The Man Who Could Have Changed History

[easyt65]

One man could have changed the course of history, and he had the opportunity to do so handed to him on a silver platter, free for the taking. Who is that man; Can you guess?

He was a professional soldier for 35 years, holding a variety of command and staff positions and rising to the rank of General. He was Ronald Reagan's National Security Advisor, serving from 1987 to 1989 while retaining his Army commission as a lieutenant general. In April 1989, after his tenure with the National Security Council, Powell was promoted to four-star general under President George H. W. Bush and briefly served as the Commander in Chief, Forces Command (FORSCOM), overseeing all Army, Army Reserve, and National Guard units in the Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. He became the third general since World War II to reach four-star rank without ever serving as a division commander, joining Dwight D. Eisenhower and Alexander Haig. Later he was selected him as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He ascended from chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the elder Bush's administration to secretary of state under his son. That man is Colin Powell

For a time, that looked quite possible that he would run for president and win. Through 1995 there was hope that Powell would run for president. He led in polls of Republican primary voters. The same surveys suggested he was capable of beating President Bill Clinton. Powell could have been elected in 1996. The first black president of the United States being a Republican would have been a significant development, one that might have mitigated, if not averted, the ugly racialization of our politics. Powell would have been a moderate not too strongly associated with the left or the right, likely allowing him to assemble an electoral coalition unlike anything we can imagine today. As a Republican and the first black president, and the winner of the Gulf War, the newly minted Republican congress would have given him anything he wanted. The internet boom would have happened anyway; perhaps Powell's policies would have been even more pro-growth than second-term Clinton's.

Sadly, Powell did not run. Instead, the GOP had the sad farewell tour masquerading as a presidential campaign embarked upon by the otherwise heroic Bob Dole. A good man, but he had no chance of beating Bill Clinton, and Clinton won his second term.

A President Powell might have returned us to the era of good feelings under Reagan. A booming economy, a popular president backed by independents, no Whitewater investigations, no Monica Lewinsky, no impeachment. And maybe only one President Bush?

If 9/11 had happened under a President Powell's, the US might have been less likely to respond by waging a second war in Iraq. Our response to 9/11 may well have been limited to hitting Afghanistan, keeping the international coalition against terrorism intact under a president who had been part of winning a war.

If you look at the past 20-plus years of American politics — the Clinton embarrassments (and later the Hillary embarrassments), the Bush-Cheney wars, the horrible reign of Barack Obama — wouldn't you have wanted to avoid a lot of it? Hindsight is 20-20, but Powell looks like he might have been our best bet for doing so.

Author: Me.

The last Ptesident was a Con Man. He convinced Americans his past did not matter, told Americans his goal was to 'fundamentally change' America, and after he was elected he did everything he could - violating the US Constitution, America citizen's rights, and the Rule Of Law to attempt to do so.

His Nobel Peace Prize is the ultimate example of how he was a con man. He was conned the world and was given the award for his 'POTENTIAL', not for anything he did or what he would ever do.

In spite of his award, Obama dragged the country into war in Libya by using the the US military to help AL QAEDA, who slaughtered 3,000 Americans on 9/11/01, murder the leader of Libya - who was helping the coalition fight terrorists in Northern Africa - and take over the country as their own.

At the end of his Presidency, Obama again dragged the US into War by committing a U.N.-recognized International War Crime by invading a sovereign country without the permission or request of the nation's leader or government - Syria.

Obama left office with US troops he sent into Syria still there...

 

[Tax Man]

One man could have changed the course of history, and he had the opportunity to do so handed to him on a silver platter, free for the taking. Who is that man; Can you guess?

