geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 9 hours agoAre they even trying at this pointlemmy.mlimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down12
arrow-up1178arrow-down1imageAre they even trying at this pointlemmy.mlgeneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to Progressive Politics@lemmy.world · 9 hours agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareceoofanarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·8 hours agoYou shouldn’t have felled for Iraqi “wmd’s” either given how blatant and inconsistent the lying was no reason to excuse it.
minus-squareDontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoBut Iran is DEFINITELY within a few weeks of WMD! I heard that somewhere.
minus-squareGodort@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up14·6 hours ago given how blatant and inconsistent the lying was no reason to excuse it. I was 14, and trusted that the US had adults in government that knew more about the situation than I did.
minus-squarealekwithak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·6 hours agoA lot of liberal boomers really liked and trusted Colin Powell for some reason, so his vouching for Iraqi WMDs really sinched it with that demographic.
minus-squareAxExRx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·3 hours agoColon power is not openly black. Colin Powell is openly white. He just happens to be black George Carlin
You shouldn’t have felled for Iraqi “wmd’s” either given how blatant and inconsistent the lying was no reason to excuse it.
But Iran is DEFINITELY within a few weeks of WMD! I heard that somewhere.
I was 14, and trusted that the US had adults in government that knew more about the situation than I did.
A lot of liberal boomers really liked and trusted Colin Powell for some reason, so his vouching for Iraqi WMDs really sinched it with that demographic.
Colon power is not openly black. Colin Powell is openly white. He just happens to be black
George Carlin