Powell: U.S. made 'serious mistakes' in Iraq

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-powell09.html

Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Saturday said the United States has made "serious mistakes" during the Iraq war that have led to the rising violence the country now faces.

Powell, in his keynote speech at the National School Board Association's annual conference in Chicago, also said the United States made visa requirements too strict for foreign students after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. But he steered clear of talking about President Bush's alleged role in leaking classified prewar intelligence on Iraq.

"We made some serious mistakes in the immediate aftermath of the fall of Baghdad," Powell told a crowd of thousands at the McCormick Place conference. "We didn't have enough troops on the ground. We didn't impose our will. And as a result, an insurgency got started, and . . . it got out of control."

Now, American troops must "stick with the people of Iraq" until order is restored, he said.

[goclark]

1. He was right in the mix with them -- LIAR!

[Nomen Tuum]

31. Yes and Colin was the #1 liar who got us into this mess

Too little and too late Judas Colin.

Hope you love those 20 pieces of silver you and your sleazy son sold out the Constitution for!

[marmar]

2. Cry us a river...

You should have thought about this before you took your cartoons to the U.N.

[saltpoint]

6. Yes, marmar. I'm with you again on this. That speech to the U.N. was

inexcusable and either he knew it was lies and did it anyway, which is horrible, or he was duped because he's a yes-man and a fool and did it out of incompetence.

Not much to hang our hat on there, is there?

Good point, good post.

[marmar]

9. Thanks. You're my Amen corner today!!!

:pals:

[saltpoint]

12. : ) -- we're blue angels against Bush.

[BikeWriter]

39. Here are the pictures and the lies.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/2003/iraq-030205-powell-un-17300pf.htm

[Rex]

3. But the people are the insurgency, stupid general.

I can't believe this idiot was a 5 star general. What a low standard we set today, when compared to past 5 star generals. Colon Blow sucks ass.

[Just Me]

16. 5 star militant for tyrannical corporacrats. He has no honor as a man,...

,...especially a man who was suppose to defend our people, our constitution, our laws. He was a 5-star opportunist. THAT is his medal, "OPPORTUNIST THROUGH BETRAYAL OF HIS OATH".

If he was a real man with a whole conscience, he'd apologize for betrayal and do everything in his power to re-pay his own countrymen with a commitment to taking a stand for our rights, our laws, our integrity and value.

But, he WON'T. He's too vested in the demon of personal opportunism to actually engage in something impactful for all he falsely stated he stood for.

Shame!!!

[Rex]

17. If he were still a man, he would stand up right now this very

second and admit to being fooled or a willing participant. Then he would come clean with everything, going back to Vietnam. Then he would run against someone as a Repuke in 2008 and shame Bush with his every breath.

That's what a real man would do.

[MichiganVote]

4. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, Rice, Wolfowitz made mistakes

These are the people who engineered the mistakes not some generic "U.S.". And they're still fucking up. But its just all so easy to say it, sure we made mistakes, oop's and yeah who doesn't but that don't mean we're going to do anything about it and btw, the troops are stayin'.

Tell us all something we don't know Powell.

[snappyturtle]

10. What's sad is that.....

Bush, Cheney,Rumfeld, Powell, Rice and Wolfowitz are STILL around!! Except for Powell who just sort of bowed out, the others continue their agendas and in Rice and Wolfowitz's cases....advanced! Makes sense to me! :sarcasm:

[MichiganVote]

19. If you have a junk drawer at home, you know how refreshing it is

every now and then to dump everything out and throw away what's useless. Same thing needs to happen in Washington. Too many of these bent, broken and useless pieces of shit are around in Washington.

[snappyturtle]

24. I couldn't agree more. nt

[Botany]

5. You helped Powell

just like Sandy Day O'Connel now says that * abuses his power .... too late

[long_green]

7. He's not finished "writing" his book yet?

blah, blah, blah.
His mistakes are about not having enough troops and not using enough force. Great prescription there, doc. What a squalid disappointment that man has become.

[Just Me]

8. STFU AND GO AWAY!!!!

YOU CONSPIRED TO INTENTIONALLY MISLEAD US!!!!

YOU HAVE NO HONOR, NO INTEGRITY, NO MORAL AUTHORITY, NO CREDIBILITY, NO LOVE FOR YOUR COUNTRY OR PEOPLE!!!

SO, STFU AND GO AWAY!!! :grr:

[Malva Zebrina]

11. I can only roll my eyes at the arrogance of Colin Powell

:eyes:

See that is the way it goes. Colin Powell suffers not for his complicity in aiding and abetting a war, that he most assuredly knew was based on lies.

