"I feel particularly strong about this because of a picture I saw in a magazine. It was a photo essay about troops who were serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. And one picture at the tail end of this photo essay, was of a mother at Arlington Cemetery and she had her head on the headstone of her son's grave. And as the picture focused in, you could see the writing on the headstone, and it gave his awards - Purple Heart, Bronze Star - showed that he died in Iraq, gave his date of birth, date of death, he was 20 years old. And then at the very top of the head stone, it didn't have a Christian cross. It didn't have a Star of David. It has a crescent and star of the Islamic faith.And his name was Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan. And he was an American. He was born in New Jersey. He was fourteen years old at the time of 9/11, and he waited until he could serve his country and he gave his life."
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Powell just made up for it big time and re-established his legacy. What most impressed me about Powell's interview was when he basically said, "So what if Obama was a Muslim? A Muslim can't be president?"
When the nutcase cracker in the crowd told McCain that she couldn't trust Obama "because he's an Arab," McCain never said, "What's wrong with being an Arab?" Instead, he said, "No. He's not. He's an upstanding family man," impliedly stating that being an Arab would be at odds with being upstanding.
Agreed TSO.
KP
Powell just hit McCain and McCain got knocked the f*** out. His reasoning behind supporting Obama and tearing McCain's campaign apart were brilliant.
Has he redeemed himself? Anyone who believes that Powell had redeemed himself by simply endorsing Obama must have a warped concept of redemption.
Powell has always been a charlatan and Obama is the master of expediency. Only in the context of political expediency can a war criminal be described as having “embodied our highest ideals.” Then again if those highest ideals include genocide, maybe The One is right.
At best Powell is a modern day Pilate trying to wash his blood-soaked hands in Lake Obama before it becomes polluted with Afghani, Iraqi, Pakistani, and Palestinian blood.
At best Powell is a modern day Pilate trying to wash his blood-soaked hands in Lake Obama before it becomes polluted with Afghani, Iraqi, Pakistani, and Palestinian blood.
Dayyummm...
That was good.
^ Word.
How is this redemptive or anti-Zionist?
He basically is saying that a good Muslim is a dead one who died fighting Muslims for Zionist America! LMAO! Good Muslim! Go kill more sand-niggaz for Israel!
Not to mention the subtle link he still makes between 9II and Iraq. Even we know that's an absolute fallacy by now.
Powell realize that the amount of people who have died at his hands, guilt has a way of showing you the light from your past dealing. In someway he feels a sense of responsibility of not speaking up sooner. Even though, Dick Cheney didn't want Powell in the meetings at the Oval office, which led up to the war in Iraq.
Good points raised by all. While I welcome his endorsement of Obama, I can't help but think of the people around the world that continue to suffer because of his support of destructive US foreign policies.
Someone mentioned the middle east and as a native of the Caribbean, I can't help but notice how often Haiti is forgotten when it comes to international atrocities.
Lest we forget, "The Godfather Colin Powell: The Gangster of Haiti"
http://www.blackcommentator.com/80/80_cover_haiti.html
Colon Powell is a company man through and through...
As I said, he is still subtly linking 9II to Iraq, subtly justifying fighting in Iraq as a noble act and praising Muslim-American suicide in the name of Israel.
But just because he lacks any sense of humor and is a Black military official, people take him seriously? Under pressure, he always shows his true colors though - neocon spokesman.
Did Leiberman cross party lines in support of McCain solely because both are WHITE?
i remeber when i wrote in dfec he would and folks villified me and called me crazy
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