Former Colin Powell Chief of Staff: Bush didn’t want to get bin Laden

Source: RawReplay
By David Edwards

Former Colin Powell Chief of Staff Lawrence Wilkerson told MSNBC’s Ed Schultz Wednesday that President George W. Bush wasn’t interested in bringing Osama bin Laden to justice.

“I don’t think they really wanted to get bin Laden,” Wilkerson said.

“You could be very cynical and say he didn’t want to get him because once they got him the war was over and that left all the political advantage gone,” he added. “Or you could say that they knew that it was almost an impossibility to get him given what they had done to the intelligence and other aspects of the government that you needed to get him. They just about ruined it.”

Watch this video from MSNBC’s The Ed Show, broadcast May 11, 2011

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/05/former-colin-powell-chief-of-staff-bush-didnt-want-to-get-bin-laden/

there was no glory to be had, and no positive spin....

It seems Colin Powell has a creditability gap! He was involved in the Vietnam War My Lai massacre investigation and his job performance has always been under question. He had no problem lying at the UN when he presented the case for the Iraq War. A fine mouthpiece for Bush, now he is covering his tracks and doing damage control.

Comments were made by C Powell's former chief of staff.

Try to stick to the facts of the OP and keep your smear campaigns to a minimal, m'kay.

You do know that you cannot defend the Bush screw ups by smearing Powell, don't you?

The Republicans needed him around so they could bash Democrats with it, and say we could protect you more than they could.

Now Saddam...tried to kill his daddy! That was a slam dunk! OBL...not so much.

is a Bush family tradition that goes back at least as far as WWII.