• ceoofanarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 hours ago

    You shouldn’t have felled for Iraqi “wmd’s” either given how blatant and inconsistent the lying was no reason to excuse it.

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      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.

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      6 hours ago

      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.

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        3 hours ago

        Colon power is not openly black. Colin Powell is openly white. He just happens to be black

        George Carlin