Powell Aide Says Case for War a 'Hoax'

PBS recently aired an interview with Col. Lawrence B. Wilkerson (Ret), Chief of Staff at the Department of State from Aug 2002 - January 2005, addressing some of the skepticism surrounding the pre-war claims made by the Bush administration. Wilkerson claims in no uncertain terms that he "participated in a hoax on the American people, the international community and the United Nations Security Council." This is not the first time that Wilkerson has spoken out against the administration and intelligence community.

Re:Yawn...

[mrogers]

Where's my "-1 Corrosively Jaded" when I need it? ;-)

Re:This isn't just about the Bush cabal!

[ObsessiveMathsFreak]

For those who are anti-Bush, do not believe the Clinton was not part of the power party, either.

Triple negative! Followed by postfix conjugation!! That's like 1,000,000,000 Grammar nazi points!!!!

But Tonight on Fox...

[RobotRunAmok]

...there'll be an interview with another crew-cut dude with a dot-mil e-mail address, not retired, who'll say the first dude had an axe to grind and is totally wrong. And he'll be right. And the first guy will have been right, too, well, mostly...

Yeah, but Fox is slanted.

Wait, I thought it was PBS that was slanted.

Hillary's moving to the right!!

But Condi's a snappier dresser.

Act before midnight tonight, and we'll throw in a debate on global warming!

Step Right Up! Choose yer channel, make yer choice!

(Get away from me, Mod, ya bother me...)

It's true.

[bcattwoo]

Snopes confirms that it was a hoax.

Re:Marked?

[Anonymous Coward]

And why can't he be marked all three?

Did you miss the memo? A true American holds only one opinion on any subject. Holding multiple opinions, or recognising the complexity of any issue, is "flip-flopping", and only weak men and terrorists do that. People have lost elections for less.

Re:Marked?

[Frostalicious]

And why can't he be marked all three?

They used a radio button in the GUI.

His father's Son....

[MECC]

What son, when stepping into his father's footsteps, does not feel the urge to outrun his old man.

Re:Welcome to the real world guys.

[LurkerXXX]

Get it straight. When they are on our side they are freedom fighters. When they are on the other side they are terrorists.

Re:That's a pretty good hoax then

[puzzled]

  I voted for Bush because I was sick of Clinton's zipper going up and down. Body bag zippers go one way and they take a lot longer to close since they're about six feet long.

Re:Marked?

[Poltras]

"Only a sith deals in absolutes". Sorry dude, but americans are simply and plainly evil.

Re:Welcome to the real world guys.

[TheJorge]

Really, there's no reason to assume they know about the war at all.

Re:Welcome to the real world guys.

[Anonymous Coward]

I forget the estimated tonnage of pot that comes from British Columbia every year (not much better than Mexican swag, but I digress).

You just lost all your credibility right there, man...

Re:Orson Welles, take a back seat

[HTH NE1]

30% Informative
40% Offtopic
30% Overrated

Hmm, we seem to have a particularly humourless set of moderators today. Or have I been too obscure again?

(Mercury Theater, 1938, radio play "The War of the Worlds", previously the biggest, most famous perpetrated hoax upon the nation, inducing mass panic, and the case study leading to the genesis of modern day psyops?)

holy crap

[delong]

Is it possible to moderate an entire story "Flamebait"?

Re:These wars have been planned for a long time

[sjf]

This can't be the same plan. This document seems to think that invading Iraq is a good idea.

Re:Welcome to the real world guys.

[cosmo7]

If they're selling the drugs in LA and you want to bomb NY, they aren't going to give a damn.

This discussion would certainly benefit from the input of any real terrorists or drug smugglers out there.

Don't be shy!