In reply to OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson's message of Thu, 28 Apr 2011
12:04:40 -0500:
Hi,
[snip]
>I suspect that is one of the reasons
>why I think he might make a decent president.
I agree. I actually always rather liked Powell, but I felt that he caved in to
pressure a little too easily (whic
Terry sez:
> Anonymous Iraqi General: "We need to make the Americans think we have
> WMD so they will come over and get rid of Sodamninsane."
Heh... there might be some truth to that premise. ;-)
Actually, the most intelligent conclusion I heard about that whole
fiasco was that Saddam strategic
Anonymous Iraqi General: "We need to make the Americans think we have
WMD so they will come over and get rid of Sodamninsane."
>From Jed:
>> On February 5, 2003, Colin Powell made one of the most
>> colossal technical mistakes in modern history. He delivered
>> a speech making various claims about WMD intelligence in
>> Iraq. He later called this "the lowest point in my life."
>
> I got that wrong. It wasn't Powell who sa
I wrote:
On February 5, 2003, Colin Powell made one of the most colossal technical
> mistakes in modern history. He delivered a speech making various claims
> about WMD intelligence in Iraq. He later called this "the lowest point in my
> life."
I got that wrong. It wasn't Powell who said that; i
It is hard to know what triggered Powell's WMD speech. The incident
destroyed his reputation, and any future plans he may have had. I do not
think Powell would have lied, knowing it would destroy his reputation, out
of loyalty to the Bush administration.
There was nothing nefarious about the caus
-Original Message-
From: mix...@bigpond.com
> I was flabbergasted to see that the US public didn't catch on immediately,
and it caused me to seriously downgrade my estimate of the intelligence of
Joe Sixpack.
How can one downgrade below zero ?
... hmmm ... well, in truth, one suspects
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:29:24 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
>In the weeks leading up to the
>invasion I wondered why US intelligence did not simply tell the UN
>inspectors in Iraq where to find the WMDs. By the time the invasion came I
>suspected the intelligence must be wron
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