He was a professional soldier for 35 years, holding a variety of command and staff positions and rising to the rank of General. He was Ronald Reagan's National Security Advisor, serving from 1987 to 1989 while retaining his Army commission as a lieutenant general. In April 1989, after his tenure with the National Security Council, Powell was promoted to four-star general under President George H. W. Bush and briefly served as the Commander in Chief, Forces Command (FORSCOM), overseeing all Army, Army Reserve, and National Guard units in the Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. He became the third general since World War II to reach four-star rank without ever serving as a division commander, joining Dwight D. Eisenhower and Alexander Haig. Later he was selected him as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He ascended from chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the elder Bush's administration to secretary of state under his son. That man is Colin Powell

For a time, that looked quite possible that he would run for president and win. Through 1995 there was hope that Powell would run for president. He led in polls of Republican primary voters. The same surveys suggested he was capable of beating President Bill Clinton. Powell could have been elected in 1996. The first black president of the United States being a Republican would have been a significant development, one that might have mitigated, if not averted, the ugly racialization of our politics. Powell would have been a moderate not too strongly associated with the left or the right, likely allowing him to assemble an electoral coalition unlike anything we can imagine today. As a Republican and the first black president, and the winner of the Gulf War, the newly minted Republican congress would have given him anything he wanted. The internet boom would have happened anyway; perhaps Powell's policies would have been even more pro-growth than second-term Clinton's.

Sadly, Powell did not run. Instead, the GOP had the sad farewell tour masquerading as a presidential campaign embarked upon by the otherwise heroic Bob Dole. A good man, but he had no chance of beating Bill Clinton, and Clinton won his second term.

A President Powell might have returned us to the era of good feelings under Reagan. A booming economy, a popular president backed by independents, no Whitewater investigations, no Monica Lewinsky, no impeachment. And maybe only one President Bush?

If 9/11 had happened under a President Powell's, the US might have been less likely to respond by waging a second war in Iraq. Our response to 9/11 may well have been limited to hitting Afghanistan, keeping the international coalition against terrorism intact under a president who had been part of winning a war.

If you look at the past 20-plus years of American politics — the Clinton embarrassments (and later the Hillary embarrassments), the Bush-Cheney wars, the horrible reign of Barack Obama — wouldn't you have wanted to avoid a lot of it? Hindsight is 20-20, but Powell looks like he might have been our best bet for doing so.

Author: Me.

2020 hindsight is always full of great hope and "what if's". If John Kennedy, didnt get US involved in the French Debacle of the Vietnam War,10s of thousands of US young men wouldn't of been killed, his lowering of taxes would of been an economic powerhouse but again it didnt happen. Who knows what the world would of looked like, but we are here, now, and thank God and the US citizens that gave US, President Trump.

Eisenhower sent in the first advisors. an

 

[rightwinger]

That man is Colin Powell

Colin Powell voted for and supported Obama, enough said.

He also voted for Bush

Doubt if he was dumb enough to vote for Trump

At least make an attempt to post something intelligent okay.

I’m smart.....i have a yuge IQ

I have a big brain

 

[rightwinger]

One man could have changed the course of history, and he had the opportunity to do so handed to him on a silver platter, free for the taking. Who is that man; Can you guess?

He was a professional soldier for 35 years, holding a variety of command and staff positions and rising to the rank of General. He was Ronald Reagan's National Security Advisor, serving from 1987 to 1989 while retaining his Army commission as a lieutenant general. In April 1989, after his tenure with the National Security Council, Powell was promoted to four-star general under President George H. W. Bush and briefly served as the Commander in Chief, Forces Command (FORSCOM), overseeing all Army, Army Reserve, and National Guard units in the Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. He became the third general since World War II to reach four-star rank without ever serving as a division commander, joining Dwight D. Eisenhower and Alexander Haig. Later he was selected him as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He ascended from chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the elder Bush's administration to secretary of state under his son. That man is Colin Powell

For a time, that looked quite possible that he would run for president and win. Through 1995 there was hope that Powell would run for president. He led in polls of Republican primary voters. The same surveys suggested he was capable of beating President Bill Clinton. Powell could have been elected in 1996. The first black president of the United States being a Republican would have been a significant development, one that might have mitigated, if not averted, the ugly racialization of our politics. Powell would have been a moderate not too strongly associated with the left or the right, likely allowing him to assemble an electoral coalition unlike anything we can imagine today. As a Republican and the first black president, and the winner of the Gulf War, the newly minted Republican congress would have given him anything he wanted. The internet boom would have happened anyway; perhaps Powell's policies would have been even more pro-growth than second-term Clinton's.

Sadly, Powell did not run. Instead, the GOP had the sad farewell tour masquerading as a presidential campaign embarked upon by the otherwise heroic Bob Dole. A good man, but he had no chance of beating Bill Clinton, and Clinton won his second term.

