I just put up a piece at E&P marking the fifth anniversary of Colin Powell's "presentation" to the U.N. -- and the media's widespread endorsement of it -- which helped clear the path to war. A couple of posts down the page here you will find a video review of this as well. Update: ThinkProgress.org has put up a video of Dana Perino, the White House spokeswoman, being asked today at a press briefing about the fifth anniversary. She replies: "I didn’t realize that was the anniversary today," laughs and then adds: "I’m glad you keep tabs on it."Here's the E&P link:
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003706756
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In addition to all the tripe Colin Powell put out there, consider all the evidence he willfully ignored - all for the benefit of his generous buddy, Prince Bandar bin Sultan:
www.asecondlookatthesaudis.com
Unlike his speech at the UN, this evidence has withstood the test of time. Yet the same befuddled mainstream media which helped pimp the bogus case against Iraq continues to largely ignore it. I guess they're still waiting for Karl Rove to give them permission.
Quote:
"The New York Times' [Weisman] and Clymer both recalled Adlai Stevenson’s speech to the U.N. in 1962 exposing Soviet missiles in Cuba."
The only small difference being, of course, that in 1962 U2s could fly through Cuban jungle and shoot aerial photographs of actual missile bases; whereas 40 years later, the United States intelligence could only manufacture CorelDraw cartoons, a vial of Tide detergent to wave around, and the Secretary of State's ominous warning, "Just Imagine..."
Somehow it was totally lost on moronic scaredycats in editorial rooms everywhere that in 40 years and the age of the microchip that our technology had somehow magically regressed.
No mind that we had landed men on the moon since Adlai Stevenson delivered proof to the U.N. No matter that the United States had invested billions and billions and more billions of dollars in intel R&D, wiretapping technology, satellite techology, ground-penetrating and heat-seeking technology. All that was inconsequential, as indeed was the fact Iraq was a supposed threat, operating in a treeless desert, operating under a No-Fly Zone, with real inspectors on the ground.
Nope, in the 21st century, cartoons, Tide detergent and "just imagine" was translated as "several smoking guns" and "Bombs Away!!"
And Hillary went right along with it. Sound leadership and judgment, uh-huh.
Something to send to any friends and acquaintances who want to pretend that we weren't stampeded to war with a pack of premeditated, knowing lies: Jonathan Schwarz's definitive rundown of each of the instances and kinds of deception in Colin Powell's speech.
I recall one skeptic, at least -- William Raspberry whose WaPo column following Powell's speech stands out as one exception that makes the rule.
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