Who would'a thought? A former secretary of state who supports OWS.

[JDPriestly]

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday that he sympathized with the “frustration and angriness” exhibited by “Occupy Wall Street” protesters.

“I was born in Harlem to immigrant parents, and my parents always had a job,” Powell told CNN’s Piers Morgan. “And so, people are concerned now that there is not that source of an income. There isn’t that work source that I remember.”

. . . .

“Well, you know, I don’t know how to be too critical of that,” Powell replied. “And one of the things that is of concern to all of us is that there’s an increasing gap between those who are doing very well and I’m doing well, and those who are not doing as well. And those who are not doing as well are not seeing their lives improving. And so, there’s frustration and angriness there.”

“And so, it isn’t enough to scream at the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ demonstrators. We need our political system to start reflecting this anger back in to how do we fix it? How do we get the economy going again? How do we get businesses that have a lot of money stacked up, how do we get them to invest that money and create jobs?”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/11/colin-powell-occupy-movement-is-as-american-as-apple-pie/

He lied when he spoke about Iraq at the UN, but at least he is right about OWS.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. He is a general too

remember Smedley Butler.

Oh and gone from ninth circle to seven

[Motown_Johnny]

10. and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

the highest ranking military position in this country

[Fire Walk With Me]

2. Colin knew about Iraq not having any WMD, or even decent conventional warfare tech

and IIRC said exactly that in a government document, a few years before the Iraq invasion. He had ample opportunity to go public with this and did not. Now he works at Time/Warner/AOL, and the Bush Friend Saudis have a majority share in that group. Exceptional conflicts of interest.

[JDPriestly]

3. Right. That's why I said he was wrong.

He had to know what he was doing when he made the speech.

[Fire Walk With Me]

12. Dang, didn't see "He lied when he spoke about Iraq at the UN" in your post.

I was way past my energy limits at that point last night, sorry.

[Sherman A1]

4. It's a start

and while not more than that. It is a move in the right direction. Certainly Powell has considerable baggage, yet for him to even comment in this fashion should be seen as a very positive move for OWS.

[Mac1949]

5. Interesting how they mellow out a bit when their jobs

no longer depend on pleasing their wing-nut base. Too bad it doesn't really make up for much. :eyes:

[KG]

6. piss on colin powell

[Historic NY]

7. Maybe he should walk down to one (OWS) under attack.

[madokie]

8. I don't care what general Powell has to say about OWS

I want to hear what he has to say about My Lai

Link for those who may not know what I'm talking about: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre

[xchrom]

9. Interesting. Nt

[peace13]

11. This mad lied us into a war that contributed to our economic demise.

Happy that he can support the effort to clean up his mess. Hope to see him on the streets soon!

[Whisp]

13. Liar murder accomplice Powell trying to make good.

sorry, you'll have to do good deeds for 4 lifetimes to get any respect back.

piece of poop.