A President Powell might have returned us to the era of good feelings under Reagan. A booming economy, a popular president backed by independents, no Whitewater investigations, no Monica Lewinsky, no impeachment. And maybe only one President Bush?

If 9/11 had happened under a President Powell's, the US might have been less likely to respond by waging a second war in Iraq. Our response to 9/11 may well have been limited to hitting Afghanistan, keeping the international coalition against terrorism intact under a president who had been part of winning a war.

If you look at the past 20-plus years of American politics — the Clinton embarrassments (and later the Hillary embarrassments), the Bush-Cheney wars, the horrible reign of Barack Obama — wouldn't you have wanted to avoid a lot of it? Hindsight is 20-20, but Powell looks like he might have been our best bet for doing so.

Author: Me.

The last Ptesident was a Con Man. He convinced Americans his past did not matter, told Americans his goal was to 'fundamentally change' America, and after he was elected he did everything he could - violating the US Constitution, America citizen's rights, and the Rule Of Law to attempt to do so.

His Nobel Peace Prize is the ultimate example of how he was a con man. He was conned the world and was given the award for his 'POTENTIAL', not for anything he did or what he would ever do.

In spite of his award, Obama dragged the country into war in Libya by using the the US military to help AL QAEDA, who slaughtered 3,000 Americans on 9/11/01, murder the leader of Libya - who was helping the coalition fight terrorists in Northern Africa - and take over the country as their own.

At the end of his Presidency, Obama again dragged the US into War by committing a U.N.-recognized International War Crime by invading a sovereign country without the permission or request of the nation's leader or government - Syria.

Obama left office with US troops he sent into Syria still there...

Why didn’t Trump prosecute him?

Is he too big a pussy or was it that he had nothing on him

 

[bigrebnc1775]

He supported the ISIS overthrowing the governments of those countries.

You forget how he let Benghazi happen and the famous “red line”?

Actually, he didn’t

What else ya got?

Flag on the play unnecessary lying and roughing the facts

Libya and Syria were civil wars not started by Obama

You Fail

really? civil wars not started by obama? why did obama get the American military involvement in the first place?

You don’t understand what a civil war is, do you?

Notice how unlike Bush, Obama kept our troops out of it

Clinton came saw and he died

 

[bigrebnc1775]

That man is Colin Powell

Colin Powell voted for and supported Obama, enough said.

He also voted for Bush

Doubt if he was dumb enough to vote for Trump

At least make an attempt to post something intelligent okay.

I’m smart.....i have a yuge IQ

I have a big brain

no you aren't smart

 

[Terri4Trump]

this isn't a court of law & donny loves his 'baby' more than he hates jews. ..............

Take your sick filthy shit somewhere else you lowlife piece of garbage.

 

[bigrebnc1775]

He supported the ISIS overthrowing the governments of those countries.

You forget how he let Benghazi happen and the famous “red line”?

Actually, he didn’t

What else ya got?

Flag on the play unnecessary lying and roughing the facts

Libya and Syria were civil wars not started by Obama

You Fail

really? civil wars not started by obama? why did obama get the American military involvement in the first place?

The question is......why did Conservatives support Qaddafi?

What threat was he to America? Why destabilize the area?

 

[Terri4Trump]

The last Ptesident was a Con Man. He convinced Americans his past did not matter, told Americans his goal was to 'fundamentally change' America, and after he was elected he did everything he could - violating the US Constitution, America citizen's rights, and the Rule Of Law to attempt to do so.

His Nobel Peace Prize is the ultimate example of how he was a con man. He was conned the world and was given the award for his 'POTENTIAL', not for anything he did or what he would ever do.

In spite of his award, Obama dragged the country into war in Libya by using the the US military to help AL QAEDA, who slaughtered 3,000 Americans on 9/11/01, murder the leader of Libya - who was helping the coalition fight terrorists in Northern Africa - and take over the country as their own.

At the end of his Presidency, Obama again dragged the US into War by committing a U.N.-recognized International War Crime by invading a sovereign country without the permission or request of the nation's leader or government - Syria.

Obama left office with US troops he sent into Syria still there...

