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Colin Powell - I Tried to Avoid This War

Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell responds to critics who claim he could have personally done more to prevent the Bush administration's war in Iraq.

Gen. Colin L. Powell served as the 65th U.S. Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005. As a professional soldier for 35 years, Powell held many command and staff positions and rose to the rank of four-star general. From 1989 to 1993, he served as the 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest military position in the U.S. Department of Defense. During this time, he oversaw many crises, including Operation Desert Storm. He served previously as National Security Advisor to President Reagan.

He is interviewed by Jim Lehrer, anchor and executive editor of PBS's The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, at the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival.

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We aren't going to change that, for reasons that are deeply entrenched in our societies, and these are extremely powerful interests, with the ability to at least slow real national progress. Thus we have a need (radical change) which is blocked by a political reality. In such a conflict, even the most fundamental of steps - a real international price on carbon - will be an extremely hard-fought victory at the national level in all our countries.

We need national action, but maybe it's time to rethink the rest of the approach. After all, legislation and markets, while absolutely essential, represent only one instrument in the tool chest we need to fight climate catastrophe. We also need technical invention, widespread innovation diffusion, new models and new approaches. And these things are much more difficult for the carbon lobby to stymie, if done at the proper combination of local and regional levels.  . . read more

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Brilliant, mind-expanding stuff - even better than the original. The timing is perfect with the criminal U.S. financial system in a state of collapse and dragging the world down with it. These times of crisis lead to paradigm shifts - it is time for the Zeitgeist revolution.

1. Boycott Citibank, JP Morgan Chase & Bank of America and expose the corrupt Federal Reserve system

2. Boycott the mainstream media networks and protect the freedom of the internet

3. Boycott the military

4. Boycott energy companies - get off the grid, convert your car

5. Reject the current political system - the illusion of democracy in this corrupt monetary system is an insult to our intelligence

6. Spread the message, create critical mass 

All the natural resources on the planet are the common heritage of all people. We can all live in abundance if we focus on real change - J.P.

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Religious belief should itself be a disqualification for executive office as it displays a complete lack of critical thinking. Will church and state ever really be separate in America? - Jesus

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I'm ready to believe but why would highly advanced aliens transmit their messages through such kooks. And what do the aliens have to do with 9/11? - The Truth is Really Out There

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