From Jim Gilliam's blog archives
Powell silent in lead-up to Iraq war
April 19, 2004 1:03 PM
So many have given Powell a pass on his complicity in the Iraq war, and it infuriates me. "He was just being a good soldier, supporting his boss" is the common argument. As if that's some kind of loyalty. Fuck that. Proof of Powell's selling out of America is in today's NYT article on Bob Woodward's new book:
Not only did Powell have nothing to say when his country needed him most, but he went to the UN and gave "a masterful performance." But "none of it was true."
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