whoops, wasn't finished. I watched this interview twice. Based on body language alone I would say that this man is telling the truth as he knows it -- yes, he could be mistaken, or lied to -- and Rumsfeld's denial is deceitful in some way. I can't swear he's lying, but he is not being open. Watch what he does with his hands when he says the process was transparent. This is not even the point -- the president is not required to take advice from the pentagon afaik -- but bolsters Wilkerson's contention that this very small group pretty much fed each other's preconceptions and this meant that the decisions were already made even as people were saying wait a minute why are we doing this? Dana
On 11/7/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > that's pretty scary. I watched it making all allowances for bureaucratic > infighting. I allowed for the fact that I think Powell was on the right side > of thee issues. > > On 11/7/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > This is a great interview of Colin Powell's chief of staff: > > http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/ > > Click on "War Plans: Wilkerson's Case" > > > > The Transcript and 2nd viewpoint is here: > > http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/white_house/july-dec05/wilk_11-4.html > > > > Retired Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, Colin Powell's former chief of > > staff, has sharply criticized the Bush administration's handling of > > the run up to the Iraq war. Following an interview with Wilkerson, two > > experts debate his charges. > > > > > > He also had another revelation here: > > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2005/11/04/BL2005110401072.html > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:180265 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
