Powell compares Iraq war to fight against Nazis

[PfcHammer]

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Powell compares Iraq war to fight against Nazis
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PARIS (AFP) - As US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) headed to Europe for celebrations to mark the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings, Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) compared the war in Iraq (news - web sites) to the fight against Nazi Germany.

"I think we can compare the fight against the Nazis and the fight against Communism with the fight that we are now all engaged in against terrorism. And Iraq is a part of that battlefield," Powell said in an interview on France 3 television.

He said Iraq was not the only battlefield, however, citing the recent attacks in Saudi Arabia and the March 11 train bombings in Madrid, as well as the Istanbul bombings last year and the Bali blast in 2002.

"This is a new threat that we face and we have to approach it in the same way, with all of us working together, a great alliance of people who believe in peace, and freedom and the democratic process, to say to terrorists: 'You will not succeed. We will fight you'," said Powell.

[SodoffBush]

1. It's to the point where I don't know who I have more contempt for

Rummy or Powell

[lakercub]

13. Powell...by far

We knew what we were getting with Bush, Cheney, Rummy, etc. when they weaseled into office. But Bush got some votes from people simply because of Powell. They thought Powell would be a voice reason among the insane. Powell, therefore, has been the biggest disappointment in recent political memory. He has toed the company line every chance he gets, even when the company line goes against everything he used to publicly stand for. Rummy, Rice, Wolfowitz, Cheney, and Bush are, have been, and always will be fascist thugs...but we knew that. That makes Powell by far the worst man in the administration. We thought he might have integrity but we have been proven horribly wrong. I now hate him more than any of them.

[Raster]

42. Welcome to DU lakercub.... I also believe that persons may have....

....voted for the $hrubster because they felt powell might bring some sanity to the table. And I also believe that he sold himself out to this gang of thieves. And for what? You can never buy back your reputation and cred. It don't happen.

Once again, welcome.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

38. Fuck you, Powell. I say that on behalf of me and my dead relatives

who perished at the hands of the Nazis. Grrrrr......

[agingdem]

40. On behalf of my mother, a Holocaust survivor...

fuck you and the horse you rode in on!

[sniffa]

2. the fight against the regime

of bush is Like the fight against the nazis.

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. Except this time

we are the Nazis.

[0007]

33. ....ain't that the truth, LOL!!

I knew Powell had it right, but I just couldn't sort it out as fast as you Hans DoYouEverWonder.

[madaboutharry]

4. Powell should look for his next job

on a corner along 42nd Street.

[Dover]

5. The American Nazi regime?

Powell is a lost cause. He caught up in the rip tide and his soul has been sucked out. Nothing left but the shell.

[Just Me]

6. Are these guys playing by the "1984" book, on purpose?

They totally freak me out.

[Amaya]

7. No, Colon Bowel it isn't like the fight with the Nazis!

You stupid lowlife. These people have no fucking shame!:grr:

[yellowcanine]

8. You can make the comparison, we don't have to accept it. Give it up,

Colin. No one cares what you think anymore.

[callous taoboy]

9. how bloody ironic

[ConcernedCanuk]

10. Let's see, hmm - didn't the US hang back for 2 years on the "Nazi" thing?

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Well, except for Grandpa Prescott -

He was helping to finance the Nazis!

(clik on Prescott Bush below for more)

[David__77]

11. Many Iraqis might also make the comparison.

Of course, they are the partisans in this case, the IGC is Vichy, and so on and so forth.

[drscm]

12. These @sses have no shame.

I take great offense at comparing a just and necessary war with *'s unjust and immoral war in Iraq.

[Justitia]

14. this is OFFICIALLY EMBARRASSING

Although I have no particular love for Powell, I am still shocked he would parrot such a RIDICULOUS BushCo comparison.

His retirement pay must be tied to an agreed upon amount of spin to be spewed.

[Kool Kitty]

15. There's no end to the arrogance of this bunch,

is there? And that is what will ultimately destroy them. I just hope that it will be soon and not too many more prople will have to die.

[otohara]

25. They Use Every Opportunity To Highlight

their fucked up war as something honorable.

In the eyes of the world this Iraq will never be perceived as anything but an illegal invasion/occupation of a once sovereign country.

I hate these people

[PfcHammer]

16. Shut up already !!! Take your Ambien and go to bed.

[struggle4progress]

17. Toe that party line, Colin. Be a good boy! Say what you're told!

[UpInArms]

18. Nazi comparison?

Let's see:

Who invaded Poland?

Who invaded Iraq?

Who set up (then) camps for undesirables/political prisoners?

Who set up (now) prisons for undesirables/political prisoners?

Who tortured (then) those same prisoners?

Who tortured (now) those same prisoners?

