Silence is Consent

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Monday, November 10, 2003
 
Ever heard of the Powell Doctrine? Here it is in a nutshell,
After the end of Persian Gulf War in 1991, Colin Powell, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, outlined his vision for efficient and decisive military action. His plan is now referred to as the Powell Doctrine, although there is not an actual formal document named as such. Powell, currently the U.S. secretary of state, has recently invoked the Doctrine in articulating the justifications for the Bush administration's preparations for war in Iraq. Essentially, the Doctrine expresses that military action should be used only as a last resort and only if there is a clear risk to national security by the intended target; the force, when used, should be overwhelming and disproportionate to the force used by the enemy; there must be strong support for the campaign by the general public; and there must be a clear exit strategy from the conflict in which the military is engaged.

Powell based this strategy for warfare in part on the views held by his former boss in the Reagan administration, Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, and also on his own experience as a major in Vietnam. That protracted campaign, in Powell's view, was representative of a war in which public support was flimsy, the military objectives were not clear, overwhelming force was not used consistently, and an exit strategy was ill defined.
I remember that this was the biggest thing since sliced bread coming out of the first Gulf War. Now looking at this it looks like a pretty good plan to use in planning for a war. He sold his biography on this. Not to mention qualities like this were his main assets for becoming Secretary of State. He didn't just abandon one, he abandoned all but one, the use of overwhelming force. So why did he abandon this doctrine that he built his life on? It was after the SOTU speech that Powell went from the voice of reason in this administration to joining the (Neocon)club. In that speech the President promised $15 to Africa for AIDS and within two weeks he was at the UN making the case. I don't know why I thought of this today. Maybe it was the article I linked earlier about Iraq is not for sale. Me and my wife always wonder how these people sleep at night and I always say, "On a big pile of money"!


This from a Mossad Agent, Mossad Chief: Invasion Has Created a Holy War. A Mossad Agent? When they start going against you that's trouble.

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