2008/02/06
"Colin Powell made his Iraq presentation at the UN five years ago, on February 5, 2003."
Sobre o tema acima, vou lembrar-me da dificuldade que tive no dia seguinte ao discurso de Colin Powell em discutir o assunto com muitos "colegas", apesar das evidências/suspeitas a priori sobre quase todo o material exposto por Collin Powell em directo na TV para todo o mundo. Lembro-me bem do ar triunfante de Vasco Rato (o proto-neo-cons de serviço em Portugal) no Público, a expôr a sua tese de "certinho"e "virtuoso" ganhador dado as provas apresentadas por Powell.
"Somehow" os enganos dos pro-war nunca resultam em descrédito, nem quando se enganam redondamente nem mesmo quando a sua base é em parte mentiras. É sempre os que se opõem que são os utópicos e maluquinhos.
Podemos considerar o assunto como conspiração para justificar uma guerra? Creio que sim. Nuremberga até o considera formalmente um crime punivel internacionalmente. Não sei se na era pós-Bush, passado algum tempo a coisa não será mesmo investigada e mais tarde quem sabe punida.
Any thoughts? Gostava de ouvir alguns comentários.
http://www.tinyrevolution.com/mt/archives/002063.html
"Colin Powell made his Iraq presentation at the UN five years ago, on February 5, 2003.
As much criticism as Powell has received for this—he calls it "painful" and something that will "always be a part of my record"—it hasn't been close to what's justified. Powell was far more than just horribly mistaken: the evidence is conclusive that he fabricated evidence and ignored repeated warnings that what he was saying was false.
Unfortunately, Congress has never investigated Powell's use of the intelligence he was given. Even so, what's already in the public record is extremely damning. So while the corporate media has never taken a close look at this record, we can go through Powell's presentation line by line to demonstrate the chasm between what he knew, and what he told the world. As you'll see, there's quite a lot to say about it.
Powell's speech can be found on the State Department website here. All other sources are linked below."
Ler o artigo.
"Somehow" os enganos dos pro-war nunca resultam em descrédito, nem quando se enganam redondamente nem mesmo quando a sua base é em parte mentiras. É sempre os que se opõem que são os utópicos e maluquinhos.
Podemos considerar o assunto como conspiração para justificar uma guerra? Creio que sim. Nuremberga até o considera formalmente um crime punivel internacionalmente. Não sei se na era pós-Bush, passado algum tempo a coisa não será mesmo investigada e mais tarde quem sabe punida.
Any thoughts? Gostava de ouvir alguns comentários.
http://www.tinyrevolution.com/mt/archives/002063.html
"Colin Powell made his Iraq presentation at the UN five years ago, on February 5, 2003.
As much criticism as Powell has received for this—he calls it "painful" and something that will "always be a part of my record"—it hasn't been close to what's justified. Powell was far more than just horribly mistaken: the evidence is conclusive that he fabricated evidence and ignored repeated warnings that what he was saying was false.
Unfortunately, Congress has never investigated Powell's use of the intelligence he was given. Even so, what's already in the public record is extremely damning. So while the corporate media has never taken a close look at this record, we can go through Powell's presentation line by line to demonstrate the chasm between what he knew, and what he told the world. As you'll see, there's quite a lot to say about it.
Powell's speech can be found on the State Department website here. All other sources are linked below."
Ler o artigo.
// posted by CN @ 9:28 AM 
