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  • shellac [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    where’s the colin powell bullshitting the UN about iraq mashed up with the ghanaian pallbearer meme? i am deeply disappoint

    • cawsby [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Let's start with his covering up of the My Lai massacre:

      This sorry record goes all the way back to his time as a young U.S. Army Major posted in Saigon, when, after the My Lai Massacre, he was asked to investigate a soldier’s letter describing atrocities against the Vietnamese people. Powell rejected the charges and famously wrote, “In direct refutation of this portrayal is the fact that relations between American soldiers and the Vietnamese people are excellent

      https://archives.cjr.org/full_court_press/colin_powell_american_coward.php