Why should we trust Powell??? Maj. Colin Powell wrote the first official report absolving any blame to USA troops in the Mi Lai Massacre. Lt. Calley was the only one tried and convicted - more like the Scapegoat. Daniel +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
--- In cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com, JSvj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gentleman? Powell is a liar. It's nice and all that he is upset, but > will Barbara Walters ask about his lies to start Gulf War I as well > as Gulf War II? > > Colin Powell's satellite evidence used to start Gulf War One ... the > 265,000 Iraqi troops massed on Saudi Arabia's borders? > > " The St. Petersburg Times purchased Soviet commercial satellite > photos of the border and had them examined in detail by two imaging > specialists, including Zimmerman. They found no evidence of > significant military buildups along the Saudi border." > > "You could see the planes sitting wing tip to wing tip in Riyadh > airport," Ms Heller says, "but there > wasn't was any sign of a quarter of a million Iraqi troops sitting in > the middle of the desert. > > The airport in the Kuwaiti capital appeared to have been abandoned, > which it wouldn't be. If you think about it for a minute, if you're > trying to supply a quarter of a million troops, it takes a lot of > food, a lot of camping equipment, a lot of fuel for the tanks. They > didn't see tanks tracks in the sand in the desert and they would not > have worn away because satellites are still pickling up images of > sand tracks in the desert of Northern Africa that were left during > World War II. > > "I happened to know the Press Secretary of Defense personally, and I > asked him, 'Look, you know me, we've known each-other for a long > time, let me look at some of the U.S. intelligence satellite photos, > prove to me that I'm wrong. I don't need to take them out of the > building, I don't need to copy them. Prove to me that we are wrong > and we won't run the story.' And he refused to so that. He refused to > do it on a number of occasions. > > "As a reporter, I'm not supposed to conclude anything, but everyone > else who was familiar with this story and familiar with the satellite > photographs has concluded that the [Bush] administration lied to the > Saudis, to the world in order to get the invitation to come into the > Middle East to protect the innocent. What does it say about the > government? If in fact the fact the government lied, does that > surprise anyone?" > > --Jean Heller, St. Petersbug Times > > Heh, Maybe Powell has just run out of Ambien. > > "They're a wonderful medication not medication. How would you call > it? They're called Ambien, which is very good. You don't use Ambien? > Everybody here uses Ambien." ----Powell > > > > > > On Sep 9, 2005, at 16:34, Homi Wadia wrote: > > > Dear Friends, Peace and Love, > > > > He was Commander of US Armed Forces in Iraq when Papa Bush > > invaded Iraq. He was Secretary of State when Son Bush rewarded > > him for the meritorious services rendered for his Papa in Iraq. He > > left Bush Administration after disagreements with savage Bush > > policies in Iraq and elsewhere in the world. > > > > But, today, he is a sad, broken and frustrated man. He had seen > > his people being abandoned to die, without any food, water, shelter > > and medical care. The poor and black were so mercillesly, > > shamelessly, mischeviously and cruelly neglected and deserted > > by the Administration that he so proudly served. And this rejection > > and dereliction was because these hapless, suffering, dying people > > were poor and black. > > > > The blood running through his veins was the same as that of the > > people left to die in Lousiana, Alabama and Mississippi and blood > > is thicker than water! Today, General Colin Powel has spoken against > > the brutality, savagery and criminal act of Bush Administration. > > > > Reuters report that Colin Powell, the former secretary of > > state seen as a potential leader for Hurricane Katrina > > recovery efforts, has joined the chorus of Americans > > criticising the disaster response at all levels of government. > > > > "There have been a lot of failures at a lot of levels - local, > > state and > > federal," Powell said in an ABC interview for the "20/20" program to > > be broadcast on Friday evening. Political figures from both major > > parties > > have assailed the slow response to the hurricane's assault last > > week on > > the Gulf Coast, which devastated New Orleans and killed hundreds, > > possibly thousands, in the region. "There was more than enough warning > > over time about the dangers to New Orleans. Not enough was done. I > > don't > > think advantage was taken of the time that was available to us, and > > I just > > don't know why," Powell said in excerpts on ABC's Web site. > > > > He said he did not think that race was a factor in the slow > > response, but > > that many of those unable to leave New Orleans in time were trapped by > > poverty which disproportionately affects blacks. Powell was the > > highest-ranking > > black official during President George W. Bush's first term and > > chairman of > > the military Joint Chiefs of Staff during the 1991 Gulf War. He is > > among various > > names mentioned in Washington as a potential "hurricane czar" to > > take over > > the long-term recovery effort. > > > > Two Republican senators on Thursday proposed that such a job be > > created. > > White House officials have not ruled out the option, saying it is > > among > > several being discussed. Some black leaders, including Democrats in > > Congress, > > have charged that racism contributed to the misery of New Orleans' > > predominantly black storm victims. "I don't think it's racism, I > > think it's > > economic," Powell said. "But poverty disproportionately affects > > African-Americans in this country. And it happened because they > > were poor." > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/09/katrina.powell.reut/index.html > > > > Gentleman as he is, Powell does not call the deliberate neglect on > > part > > of white supremist Bush Administration as 'racism.' He calls it > > 'economic.' > > But, savagery by any name is still savagery, teachery by any name > > is still > > treachery, prejudices by any name are still vile prejudices. World > > is not > > naive - they can judge for themselves the barbaric brutality of > > White House > > and the Capitol. > > > > May Justice and Truth prevail, Dr Homi Wadia > > > > > > Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. > > > > Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ > > > > Please let us stay on topic and be civil. > > > > OM > > > > > > > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > > Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpgUKB/pzNLAA/cUmLAA/vseplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM Yahoo! 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