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Colin Powell's chief of staff Lawrence Wilkerson now acknowledges: “I participated in a hoax on the American people, the international community, and the United Nations Security Council.” @theintercept/1450216733915103245Permalink On twitter.com
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“I didn’t have any choice,” Powell told Draper feebly. “What choice did I have? He’s the president.”On twitter.com
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This remembrance by Powell could have been made by a half dozen skeptics of the Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan Wars. Men who didn't just publicly lie about these wars but who actively organized them.Permalink On twitter.com
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The ideology of Presidential Absolutism in matters of war is most firmly held by those who have both the knowledge and rank to challenge presidential lies and misjudgments. It also totally asymmetrical, and rarely embraced by generals who prefer more aggressive warfare.Permalink On twitter.com
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As cover for a failure to courageously speak out, it draws on the military chain of command, but afflicts soldier, veteran, and civilian official alike.Permalink On twitter.com
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Colin Powell's case is perhaps the most tragic because his participation in the war was largely about lending his personal credibility to dubious conjectures about weapons of mass destruction.Permalink On twitter.com
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The USA has a deep historical need for a tradition of honorable dissent and resigning in protest at the senior level, and no one has ever been better placed to start that than Colin Powell in 2002-03.Permalink On twitter.com
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Failing that, the workings of state are best revealed by mid-ranking whistle blowers, of which there is a long and honorable tradition, and honest investigative reporters.Permalink On twitter.com