I agree. So to the OP, imagine history without Clinton's second term, without any Obama at all, probably without Crooked Hillary's shenanigans, and without the Iraq war.... .....all if Powell had accepted that which was being handed to him on a silver platter.

Again, I am not a big Powell fan today, but I think I might make that trade.

 

[theHawk]

really? civil wars not started by obama? why did obama get the American military involvement in the first place?

The question is......why did Conservatives support Qaddafi?

Why did the Hussein hate Qaddafi? He never attacked us, he was as moderate a Muslim dictator you could ever hope for, and he protected the Christian minority in his country from the Sunni savages.

He supported the ISIS overthrowing the governments of those countries.

You forget how he let Benghazi happen and the famous “red line”?

Actually, he didn’t

What else ya got?

US led air strikes in 2011.

Who was President then?

2011 military intervention in Libya - Wikipedia

How many boots on the ground?

Obama provided military support without jeopardizing US lives

He did not buy the......They will treat us as liberators that Bush spouted

Now you’re moving the goal posts. He started a war there with military action.

You fail, again.

The war was started by the rebels

The “rebels” were radical Sunni extremists, aka ISIS. Thanks for confirming what I stated earlier, the Hussein aided ISIS in their goals to overthrow moderate Muslim governments in place of their radical one.

 

[longknife]

One man could have changed the course of history, and he had the opportunity to do so handed to him on a silver platter, free for the taking. Who is that man; Can you guess?

He was a professional soldier for 35 years, holding a variety of command and staff positions and rising to the rank of General. He was Ronald Reagan's National Security Advisor, serving from 1987 to 1989 while retaining his Army commission as a lieutenant general. In April 1989, after his tenure with the National Security Council, Powell was promoted to four-star general under President George H. W. Bush and briefly served as the Commander in Chief, Forces Command (FORSCOM), overseeing all Army, Army Reserve, and National Guard units in the Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. He became the third general since World War II to reach four-star rank without ever serving as a division commander, joining Dwight D. Eisenhower and Alexander Haig. Later he was selected him as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He ascended from chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the elder Bush's administration to secretary of state under his son. That man is Colin Powell

For a time, that looked quite possible that he would run for president and win. Through 1995 there was hope that Powell would run for president. He led in polls of Republican primary voters. The same surveys suggested he was capable of beating President Bill Clinton. Powell could have been elected in 1996. The first black president of the United States being a Republican would have been a significant development, one that might have mitigated, if not averted, the ugly racialization of our politics. Powell would have been a moderate not too strongly associated with the left or the right, likely allowing him to assemble an electoral coalition unlike anything we can imagine today. As a Republican and the first black president, and the winner of the Gulf War, the newly minted Republican congress would have given him anything he wanted. The internet boom would have happened anyway; perhaps Powell's policies would have been even more pro-growth than second-term Clinton's.

Sadly, Powell did not run. Instead, the GOP had the sad farewell tour masquerading as a presidential campaign embarked upon by the otherwise heroic Bob Dole. A good man, but he had no chance of beating Bill Clinton, and Clinton won his second term.

A President Powell might have returned us to the era of good feelings under Reagan. A booming economy, a popular president backed by independents, no Whitewater investigations, no Monica Lewinsky, no impeachment. And maybe only one President Bush?

If 9/11 had happened under a President Powell's, the US might have been less likely to respond by waging a second war in Iraq. Our response to 9/11 may well have been limited to hitting Afghanistan, keeping the international coalition against terrorism intact under a president who had been part of winning a war.

If you look at the past 20-plus years of American politics — the Clinton embarrassments (and later the Hillary embarrassments), the Bush-Cheney wars, the horrible reign of Barack Obama — wouldn't you have wanted to avoid a lot of it? Hindsight is 20-20, but Powell looks like he might have been our best bet for doing so.

Author: Me.

For all of his hoorah, he was a politician from the onset and a Leftist at that.

 

[BluesLegend]

That man is Colin Powell

Colin Powell voted for and supported Obama, enough said.

He also voted for Bush

Doubt if he was dumb enough to vote for Trump

At least make an attempt to post something intelligent okay.

I’m smart.....i have a yuge IQ

I have a big brain

I see.

 

[rightwinger]

That man is Colin Powell

Colin Powell voted for and supported Obama, enough said.