They just go on making speeches to thousands. I wonder how much he gets paid per speech.

No penalty at all except for the disdain showered upon him by those who are aware. What's that when one can still make a lot of money in spite of what he did? Has Colin opened a lobby firm yet, I wonder.

[Jack Rabbit]

13. You bet --- like invading and telling a pack of lies

Powell ought to know quite a bit about the pack lies.

[Deja Q]

14. And you wanted the war too, Powell. Where's your sense of responsibility?

[DoYouEverWonder]

15. Well then we're going to be there a long time

since we have no intention of restoring order.

[Disturbed]

18. Powell is a disgraceful person. He has no honor.

If he were an honorable man he would have refused to spew those lies at the UN and resigned. He is responsible for thousands of deaths as are the other criminals of the Bush Regime.

[joanski0]

20. Why the heck do "thousands" of people go

to see this liar. He can't even 'fess up, as his Chief of Staff, Col. Wilkerson did. I would never go to hear him, let alone pay for it.

[BrklynLiberal]

21. This should be in the "Where were you when we needed you?" Forum

Powell has some nerve making this statement NOW!

[mitchum]

22. Too little, too late, General Opportuni$t

[henslee]

23. He's a goddam General and he was in a spot to do something. He failed us.

A permanant blight on his career.

[young_at_heart]

26. His response to you would be: "I serve at the pleasure of my president"

I've heard him say this on Charlie Rose and others.

[TexasLawyer]

25. "until order is restored"=

until hell freezes over. Bush committed us in Iraq for the next 100 years.

[Just Me]

29. Meanwhile, the PROFITEERS BILK OFF perpetual restoration of order.

THEY TAKE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS for bloody imposition of "their" will,...their will is amoral, ever-consuming and barbarically obsessed with accumulation of power. They are few,....a network representing, perhaps, .005% of the human population, if that. The very few,...playing "god" in the most vicious, domineering, and profiteering way, simultaneously behaving as the antithesis to God, Christ, Muhammad, Buddha, et al destroying human potential with their mere presence. It's sick.

These are mere human beings who have no natural right to STEAL human potential or TAKE human life.

[dicknbush]

27. Yuck.........

What a goddamned lying coward. I truyly hate this man.

[rusty_parts2001]

28. Powell = 4 star prostitute

[TheCowsCameHome]

30. Thanks, Colin. You should have admitted this before your UN speech

I hope you're proud of yourself.

Have a nice life, knowing what harm you've caused the world.

[cliss]

32. Isn't it great to be able to say "I told you so"

AFTER the fact.

Colon Bowel has absolutely no credibility, none.

[daleo]

33. This is like the Viet Nam revision

Essentially, he is arguing that the U.S. didn't prosecute the war violently enough, much like the revisionists came to say about Viet Nam. In both cases it is incorrect, and the reasoning just leads to war crimes.

[LynnTheDem]

34. Serious Mistake #1; invading a sovereign nation that hadn't been doing

a damn thing to anyone.

And every fucking thing since then.

[GeorgeGist]

35. Powell made many serious mistakes...

long before Iraq.

[goforit]

36. Cut us some slack Powell. What a bullshitter! Entering alone was wrong.

[sutz12]

37. It's sad, really....

he used to have some credibility. He lost it all when he fell on his sword for this travesty of an administration.

I guess I believe he was duped, but it is an insult to his intelligence to think so. If the admin really duped him, I can see that it was intentional, to remove him from future political challenges. Without his shameful UN speech, he would be a viable Republican candidate. Now, he's just another Bushitter.

[flordehinojos]

38. tsk.tsk.tsk. powell continues to talk out of both sides of his mouth.

[Kenergy]

40. He's got Stockholm syndrome n/t

[winston61]

41. Screw you Powell,

You sold your integrity to scum and now nothing you can do or say will get that shitty taste out of your mouth. Now, American troops must "stick with the people of Iraq" until order is restored, he said. What sad pathetic bullshit, the chaos is just what the neocons want, an excuse to stay and make sure the Iraqis don't form a government that does not fit in with Americas Empire. They weren't mistakes you made before the invasion, they were huge fucking lies and you went along. I hope your conscience keeps you awake for the rest of your life.

[rodeodance]

42. I read somewhere he is making a mint with his speeches.

[Javaman]

43. I just wish their collective pants would burst into flames nt

[Joey Liberal]

44. Powell sold out to the GOP - I have no respect for him. n.t

[TheWatcher]

45. No Colin, You Fucking Traitor

Because of your lies and the lies of the one's you work for, The U.S. made only ONE Serious mistake in Iraq.

They WENT THERE in the FIRST PLACE.