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From BreakingNews.com :
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice backs out of delivering commencement address at Rutgers University following protests -
Good. We need more people willing to say NO to the Bush era war criminals.
RKP5637
(67,032 posts)Agony
(2,605 posts)"
Many people mistakenly believe that Condoleezza Rice simply served as the Secretary of State and didn't have a role in the decision to go to war with Iraq. In fact, Condoleezza Rice was President Bush's National Security Advisor during the lead-up to the Iraq War, and was intimately involved in the decision to go to war with Iraq and spoke publicly in support of it. She was an integral part of the Bush administration's campaign of lies surrounding the war, working to further public support of the war by lying about Iraq's non-existent weapons of mass destruction. In January of 2003, Rice published an editorial in the New York Times entitled "Why We Know Iraq Is Lying". Here's a choice quote:
..if a larger type of warhead that Iraq has made and used in the past were filled with VX (an even deadlier nerve agent) and launched at a major city, it could kill up to one million people
In an interview with CNN during the buildup to the war, Rice said the following, which made headlines around the world:
The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly he can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.
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Condoleezza Rice should not be on the Board of Directors of Dropbox and her selection shows that Drew Houston and the senior management at Dropbox are ethically short-sighted.
Tell Drew Houston: drop Condoleezza Rice or we will #DropDropbox
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Agony
(2,605 posts)all of us need to bird-dog her wherever she shows up.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)barbtries
(28,703 posts)AND prosecuted for her crimes.
Trekologer
(994 posts)As a Rutgers alum, I'm pretty much indifferent to having her as commencement speaker. While she was Secretary of State, her path to the position and tenure as National Security Advisor wasn't deserving of a higher role (and that's putting it kindly).
Brother Buzz
(36,217 posts)Interesting distinction.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Yum,....Krèm-de-la-Kristol...
not fooled
(5,791 posts)Just spewed some oatmeal across my keyboard upon seeing these pics. Excellent!!!!!!!!
Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)But the still photos are even more funny. I want to frame that last shot. LOL
On edit: I can't stop laughing.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Initech
(99,915 posts)Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Preferably in front of a panel of ICC judges.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)I guess thoughts of Benghazi were supposed to cloud our thinking.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Condi will take her place on the college football selection committee which determines the teams that will participate in the four team playoff. Glad they found someone we can trust.
Blue Owl
(49,939 posts)n/t
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)and an honoray Doctorate degree.
I really like this part of the news:
"Attending the teach-in will be a strong signal that we will not sit quietly while a small group of irresponsible people dishonor our beloved university," said Rudolph Bell, a veteran history professor and one of the faculty members organizing the opposition, in a letter to the campus earlier this week.
http://www.nj.com/education/2014/05/condoleezza_rice_pulls_out_of_giving_rutgers_commencement_speech.html
good on them!!!
malaise
(267,845 posts)All speeches from war criminals should be from the docks in the Hague.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)And her boss and cronies.