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In reply to the discussion: Powell's Chief of Staff: Iraq Intel Was 'Outright Lies', But Powell Didn't 'Knowingly Lie' at U.N. [View all]DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)48. Powell's lies began in Vietnam with My Lai.
That's where he seems to have first sold himself down-river. As for his latest atrocities against humanity, well, the TRUTH about ''yellow cake'' being a bullshit CIA story (does the names Joseph Wilson and Valerie Plame ring any bells?), and it was also in all the newspapers of the time as I recall.
- And considering the origin of these goddamned lies was George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, only an imbecile wouldn't have questioned it's authenticity.......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger_uranium_forgeries
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Powell's Chief of Staff: Iraq Intel Was 'Outright Lies', But Powell Didn't 'Knowingly Lie' at U.N. [View all]
BradBlog
Feb 2013
OP
So, the feds lied, and their media empire went along with all of the propoganda
blkmusclmachine
Feb 2013
#5
If you are part of an administration, that is your job. He was fed lies. The problem was the media
still_one
Feb 2013
#13
I believe Powell could easily have beaten Clinton had he chosen to run in 1992. He was just
Cal33
Feb 2013
#40