Ummmmm.....

Let me see. Yep, you're right, Powell. It is a lot like the Nazi thing. You are just comparing the apples and the oranges. Guess you'll have to go and look in that mirror again. I'm certain you felt the breeze.

[qanda]

19. This is their new talking point

I heard a Republican on C-SPAN this morning comparing the war in Iraq to WWII-- My husband and I were like, "Give me a break!"

[jobycom]

20. This is their new theme to hammer

Bush's academy speech the other day said the same thing. He compared Iraq to WWII and the Cold War, and managed to invoke Reagan's (may he rot in Hell) name to boot.

Reminds me of Blazing Saddles. "You'd do it for Randolph Scott." "RANDOLPH SCOTT!? Okay sheriff, we'll support you."

[lectrobyte]

21. Wasn't WWII about a Japanese pre-emptive assault on our WMD

in the Pacific? Oh wait, we have always been at war with East Asia.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

34. REAGAN: "A Beastiality Experiment Gone Wrong"

:argh:

:puke:

[bullimiami]

22. yeah but we're the nazis now.

unfortunately

[Malva Zebrina]

23. Sad

sad to see Powell waste himself on this idiot, but apparently it is Powell's choice and he is known for self preservation no matter what he has to do.

None of them are concerned for this country. All, imo, are only concerned about their own wealth and position. This will all be gone in a few short months, they reason.

Why are we teaching our children myths about this country and teaching them to be be hones

The very persons they can look up to are the most despicable liars, and the most greedy, uncaring manipulators and con men and they are successful and they are rich and they do not have to worry about their health care or how they are going to pay for their medicines.

If we want to teach our children to be successful, I would think that Cheney is the ultimate example to hold up to our children. Should we teach them how to get rich.

Seems to me, all the rest of the stuff, like honesty , integrity and all of that, is for the little folks. If you really want to be rich and successful and some day be president, you have to be like Bush and Cheney.

<sarcasm>

[KissMyAsscroft]

24. Unreal...Shameless...

Of course Im not surprised...they are desperate and this is a sad maneuver...

So its "beyond the pale" to compare Hitler and Bush, but it's ok that they compare the Iraq War debacle and WWII in which we fought an actual army that could have taken over the world.

[dave29]

26. Entire Administration Trying to make this talking point

I'm referring to it as the "greatest generalization"

Condi "Bush will be remembered like Churchill and Roosevelt"
Bush "War on Terror like World War II"
Powell "It's like we're fighting Nazis"

White House spin at it's worst. Thanks, Karl Rove.

Meanwhile,

Tenet resigns
Bush hires lawyer
Dems pick up two special elections in heavily Republican strongholds

and I'm not feeling so bad.

[pinniped]

27. Every sick sorry member of the POS * misadmin...

has this WWII disease. I think they skipped a couple wars in-between.

Just wait until the pukes trot out the map of North Africa in red showing the vast territories Iraq controls or controlled. I hear the Iraqi Army was ready to move south and take the entire African continent.

Followed by Europe starting with Poland.

Since * has a fondness for WWII I propose his war crimes trial be held in Nuremburg.

[saigon68]

29. A Nuremburg.for the Bush Criminals--That would be ironic

Naked Power coming out of a gun barrel

[Demeter]

28. I Would Compare It to the Invasion of Poland!

What tripe! What distortion! What Chutzpah!

[library_max]

31. Wasn't Poland invaded by the Nazis?

Wouldn't that make the war in Iraq sort of like the war against the Nazis, at least like the wars of the French and Polish resistance against the Nazis?

Oh, wait. Powell probably meant that Iraqis defending their homeland are like the Nazis. Yeah, that is nuts.

[robertpaulsen]

30. Colin "Repete" Powell

Echoing George "Pete" Bush. What else has been different in the last four year? Fuck 'em and let 'em rot.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

32. Is it because the Bush Crime Family was in business with both regimes? n/t

[abelenkpe]

35. Powell has clearly lost his mind

and I lost all respect for him, long long ago.

[Disturbed]

36. Colon

This is the person that covered up My Lai. He has been and is still a Right Wing bootlicker. His PR was merely good. He is postioning himself for his next job, bootlicking in the private sector.

[happynewyear]

37. accurate but who is the nazi?

[bpilgrim]

39. we are behaving just like Imperial Japan of wwII - n/t

peace

[madrchsod]

41. dam all the bullshit i miss when i work

has colin completely lost touch with reality? there is no historical logic to link the two..my god i thought this man was more intelligent than this..there is no one in the bush whitehouse that has one shred of creditably left in the world..my god in 4 yrs we have sunk this low...

[amjsjc]

43. And he's the honest one...

n/t