He also voted for Bush

Doubt if he was dumb enough to vote for Trump

At least make an attempt to post something intelligent okay.

I’m smart.....i have a yuge IQ

I have a big brain

no you aren't smart

Smartest poster on USMB according to the latest surveys

 

[rightwinger]

The last Ptesident was a Con Man. He convinced Americans his past did not matter, told Americans his goal was to 'fundamentally change' America, and after he was elected he did everything he could - violating the US Constitution, America citizen's rights, and the Rule Of Law to attempt to do so.

His Nobel Peace Prize is the ultimate example of how he was a con man. He was conned the world and was given the award for his 'POTENTIAL', not for anything he did or what he would ever do.

In spite of his award, Obama dragged the country into war in Libya by using the the US military to help AL QAEDA, who slaughtered 3,000 Americans on 9/11/01, murder the leader of Libya - who was helping the coalition fight terrorists in Northern Africa - and take over the country as their own.

At the end of his Presidency, Obama again dragged the US into War by committing a U.N.-recognized International War Crime by invading a sovereign country without the permission or request of the nation's leader or government - Syria.

Obama left office with US troops he sent into Syria still there...

I agree. So to the OP, imagine history without Clinton's second term, without any Obama at all, probably without Crooked Hillary's shenanigans, and without the Iraq war.... .....all if Powell had accepted that which was being handed to him on a silver platter.

Again, I am not a big Powell fan today, but I think I might make that trade.

Powell would have invaded Iraq after 9-11
He advocated it

 

[leftwinger]

One man could have changed the course of history, and he had the opportunity to do so handed to him on a silver platter, free for the taking. Who is that man; Can you guess?

He was a professional soldier for 35 years, holding a variety of command and staff positions and rising to the rank of General. He was Ronald Reagan's National Security Advisor, serving from 1987 to 1989 while retaining his Army commission as a lieutenant general. In April 1989, after his tenure with the National Security Council, Powell was promoted to four-star general under President George H. W. Bush and briefly served as the Commander in Chief, Forces Command (FORSCOM), overseeing all Army, Army Reserve, and National Guard units in the Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. He became the third general since World War II to reach four-star rank without ever serving as a division commander, joining Dwight D. Eisenhower and Alexander Haig. Later he was selected him as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He ascended from chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the elder Bush's administration to secretary of state under his son. That man is Colin Powell

For a time, that looked quite possible that he would run for president and win. Through 1995 there was hope that Powell would run for president. He led in polls of Republican primary voters. The same surveys suggested he was capable of beating President Bill Clinton. Powell could have been elected in 1996. The first black president of the United States being a Republican would have been a significant development, one that might have mitigated, if not averted, the ugly racialization of our politics. Powell would have been a moderate not too strongly associated with the left or the right, likely allowing him to assemble an electoral coalition unlike anything we can imagine today. As a Republican and the first black president, and the winner of the Gulf War, the newly minted Republican congress would have given him anything he wanted. The internet boom would have happened anyway; perhaps Powell's policies would have been even more pro-growth than second-term Clinton's.

Sadly, Powell did not run. Instead, the GOP had the sad farewell tour masquerading as a presidential campaign embarked upon by the otherwise heroic Bob Dole. A good man, but he had no chance of beating Bill Clinton, and Clinton won his second term.

A President Powell might have returned us to the era of good feelings under Reagan. A booming economy, a popular president backed by independents, no Whitewater investigations, no Monica Lewinsky, no impeachment. And maybe only one President Bush?

If 9/11 had happened under a President Powell's, the US might have been less likely to respond by waging a second war in Iraq. Our response to 9/11 may well have been limited to hitting Afghanistan, keeping the international coalition against terrorism intact under a president who had been part of winning a war.

If you look at the past 20-plus years of American politics — the Clinton embarrassments (and later the Hillary embarrassments), the Bush-Cheney wars, the horrible reign of Barack Obama — wouldn't you have wanted to avoid a lot of it? Hindsight is 20-20, but Powell looks like he might have been our best bet for doing so.

Author: Me.

I would have voted for him. He seemed like a truly decent man, which is probably why he refused to run.

