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MADem

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20. Can't argue with that. He didn't step up and he should have.
Thu Mar 5, 2015, 01:26 AM
Mar 2015

Four star retirement ain't bad at all. You can live pretty well on it.

He sacrificed his integrity for fleeting fame and a little cash.

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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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