Reply #137: You weren't here before the invasion. There was a lot of evidence

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destroying Powell's speech. This nonsense that they just slowly figured it our after the speech is a lie. People were citing a lot of verified evidence right here after Powell's speech, based on reports that were easily available to Powell or anyone else trying to determine whether the evidence was true.

Powell knew it wasn't true, or else he tried hard to maintain his ignorance. Either way, he knew his boss wanted the war, the evidence didn't support the war, and he was expected to twist the facts to make a case for war. Even if he believed the evidence he quoted in his speech--and I don't believe he did--he still tried to push the war based on an overall image of Iraq that he knew was incorrect.

I don't care if he's left, right or center. He helped push us into a horrific crime. We were predicting here that after the war all the key players would admit how fooled they had been. Now it's coming true. I don't forgive Powell. As for Nader--I haven't forgiven him, either.