Where is Powell and Rumsfeld :)

macgyver06
macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
edited August 2007 in A Moving Train
its weird...guys that didnt do anything before put in a position of power...oh wait..what a concept...do nothing after they leave a position of power..

Jimmy Carter...regardless of what you think of him...is on the edge of death and still is active in the community...

lol... do some research next time you vote! you bunch of bums
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  • floyd1975
    floyd1975 Posts: 1,350
    Have you thought of taking your research advice before posting?
  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    why?
  • floyd1975
    floyd1975 Posts: 1,350
    It may make you appear a little more informed during your rants.
  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    my point is...when Bush leaves office...he will do what he did before he got in...nothhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhingggggggggggg

    except trrade away great baseball players for half assed prospects
  • chopitdown
    chopitdown Posts: 2,222
    macgyver06 wrote:
    its weird...guys that didnt do anything before put in a position of power...oh wait..what a concept...do nothing after they leave a position of power..

    Jimmy Carter...regardless of what you think of him...is on the edge of death and still is active in the community...

    lol... do some research next time you vote! you bunch of bums

    yeah, that Powell guy...never did anything worthy...and he's 70 now...why would he go on a keep doing things??

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  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    great...send him back to the military?? lol
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    $100 buck says most those medals were for doing nothing more that showing up and playing along...

    you know....the good ol boys club..

    looks good on paper...but means not so much really...

    If you think otherwise you're only fooling yourself...
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  • floyd1975
    floyd1975 Posts: 1,350
    At least this thread is good for proving the worthlessness of this board.
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    At least this thread is good for proving the worthlessness of this board..........

    .........in pushing bullshit political agenda....

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    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
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  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    cough
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    They've already done enough damage to the world...the war mongering lunatics they are.

    good riddance...
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    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    They've already done enough damage to the world...the war mongering lunatics they are.

    good riddance...
    Correct if I'm wrong, but didn't Powell retire because he though invading Iraq was a bad idea?

    I've always liked Powell.. the rest are idiots.
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Correct if I'm wrong, but didn't Powell retire because he though invading Iraq was a bad idea?

    I've always liked Powell.. the rest are idiots.

    Oh he puts in his cuts for pushing Iraq all right. He played it up beautifully.
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  • jeffbr
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    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    Oh he puts in his cuts for pushing Iraq all right. He played it up beautifully.

    What does this mean? I can't parse the english. LikeAnOcean is right, btw, but I can't tell if you're agreeing with him or not.

    Powell, as a military guy, was pushing for a diplomatic solution rather than a military solution. Bush/Cheney obviously wanted to flex their dicks, and were at odds with Powell. He did the honorable thing and wiped his hands of the mess.
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  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    jeffbr wrote:
    What does this mean? I can't parse the english. LikeAnOcean is right, btw, but I can't tell if you're agreeing with him or not.

    Powell, as a military guy, was pushing for a diplomatic solution rather than a military solution. Bush/Cheney obviously wanted to flex their dicks, and were at odds with Powell. He did the honorable thing and wiped his hands of the mess.

    He promoted the Iraq war just as well as any of them at one point, maybe the media ran the heck out of it like the holy grail (can't find the vid of it ), but it was very pro Iraq war.

    I'll give him credit by saying he probably does have a conscience, and in comparison does not seem as bad.
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  • Kann
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    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Correct if I'm wrong, but didn't Powell retire because he though invading Iraq was a bad idea?

    Well if he did, he did it after pushing for the invasion. I clearly recall him, in the UN, showing lame satellite pictures showing a yellow lorry truc as ultimate proof of the presence of wmd's in Iraq. And that the UN should approve the invasion. Fun times.
  • blackredyellow
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    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    $100 buck says most those medals were for doing nothing more that showing up and playing along...

    you know....the good ol boys club..

    looks good on paper...but means not so much really...

    If you think otherwise you're only fooling yourself...

    Seriously? Yeah, someone rises to the rank of general, gets their jump wings, becomes a ranger and a bronze star for valor by just showing up and playing along... And the ol boys club historically isn't exactly open to them coloreds.

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  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    Roland is right here...and you all have no memories... junkies

    powell and rumsfeld pushed this harder than bush or cheney...


    has it been that long...lol


    and whoever couldnt understand his post..you probably shouldnt put that out there that you havent figured out the language yet... its pretty clear what he was saying.
  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    macgyver06 wrote:
    Roland is right here...and you all have no memories... junkies

    powell and rumsfeld pushed this harder than bush or cheney...


    has it been that long...lol


    and whoever couldnt understand his post..you probably shouldnt put that out there that you havent figured out the language yet... its pretty clear what he was saying.

    I bet it is to you, since you have your own, unique butchering of the language.

    If you think Powell was pushing harder than Bush/Cheney, explain Powell's disagreement with the administration. Explain Powell's exit from his diplomatic position.
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  • blackredyellow
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    jeffbr wrote:
    If you think Powell was pushing harder than Bush/Cheney, explain Powell's disagreement with the administration. Explain Powell's exit from his diplomatic position.

    I'll never forgive Powell for going to the UN with a trumped up case that he knew was a trumped up case, but no one can really say that he pushed as hard as the neocons or was ideologically in agreement with them.
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