He stuffed the letter in his desk drawer. And left it there.
"If I have a regret when I go to my grave, it is that I did not resign," said Wilkerson, because of course Powell's speech turned out to be almost entirely false.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Wilkerson: Cheney "Lonely, Paranoid, Frightened"
The night after Colin Powell delivered his infamous argument to the United Nations justifying the invasion of Iraq, Lawrence Wilkerson, his chief of staff, sat down and wrote a letter of resignation. It was, said Wilkerson Friday, " the lowest point in my professional and my personal life."
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Scheuer, however, rejected Moran's effort to blame Bush and his attorneys. "He's talking about nonsense," said Scheuer, arguing that placing blame solely on the administration obscures the role played by Congress. "Ultimately who's responsible for everything that goes on in the foreign policy realm is Congress. They can cut off money tomorrow."
ReplyDeleteAnd they did not. They are a bunch of hypocrites and liars.
The blame game is a special indication that the famed "checks and balances" are not working. We used to have a useful idiot that constantly appeared on the agry Arab site saying eventually these "checks and balances would kick in." Of course they never did, and that is because this is a systemic farce, not because their is just corruption in one area or several. They all serve the same elite group, every area of the government - not the people. That is why the "reform" analogy will not work - the sustem IS doing what it is supposed to be doing, screwing the people.
ReplyDeleteThe blame game is a special indication that the famed "checks and balances" are not working. We used to have a useful idiot that constantly appeared on the old Angry Arab site saying eventually these "checks and balances would kick in." Of course they never did, and that is because this is a systemic farce, not because there is just corruption in one area or several. They all serve the same elite group, every area of the government - not the people. That is why the "reform" analogy will not work - the sustem IS doing what it is supposed to be doing, screwing the people for the few.
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Highly recommended documentary on US torture.
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Nice debate DJ, I watched it in full. The entire scenario is set in embracing this current system. The one refrain that keeps ringing through the entire piece, is thta it was everyone in government that was directly involved, all played a part. My reply to this is that yes, the entire system is defunct.
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