Four years ago today, that's the phrase that kept ringing in my head. Colin Powell--the heroic face of the armed forces--sat in the United Nations and laid out the case for invading Iraq. From across the political spectrum, support rang out. It didn't matter that the specifics might have seemed a bit spotty...more than a little cherry-picked. This was Powell. He was a man of trust. A man of integrity.
And he, too, was duped by these people.
So, Powell paid the price--forced from public life, stripped of his reputation.
But what about all the pundits and publishers and columnists and anchor-folk who couldn't jump up and down fast enough to proclaim him right?
What have they paid? Why are they still in front of the cameras...when Powell isn't?
diderot
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