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trailmonkee

(2,681 posts) Tue Oct 9, 2012, 12:52 AM Oct 2012

Ex-Powell aide on Romney's foreign policy team: 'These people make me sick' [View all]

Source: msnbc

Lawrence Wilkerson, the former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, skewered Mitt Romney’s foreign policy team on Monday, saying their policies make his stomach turn.

Wilkerson took particular aim at John Bolton, former President George W. Bush’s ambassador to the United Nations—and now an adviser to Romney.

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"Utterly unbelievable, Wilkerson said, blasting Romney as “operating on a Cold War music sheet.”

Asked about former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s endorsement of Romney’s speech, Wilkerson declared that Rumsfeld, one of the key architects of the Iraq War “has zero credibility with me and he’ll never regain it again.”

Read more: http://leanforward.msnbc.com/_news/2012/10/08/14302340-ex-powell-aide-on-romneys-foreign-policy-team-these-people-make-me-sick

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Ex-Powell aide on Romney's foreign policy team: 'These people make me sick' [View all] trailmonkee Oct 2012 OP

Jesus, if Rumsfeld likes it, you KNOW it's shit jberryhill Oct 2012 #1

And don't forget some of the other villains on his team: freshwest Oct 2012 #2

would privatize the entire military, probably... lunasun Oct 2012 #23

Of course not. That's not good for the bottom line. No way to run a business! freshwest Oct 2012 #24

bush-cheney had to Fire Rummy. Cha Oct 2012 #5

He knows Rumsfeld, Cheney and Bolton very well young_at_heart Oct 2012 #3

Here's a link that has the FULL segment - VIDEO Tx4obama Oct 2012 #4

Thank you, Lawrence Wilkerson! Cha Oct 2012 #6

he worked for....this guy? Skittles Oct 2012 #7

Colin Powell was only a figurehead. BlueMTexpat Oct 2012 #10

thanks - I wasn't really sure of the roles played Skittles Oct 2012 #13

Remember how the French were late to a lunch with Powell in oder to tell him about the lie on DhhD Oct 2012 #16

f***ing scary Skittles Oct 2012 #19

Who worked for these guys lobodons Oct 2012 #17

HOLY CHRIST this needs to be National Campaign Ad... Volaris Oct 2012 #18

That's the scariest thing about Robme BobbyBoring Oct 2012 #21

That is bad ass navarth Oct 2012 #26

Hey Rumsfeld, have you found that 2 trillion yet? cbrer Oct 2012 #8

Col Wilkerson was phenomenal. He is so passionate and he understand imp of good policy. CarmanK Oct 2012 #9

Romney's foreign policy SamKnause Oct 2012 #11

Romney, the White Horse Prophecy candidate, aims to bring on Armageddon Berlum Oct 2012 #12

kick. rec. n/t jtuck004 Oct 2012 #14

Time to review lessons learned from observing the Bush Admin: Maineman Oct 2012 #15

Well said. Beware of neocons bearing gifts in the form of war. kiranon Oct 2012 #20

Col Wilkerson is an honest man....who speaks his mind Jake2413 Oct 2012 #22

All hail the frightened. toby jo Oct 2012 #25

Wilkerson was one of maybe a half dozen DC political insiders who ever laid out the real geopolitics yurbud Oct 2012 #27

Watch Wilkerson's lecture on the military-industrial complex, our foreign policy yurbud Oct 2012 #28