had more integrity, but his crime was being a weak ass wimp more than anything else.

Bibi is beating the bushes (small b) for war without end, amen. He's not being duped, he's trying to be the duper. He's a despicable human being. Israel would do well to vote his ass out, though I don't think that will happen. According to a poll, the majority of Israelis think that asshole coming over here, uninvited, and dividing the Democrats and Republicans, is a "helpful" thing. Talk about UNINFORMED--it's not just for the American electorate, apparently:

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Majority-of-Israelis-believe-Netanyahu-speech-wont-stop-Iran-Zionist-Union-poll-finds-392764

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To be fair, MT, Powell was a tool, not an instigator. MADem Mar 2015 #1
But being equally fair... JHB Mar 2015 #4
Actually, I think if you read a number of accounts.... Adrahil Mar 2015 #5
There's a big difference between balking internally and balking publicly JHB Mar 2015 #12
If he had integrity he would have resigned, publicly and warned the people who would have listened sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #18
Absolutely--but he WAS a tool. If he wasn't in the mood to be that lynchpin, they would have found MADem Mar 2015 #17
If he had resigned before becoming a tool, with the kind of respect he had from the people, it is sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #19
Can't argue with that. He didn't step up and he should have. MADem Mar 2015 #20
But he was manipulated into believing evidence said something it didn't. Adrahil Mar 2015 #22
It's a mushroom cloud I tells ya! Enthusiast Mar 2015 #2
There is no chance Russia goes nuclear over Iran. Adrahil Mar 2015 #6
Russia is working with Obama resolve the Iran nuke issue peacefully. I believe the poster was sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #21
They still are in places of power. Victoria Nuland is one example newthinking Mar 2015 #3
Man... You're like a broken record... Adrahil Mar 2015 #7
why would you have a problem with this? newthinking Mar 2015 #8
Nope... Just notice you are always posting about her.... Adrahil Mar 2015 #9
She clearly is on board with the neocon playbook newthinking Mar 2015 #10
So says you.... Adrahil Mar 2015 #11
Thanks newthinking Mar 2015 #13
On that, we can agree! n/t Adrahil Mar 2015 #16
What is the defintion of "outcome-based reasoning"? CJCRANE Mar 2015 #14
also know as "confirmation bias"... Adrahil Mar 2015 #15
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