{"id":1630,"date":"2006-11-30T05:57:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-30T05:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/11\/i-wonder-if-hes-being-paid-my.html"},"modified":"2006-11-30T05:57:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-30T05:57:00","slug":"i-wonder-if-hes-being-paid-my","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/11\/i-wonder-if-hes-being-paid-my.html","title":{"rendered":"I wonder if he’s being paid my MSNBC?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Does he really know what’s going one over there or is this just wishful thinking<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Wednesday Iraq had descended into civil war and urged world leaders to accept that “reality”.<\/p>\n

Powell’s remarks came ahead of a meeting between Bush and Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki in the Jordanian capital to discuss the security developments in Iraq.<\/p>\n

“I would call it a civil war,” Powell told a business forum in the United Arab Emirates. “I have been using it (civil war) because I like to face the reality,” added Powell.
\n[…]
\nPresident George W. Bush denied on Tuesday that sectarian violence had reached the scale of civil war. He said the latest wave of violence was part of a nine-month-old pattern of attacks by al Qaeda militants aimed at fomenting sectarian tension.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Looks like he’s taking potshots at Bush, loyalty thy name is not<\/span> Powell.
\nWho knows what’s going on and who to believe. I know one thing the press wants this to be civil war so bad, they can taste it<\/a>. Let’s see if they have the power to be the deciding fact if it’s civil war or not. After the Tet Offensive, Conkrite said that Vietnam war was unwinnable and so Johnson caved. He had the power, do they?<\/p>\n

Tags: Bush<\/a>, Colon Powell<\/a>, MSNBC<\/a>, MSM<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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