Powell admits Iraq evidence mistake!

[toontra]

It would seem that Powell is finally having to admit that his shameful performance at the UN before the war was largely bogus, based, as we now know, on uncorroborated single-source claims by Iraqi defectors who were being paid by the US "intelligence" depts.

It's a bit late now! Why the hell wasn't this stuff checked and double-checked before curtailing the UN verification process and embarking on a preemptive invasion!

LINK (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3596033.stm)

[Neserk]

It would seem that Powell is finally having to admit that his shameful performance at the UN before the war was largely bogus, based, as we now know, on uncorroborated single-source claims by Iraqi defectors who were being paid by the US "intelligence" depts.

It's a bit late now! Why the hell wasn't this stuff checked and double-checked before curtailing the UN verification process and embarking on a preemptive invasion!


BEcause *then* we wouldn't have had a reason to invade Iraq which was Bush's only reason for becoming President.

[XnavxeMiyyep]

That's great! It's a shame that the media isn't making a big enough deal out of it though...

[3rdpath]

That's great! It's a shame that the media isn't making a big enough deal out of it though...

it did make the front page of the l.a. times today...

call me paranoid/cynical...but it sounds like powell is covering his own ass...which means the administration is fishing for a scapegoat to this whole mess.

someone will burn before this next election...if not powell, then it will be rice.

everyone else knows too much to be allowed an angry exit.

[XnavxeMiyyep]

it did make the front page of the l.a. times today...


Sorry, didn't see that. I tend to just go to the websites of the newspapers.

The links on sites had small text, without even a description. It should be the biggest news event right now, considering it means that we're at war with a country without good reason.