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Originally Posted by Cicero

I like Powell. I've never understood any of his dealings with that administration.

Powell is a Republican. He entered office to service a Republican administration. But the Republican party that Powell (and Simpon, Specter, McCain, Snow, Gingrich, etc) work for is not the same party that was in the White House.

One does not know the story about vulcans pushing America into "Mission Acccomplished" until one grasps the confrontation in that meeting. Powell's arguments that were so correct, so well presented, and so obviously based in historical lessons; instead got no traction. Armitage has noted Powell's frustration elsewhere. But to appreciate what Armitage said, one must watch the scene. I cannot even begin to explain the social interplay. See it to appreciate how we got where we are.

We know so little about Laura or Goerge Tenent. I can only suspect this movie accurately portrayed both. Especially well captured is the contradiction that was CIA's Tenent. What we lived through is completely different from what those inside the administration lived through.

W. is a completely different from the same story we lived through. A completely different perspective that should be seen to be appreciated.