An American Tragedy
On February 5, 2003, Secretary of State Colin Powell addressed the United Nations to rally support for an invasion of Iraq.
Outside of war co-planner the United Kingdom, few international troops would join the U.S. in the invasion and occupation.
Yet Powell's speech had a galvanizing effect on America's mainstream media. As one, they declared the presentation "compelling."
For a nation living in the ghostly shadow of the twin towers, the MSM's Good Warmaking seal of approval was enough to keep that treasonous question — "why?" — relatively unheard.
In this space, we'll consider what was lost that day, as we mark a sobering holiday: America's Day of Shame.
Labels: Colin Powell, Day of Shame, United Nations
posted by Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy at
6:40 AM
1 Comments:
It blows my mind. I read over what US forces did in Vietnam, and the only difference is the lack of trees in Iraq now. The sad truth seems to be that US forces only behave themselves around civilians if they happened to be white. (Western Front.) Brown, yellow is not human. Kind of like the Germans did.
Second... this whole Iran contra scandal looks like a test run for the Neocon takeover of late. Also, he sounded more like a pre-Gonzales, with the "I can't recall" catchphrase he kept saying during the Iran-Contra investigation. Looking at this mess he was associated with during his career, one can safely conclude, that the US is not a country of law. People (Powell included) broke international laws, the Geneva conventions, committed war crimes (or turned a blind eye to them). What Bush did differently is that he did it in the open.
Kind of shameful.
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