“Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.”
― Colin Powell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Powell
#GeorgeWBush drove the first nails into #UN coffin using General #ColinPowell to lie on his behalf about #WMDs in #Iraq at the behest of #GOP hawks and neoconservatives like #PaulWolfowitz, all while ignoring #French intelligence and ridiculing French fries as #FreedomFries, and eventually plunging the #US into a wholly needless war based on false pretext.
This was the man that #SCOTUS effectively handed the presidency after just a few hundred votes separated him from #AlGore
Lying to the #President about matters of #war during times of war qualifies as treason, to me.
Plausible deniability doesn't exist in this scenario.
If you express no doubts, regardless of the purported source of the information you're giving to the #CommanderInChief to help them decide their course of action, you are fully responsible.
#ColinPowell, #RobertMcNamara, et al.
The Architects of the #IraqWar: Where Are They Now? They’re all doing great, thanks for asking. https://theintercept.com/2023/03/15/iraq-war-where-are-they-now/
#GeorgeWBush
#DickCheney
#DonaldRumsfeld
#ColinPowell
#JohnBolton
#CondoleezzaRice
#DavidFrum
#DavidBrooks
#JeffreyGoldberg
#JudithMiller
#JoeBiden
@mrw
2/2:
I'd had the initial idea in January '21, mostly with recent events and politics in mind, and particularly wanting to #stickItTo #SenatorMcConnell for his years of machinations.
Given what you brought up, some amendments/rewording might be in order.
#JimmyCarter (and #RosalynCarter) and #FredRogers (aka. #MrRogers) would be better overall as far as #ethics. #goodHumanBeings. And for politics/military ethics, #ColinPowell is actually higher on my list (it's a pretty short list).
#MindfulMondays take time to thank someone you work with this week. The holidays are tough for some and a kind word goes a long way. #edutooter #teachers #ColinPowell #13Rules