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Fallout911

The shit is hitting the fan and now they're trying to place blame on each other.

Powell just shot a new barrage of accusations against Cheney, and Rumsfeld just blamed "everybody", either Bush Co found out that somebody else knows something or Julian Assange just won.

Checkmate bitches.

EDIT: sorry to everybody for the lack of links, I post in the morning after work and my thoughts come streaming out before I crash. Thanks to tjw and Hansaman for providing these:

Powell & Rumsfeld

Posted Feb 18, 2011, 4:22 PM UTC · edited

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MrHerpDerp•

What? Backstory for the uninitiated please. Edit: This? [WARNING, DAILY MAIL] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1357934/Colin-Powell-lied-used-George-Bush-add-credibility-invasion-Iraq.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Double edit, go to tjw's comment. Fuck the daily mail.

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tjw•

Powell story

I have no idea what the Rumsfeld thing is.

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shawnfromnh•

Powell wanted to know why the CIA didn't warn him. Well maybe if he thought of CIA as the "Counter Intelligence Agency" instead of Central it would clear things up a bit.

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Why is Powell just calling out the CIA now? The whole "curveball" intelligence security failure thing has been known publicly for some time.

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Seconding this with a request for linkage. (edit -- thanks)

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yousless•

Does thirding even exist? Well, now it does, Thirding.

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GoodToiletEtiquette•

I'm just going to have a shit and wait until it hits r/worldnews

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[deleted]•

I second this request. Edit: I guess i'm fouring?

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GOETTA•

Did you forget the [6]?

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sunnieskye1•

Please. They had Hans Blix and a herd of others telling them that Iraq had no WMD, and they went ahead anyway because one guy told them they did? Bullshit!!! They probably bought him. BushCo performed genocide on Saddam Hussein's family, killed 3000+ citizens, and destroyed a universal symbol of enterprise between countries because his family and their cronies wanted control of the oil. Rummy was a part of that. He's like Palantir denying they knew what HBGary and Hunton & Williams were up to.

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Fallout911OP•

Yeah, that is the catalyst I believe.

Now they're using the MSM to cover their asses, I just hope the people are really waking up and see through their bullshit.

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sunnieskye1•

Some will, some already have, but the hardcore Bushites won't ever. What I find amusing, if anything about this CAN be amusing, is that all we need to do is stand back and let them destroy each other - they will, I think. (Wish they'd get Rove first.) Brotherhood amongst thieves...

Amnesty Int'l has filed an indictment against W that follows him. I truly hope to see that man and his buddies in jail by the end of this decade. The rest of the world may take a hand in it - Bush cancelled a speaking engagement in Switzerland because of AI's actions.

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Fallout911OP•

Just caught 3 seconds of Rumsfeld on FOX giving Bush credit for what's going on in Egypt, Libya, Bahrain etc.

I almost killed myself.

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sunnieskye1•

Don't. We need you!!

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AnnArchist•

i have no clue whats going on. . . whatd i miss here.

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What are you talking about?

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avnerd•

Bullshit title that doesn't have anything to do with wikileaks.

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ArcticCelt•

Why is this related to Wikileaks?

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YouthInRevolt•

Upvoted for hoping Bush Co goes down, but seriously, what are you talking about?

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smellsliketuna•

come on man, give us the goods

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[deleted]•

Off topic, not related to wikileaks (but interesting nevertheless)

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According to this, the whole UN speech, that tipped the balance for invasion, was based on the evidence of one Iraqi man, "curveball" who had not to that date, even been interviewed firsthand by US officials. Either, Powell is an utter incompetent for letting himself be used as the face of the WMD argument for invasion, and for failing to check his sources (directly or through backroom channels and old intel collegues). Or else he allowed himself to be pushed into it, against his judgment, because he was a "team player". Pretty ugly either way.

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