Colin Powell, military leader and first Black US secretary of state, dies from COVID-19 complication

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  1. dairyair

    dairyair Well-Known Member

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    Well, at least you agree there's no eternal nationwide mandate. Just to those who work or contract for the fed gov't.

    Just like those who work for private hospitals are mandated to do as well.
     
  2. notme

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    I took my info from here:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War

    And still... 49 countries, means the support of about 25% of the world.
    That's not a lot, and so the other countries were still a massive majority.
     
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    It's not hogwash to point out that this guy is part of a far right wing fake new story that got 100,000's of people killed and millions of people fleeing for their lives.
    Did he help out when that happened? Nope.
     
  4. CenterField

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    Like I said, I was wrong too... just like you. You said there were 4 + 4 countries. 49 is more than 6 times more than that.
    Why can't you own your mistake like I owned mine?
     
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  5. notme

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    When you go like that the secretary of state himself is holding a speech at the UN, that he is not responsible for his own words,... than will just laugh at that comment no matter what kind of excuse you are tossing in.
     
  6. notme

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    hang on... I got my source saying something,... you got your source saying something else. I don't see how your source is better then mine. But in the end... it all started that you claimed "France was actually among the few who got it right".... and both of our sources say that you are wrong. That makes you the only one who is mistaken. And taking your source or mine... in both cases you remain to be wrong by a large margin.
     
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    Both our sources are Wikipedia, LOL.
    And I also REMEMBER it from that time. Yes, there were a bunch of countries. 49 sounds about right.
    But I get it that you won't admit to your error. You missed by a 6-fold order of magnitude but still won't acknowledge it, unlike me. I have no trouble saying I stand corrected. You do.
    Given your attitude of not recognizing your mistake, I lost all interest in interacting with you, and will use the available features to avoid reading or responding to you in the future. Have a nice life. Over and out.
     
  8. Tahuyaman

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    The Secretary of State is not the chief or leader of the US intelligence agencies. He receives intelligence briefings from these various agencies and uses it to help guide foreign policy. I'm not sure why you can't accept that.
     
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    Who said anything about "eternal?" Yiu sure like to insert strawmen.
     
  10. notme

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    It started with your claim of "France was actually among the few who got it right".
    And you're very wrong about it. You're splitting peas about how wrong you are, ignoring the original claim.
    It remains so the bulk of the world was right, and the ill willing few were wrong.
    We had people saying how it was being in Iraq looking at it.

    And Powell went full in with it's lies, serving a far right wing policy to go nation building at the expense of 100,000's of peoples lives. People got executed with less lives on their conscience.
     
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    I already told you... that I would laugh at that comment no matter what kind of excuse you are tossing in. The entire world was told by the people who right there in Iraq, looking for WMD's,.. that there wasn't anything. It was simply open source intelligence.
     
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    What kind of fantasy world are you living in? You're a waste of time.
     
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    What kind of fantasy world are you living in? The were independent experts in the field, being in Iraq, telling the world that there were no WMD's or WMD programs in Iraq to be found. So it's all on Powell to claim otherwise at the UN. He, as a henchman, is responsible for his part of the deaths of 100,000's of people.

    Must be hurting your pride.
     
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    Clueless. Again, you're a waste of time.
     
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    You sure are showing how I am wrong..... lol
     
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    Anything outside complete devotion and solitude (regardless of the facts) is acceptable for them. Look what happened to Cheney and Romney. The Republican part is the GOP for a reason and NONE of it includes "them" in their minds.
     
  17. dairyair

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    No you didn't say eternal. But any liberties we lose we never get back.
    And there's no mask or vaccine mandate by the fed gov't as has been stated. So there's nothing for you to worry about losing liberties.
     
  18. Tahuyaman

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    Have you been to a government office lately? Are you a government employee?
     
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    You are doing that yourself.
     
  20. dairyair

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    No, have you? Are you?
     
  21. Tahuyaman

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    I have. I'm not. They have a mask mandate. If you work there they have a vaccine mandate.
     
  22. dairyair

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    Yep, just like most every hospital in the country. Go figure.
    The PGA required all their workers to wear masks. Even though the patrons were not.

    You've been told these very same things countless times in this thread already.
    Why isn't it sticking?
     
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    Guess all them Kurds died from a fantasy...When Saddam Hussein gassed 5,000 Iraqi Kurds at Halabja (ekurd.net) Don't matter though, the whole thing was a Bush family vendetta from the get-go.
     
  24. Phil

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    It is disturbing that they keep calling him the first black Secretary of State.
    People with handicaps overcome the temptation to do nothing at all.
    Black people achieve levels of success because of the obstacles of prejudice.
    Powell had 4 positions of authority starting in 1985.
    When he got the first big job, was it because he was the best qualified, or the best qualified black person?
     
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    years later he was qualified for the second big job because he had the first big job.
    You see the problem.
    Black people are tainted their whole lives now by the idea they did not deserve the positions they attained.
     

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