I would have voted for him

If I was not against him before......now I am 100% against. I hope he is eliminated with all the other vermin. Nothing is too horrible for "the enemy within".

We are right, you are wrong. End of story. Pound sand fruitcakes.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

There is no way a black man of any description or background will ever win the republican nomination.

Racist libtard, huh?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

There is no way a black man of any description or background will ever win the republican nomination.

I disagree, but strongly believe we have seen the last black Progressive Democrat to be elected president at least through my child's lifetime.

I don't know about all that. Boomers are losing about 4000 people a day now.

those democrat freshmen congressmen are doing a stand-up job for Republicans wouldn't you agree?

Right! I seem to recall Shrillary, John F-ing Kerry, and AlGore all voting for the war in Iraq.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

One man could have changed the course of history, and he had the opportunity to do so handed to him on a silver platter, free for the taking. Who is that man; Can you guess?

He was a professional soldier for 35 years, holding a variety of command and staff positions and rising to the rank of General. He was Ronald Reagan's National Security Advisor, serving from 1987 to 1989 while retaining his Army commission as a lieutenant general. In April 1989, after his tenure with the National Security Council, Powell was promoted to four-star general under President George H. W. Bush and briefly served as the Commander in Chief, Forces Command (FORSCOM), overseeing all Army, Army Reserve, and National Guard units in the Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. He became the third general since World War II to reach four-star rank without ever serving as a division commander, joining Dwight D. Eisenhower and Alexander Haig. Later he was selected him as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He ascended from chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the elder Bush's administration to secretary of state under his son. That man is Colin Powell

For a time, that looked quite possible that he would run for president and win. Through 1995 there was hope that Powell would run for president. He led in polls of Republican primary voters. The same surveys suggested he was capable of beating President Bill Clinton. Powell could have been elected in 1996. The first black president of the United States being a Republican would have been a significant development, one that might have mitigated, if not averted, the ugly racialization of our politics. Powell would have been a moderate not too strongly associated with the left or the right, likely allowing him to assemble an electoral coalition unlike anything we can imagine today. As a Republican and the first black president, and the winner of the Gulf War, the newly minted Republican congress would have given him anything he wanted. The internet boom would have happened anyway; perhaps Powell's policies would have been even more pro-growth than second-term Clinton's.

Sadly, Powell did not run. Instead, the GOP had the sad farewell tour masquerading as a presidential campaign embarked upon by the otherwise heroic Bob Dole. A good man, but he had no chance of beating Bill Clinton, and Clinton won his second term.

A President Powell might have returned us to the era of good feelings under Reagan. A booming economy, a popular president backed by independents, no Whitewater investigations, no Monica Lewinsky, no impeachment. And maybe only one President Bush?

If 9/11 had happened under a President Powell's, the US might have been less likely to respond by waging a second war in Iraq. Our response to 9/11 may well have been limited to hitting Afghanistan, keeping the international coalition against terrorism intact under a president who had been part of winning a war.

If you look at the past 20-plus years of American politics — the Clinton embarrassments (and later the Hillary embarrassments), the Bush-Cheney wars, the horrible reign of Barack Obama — wouldn't you have wanted to avoid a lot of it? Hindsight is 20-20, but Powell looks like he might have been our best bet for doing so.

Author: Me.

Powell was a closet democrat.....we need real conservatives in office, not fake ones.

And you think trump is a real conservative? Conservatives don't spend money like it grows on trees.

No, that would be any and all liberals.

 

[leftwinger]

Powell = McStain = Flake = Ryan = Mueller = Kerry = Biden = debt bomb.
Deep State Lifers.

 

[Wry Catcher]

If 9/11 had happened under a President Powell's, the US might have been less likely to respond by waging a second war in Iraq. Our response to 9/11 may well have been limited to hitting Afghanistan, keeping the international coalition against terrorism intact under a president who had been part of winning a war



9/11 happened under Bush. It was Colin Powell who spun the yellowcake myth in front of the UN advocating an invasion of Iraq

It ruined Powell’s credibility

Anyone but Bush II who was under the influence of The DICK Cheney and the neocons would not have declared war on a noun, terrorism. They would have labeled those who flew into the twin towers criminals, and instead of invading other nations put together International Police from every nation which lost a citizen on the horrible day 9-11.