happy Collin Powell Day!

Del	politics, war

Eschaton [blogspot.com]
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Happy Colin Powell Day                     Has it really been 4 years already? Time flies.

Let’s remember. William Safire:

It isn’t the crime that gets you it’s the cover-up.

Defenders of Saddam Hussein demanded absolute smoking-gun proof of illegal Iraqi possession of terror weaponry.”

To their surprise, Colin Powell made the case, with a half-dozen smoking guns, of a huge Iraqi cover-up.

Analysis: Bush’s Iran Stance Echoes Iraq

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politics, war, iran

The New York Times & Log In [nytimes.com] From the page: “WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush’s tough new stance on Iran and his military buildup in the Persian Gulf recall some of the drumbeats that preceded the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.As then, the Bush administration is making allegations about Iran without providing proof.”“Bush insists he has no plans to invade Iran, only to protect U.S. troops in Iraq.”